Latest Business Interruption Headlines

All the headlines from our Business Interruption Topic Page, ordered by recency.

‘Big One’ Looms in Minds of Experts Before California ShakeOut

Oct 18 2012 // A day before more than 9 million people in California took part in a massive nationwide earthquake drill on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones stood in a room full of risk professionals in the San...

Cooper Gay Launches Terrorism & Political Risk Crisis Management Service

Oct 8 2012 // London-based Cooper Gay & Co. announced that the independent insurance and reinsurance intermediary is “offering a free crisis management and business continuity consultation to its Terrorism & Political...

U.S. Insured Losses from Hurricane Isaac Could Reach $2B: AIR

Aug 31 2012 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from Hurricane Isaac to onshore properties in the U.S. will be between $700 million and $2 billion.AIR estimates include wind and storm surge damage to...

Insurers Warn Restaurants on Exposures that Could Interrupt Recovery

Jul 23 2012 // The restaurant industry has endured a difficult few years and while some establishments didn’t survive the economic storm, those that did are anxious to see their business grow again.They may not have to wait too...

Court Sides with Mississippi Insurance Agent in Restaurant Case

May 21 2012 // The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in...

Red River Waterway Closure Business Interruption Costs Adding Up

May 1 2012 // The costs of closing the Red River Waterway in Louisiana for 15 days haven’t been fully totaled, but they’re adding up to millions of dollars. A broken lock system shut the waterway from April 2 to April...

Court Sides with Mississippi Insurance Agent in Restaurant Case

Apr 26 2012 // The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in...

How to Help Small Businesses Avoid Underinsurance and Anticipate the Unexpected

Apr 16 2012 // In recent years, the United States has been impacted by devastating weather events, many unprecedented and unexpected. According to the Environment America Research and Policy Center, more than 15 million Americans live in...

Global Mining Insurance Market Capacity Down 30% After Losses: Willis

Feb 6 2012 // In 2011, the mining insurance market was not only hit by $2.7 billion in natural catastrophe losses, but over 60 operational losses totaling $835 million. The $3.5 billion total estimate of losses facing mining insurers...

XL Enhances Real Estate Portfolio Protection

Feb 3 2012 // XL Group’s insurance segment has launched enhanced pollution protection for real estate portfolios. The product will be available through the segment’s environmental team.The new product is aimed toward...

Agencies Saw Business Interruption Claims After October Nor’easter

Nov 15 2011 // Local agencies in the Northeastern region say they saw cases of business interruption claims following the unusual, freak snowstorm that swept through the area last month.Many claims came from local restaurants and diners...

Insurers, Policyholders Clash Over Business Interruption Claims

Nov 7 2011 // Over the years, insurance companies and policyholders have been arguing in courts over how to calculate business interruption losses during catastrophes.This is the type of coverage that is often ignored until there is a...

Insurers, Policyholders Clash Over Business Interruption Claims

Nov 7 2011 // Over the years, insurers and policyholders have been arguing in courts over how to calculate business interruption losses during catastrophes.This is the type of coverage that is often ignored until there is a loss. But...

How Can Insurance Agents Help Texas Fire Victims?

Oct 3 2011 // Many businesses and homeowners are struggling to determine the extent of their damages from what is shaping up to be the worst year in Texas history for fire losses.In handling the crisis, policyholders must quickly...

How Can Insurance Agents Help the Texas Fire Victims?

Sep 13 2011 // As fires tear through Texas, businesses and homeowners struggle to determine their losses. According to the Insurance Council of Texas, this year’s fire losses are Texas’ worst on record. The Texas Forest...

AIR Estimates Irene Insured Caribbean Losses at $500 Million to $1.1 Billion

Aug 29 2011 // AIR Worldwide has estimated that insured losses in the Caribbean from Hurricane Irene will be between $500 million and $1.1 billion. AIR said it “expects the Bahamas will account for more than 60 percent of the...

The Aftershocks of Vulnerable Supply Chains

Jun 27 2011 // The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March has led to supply chain disruptions around the world, sending a wakeup call to companies that do not have viable business continuity plans in place for themselves...

The Aftershocks of Vulnerable Supply Chains

Jun 20 2011 // The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March has led to supply chain disruptions around the world, sending a wakeup call to companies that do not have viable business continuity plans in place for themselves...

E&O Insights: Are Customers Properly Protected for Business Interruption

May 9 2011 // While you may answer the question posed in the headline by saying that most of your commercial customers have business interruption coverage, the issue here is not whether they have the coverage, but whether they are...

A Third of Large U.S. Firms Show Business Interruption From Japan Disaster

Apr 29 2011 // More than a quarter of large U.S. based businesses are experiencing disruptions to their supply chains or contingent business interruptions as a result of the March earthquake in Japan, says a new report.A new Greenwich...