Continuity Central   

Continuity Centra'ls Survey on Busin4ess Impact Analysis (July, 2003).

Continuity Central   

The BIA under the microscope: The July, 2003 issue of the Business Continuity e-Journal is ‘BIA special’ – containing a detailed report on the recent BIA survey conducted by Continuity Central. The report gives details on: * Who is given responsibility for the BIA * How BIAs are being conducted * What the BIA covers * How often BIAs are conducted * Where the information is distributed * Problems and difficulties experienced * Future changes in the BIA process.

National Association of Radio-Distress Signaling and Infocommunications - Current World Disasters Map   

The National Association of Radio-Distress Signaling and Infocommunications, Havaria Emergency and Disaster Information Services in Budapest, Hungary, collects data on current natural and human-caused disasters around the world and provides maps as well.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale   

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association will now rank high-impact Northeastern United States snowstorms into five categories: extreme, crippling, major, significant, and notable. The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale index differs from other meteorological indices in that it uses population information in addition to meteorological measurements to provide an indication of a storm's societal impacts.

Pulblic Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Canadian Disaster Database   

The Canadian Disaster Database contains historical information on disasters which have directly affected Canadians, at home and abroad, over the past century. References to all types of Canadian disasters, including those triggered by natural hazards, technological hazards or conflict (not including war) can be found here. The database describes where and when a disaster occurred, who was affected, and provides a rough estimate of the direct costs. You can search the disaster database by using criteria such as the type of disaster, and/or the location or time period of occurrence.

Templeton College of Oxford University   

The Impact of Catastrophes on Shareholders Value by Rory F. Knight and Deborah J. Pretty. 1996. A research report sponsored by Sedgwick Group, from the Oxford Executive Research Briefings series from Oxford University. This brief report is information-dense, with sixteen case studies globally. The latest case study was in 1996

Twin Cities Home Page   

Posted on Thu, Aug. 28, 2003 Business backups BY LESLIE BROOKS SUZUKAMO Pioneer Press Computer worms. E-mail viruses. Power blackouts. All were painful reminders to businesses and other organizations in recent weeks that without access to their data, work grinds to a halt. But surprisingly, many companies are still ill-prepared for the worst. A Harris Poll of senior executives in Fortune 1000 firms this summer found that after the wake-up call of 9/11, one-third of executives admitted their companies were still no more prepared than they were that day.

Assessing the Impact of Disaster Insurance on Shareholder Value   

A recent study challenges the traditional insurance policy and the role of the insurance industry. The Impact of Catastrophes on Shareholder Value, by Rory J. Knight and Deborah J. Pretty identifies several major catastrophes that occurred in recent history and examines the impact of these catastrophes on the share value.

Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Office of Applied Economics,   

Cost-Effectiveness Software Tool The cost-effectiveness software tool helps users make straightforward and consistent comparisons of risk mitigation strategies based on stablished economic evaluation practices. The uncertainty about natural and man-made hazards complicates the task of building owners and managers to identify and choose which hazards to guard against. The wide range of potential remediation measures, the permanence of investment-based solutions, and the expense of their implementation, installation, and maintenance necessitate an evaluation tool that systematically and consistently evaluates competing alternatives. The cost-effectiveness software tool performs such evaluations by incorporating life-cycle cost analysis based on an industry consensus standard, ASTM E 917. The software allows building owners and managers to define hazard scenarios, identify possible consequences of those scenarios, and compare combinations of strategies to mitigate those consequences. The software's standardized measures allow life-cycle comparisons of alternative combinations of risk mitigation strategies based on user-defined scenarios.

Continuity Central   

Hazard identification and Business Impact Analysis John Salter provides a paper which leads planners through the BIA process. This paper provides a resource kit which will help business continuity planners with their risk and hazard assessment processes and their business impact analysis. For those working with the NFPA 1600 business continuity standard.

Economic and Other Societal Impacts of U.S. Weather Phenomena   

Economic and Other Societal Impacts Related to Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, and Other U.S. Weather Phenomena

Enterprise Risk & Security Management, by Andrew Hiles   

What is Enterprise Risk and Security Management and why should we do it? Well, we need to think beyond most existing practices in security and risk management. Many organisations have an assortment of measures to protect themselves.

http://www.rms.com/Publications/SumatraInsuredLoss_RMSwhitepaper.pdf   

This Risk Management Solutions Special Report "Estimating Losses from the 2004 Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunami" sets out the main lines of business that will be affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami, identifies the key drivers of insured losses, and estimates their magnitude.

Louisiana State University, E.J. Ourso School of Business   

A Report on the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Louisiana Businesses: 2005Q2-2006Q4 Prepared for the Louisiana Recovery Authority, Louisiana Economic Development, and the Louisiana Department of Labor This report examines the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the number of firms, employment, and wages in Louisiana. The results consist of comparisons of Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data from quarters 2005Q3-2006Q4 to benchmark pre-Hurricane levels from 2005Q2. While this report contains results for all of Louisiana, more detailed analysis focuses on a five parish Southeast Louisiana region (Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes) and a three parish Southwest Louisiana Region (Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion parishes).

Modeling the Impact of Catastrophes On Shareholder Value   

This page describes a spreadsheet whose purpose is to model the behavior of share prices following a corporate catastrophe. This work is based on the article entitled The Impact of Catastrophes on Shareholder Value by Rory Knight and Deborah Pretty .

Munich Re Annual Review of Natural Catastrophes 2000   

A free, extensive, analysis of international catastrophes. natural and otherwise, during 2000. Included are many photographs. German and English versions. A poster and world map are also available. Click on "New Publications" to access from the main site page.