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Building Flood Resilience: A Grand Challenge for U.S. Water Policy

The Rand Blog

Since 2000, flooding events occur almost daily and the cost of inland flooding alone in 2023 was nearly $200 billion. Managing flood risk requires transformations in land use, regulation, insurance, and financing. Flooding has become the most expensive and frequent disaster in the United States.

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EP21:Reaching the Next Generation of Planners | Burley & Navarro

The Failover Plan Podcast

Joel has been working in business continuity management since the early 2000. Crisis Communications. Human Impact/People Support/Workplace Violence. IT Disaster Recovery. Joel Navarro. He's an experienced business continuity executive with proven success in managing global resiliency programs.

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RIMS Canada Conference Kicks Off with Top Honors for Canadian Risk Professionals

Risk Management Monitor

Stuart Award went to Catherine Dowdall, director of insurance and loss control at AECON Construction. She has also held a number of positions on the board of ORIMS, including serving as president from 1999 to 2000. “It Considered the highest honor in the Canadian risk management community, this year’s Donald M.

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Black Swans and Swiss Cheese – A Boat Crash in Baltimore

Plan B Consulting

According to Lloyd’s, this event might be the biggest ever marine loss in the history of the insurance industry as the event was a ‘fully insured risk event’, meaning that the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the ship, the vessel’s cargo, and the port, were all covered. So, bridge collapses are very rarely caused by ships.

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In Cybersecurity, the Agility and Speed of Small Banks is an Advantage

FS-ISAC

Change is much harder, of course, at a bank with 100,000 staff than it is at a firm with only 2000. This includes regulators, the board, auditors, insurance carriers, internal executives, and other third parties. Finally, large organizations seem to develop a resistance to change.

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Cyber Ransoms – Should I Pay?

Plan B Consulting

Beazley, the specialist insurer, found that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, but this was skewed by some very large demands. This was the same for insurance companies if they were involved in payments as well. The ransom paid by the USA local government, Jackson Co., The median was $10,310.

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Cyber Ransoms – Should I Pay?

Plan B Consulting

Beazley, the specialist insurer, found that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, but this was skewed by some very large demands. This was the same for insurance companies if they were involved in payments as well. The ransom paid by the USA local government, Jackson Co., The median was $10,310.