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Mississippi business recovers a year after being hit by a van

Mississippi business recovers a year after being hit by a van

While you can never truly know when a disaster is going to occur at your company, some are more predictable than others. This blog has discussed a number of different incidents where extreme weather ravaged an organization's physical structure. While no one knows what kind of damage storms the likes of Hurricane Sandy will cause, businesses at least know they are coming before they hit. Meteorologists can guess the size of a storm and ...
November 18, 2013By InterWest Insurance General Insurance News Business Hit By Van 0 Comment Read More »
Why a disaster recovery strategy requires more than just data backup

Why a disaster recovery strategy requires more than just data backup

One of the things businesses fear the most is a loss of important information. If the office building suffers structural damage during a storm or infrastructure is ruined because of a flood, those problems can be resolved. They are not pleasant and aren't necessarily easy to fix, but ultimately infrastructure, carpeting or office furniture can be replaced. Business data, on the other hand, may never be replaced. So, when companies consider disaster recovery plans pertaining to ...
November 14, 2013By InterWest Insurance Business and IT Insurance Data Backup, Disaster Recovery 0 Comment Read More »
Keeping your data safe when working with a third-party service provider

Keeping your data safe when working with a third-party service provider

It doesn't take much for an organization's data to be breached if if isn't careful. Both internal and external forces could compromise the security of a company's information and businesses have to be cognizant of both, particularly when information is in the hands of a combination of the two. Working with outside service providers  can be an efficient and cost-effective way to do business. Not only can organizations receive the skilled assistance provided by those ...
November 13, 2013By InterWest Insurance Business and IT Insurance Data Safe 0 Comment Read More »
The risks of company laptops: How technology insurance can help

The risks of company laptops: How technology insurance can help

Laptops can be convenient, but they can be equally as dangerous. Businesses that deploy laptops to employees must be able to capitalize on their benefits while alleviating their risks. They tend to have more processing power than a smartphone or a tablet so you can do more with them. This makes laptops a perfect machine to use both in an office setting and on the go. However, if an employee were to do his or ...
November 12, 2013By InterWest Insurance Business and IT Insurance Tag 0 Comment Read More »
Why businesses should always expect the unexpected

Why businesses should always expect the unexpected

Being caught off guard is one of the biggest worries we have as individuals, and that concern translates over to business. Many of history's biggest incidents—natural disasters especially—had the lasting impact they did because they were unexpected. At the very least, they were not expected to reach the magnitude they did, so people affected by them were unprepared. Hurricane Katrina is a prime example of an incident where people and businesses were not prepared ...
November 6, 2013By InterWest Insurance General Insurance News Business, Unexpected 0 Comment Read More »
Why older technology systems could put organizations at greater risk

Why older technology systems could put organizations at greater risk

The idea of adopting the latest technology at your organization is always going to be tempting. Anyone who watched Apple unveil its latest iPad and Mac Pro last month knows how cool the latest gadgets look, which is why many organizations have at least thought about evaluating new tech vendors and adopting innovative products and services. However, in an uncertain economy, procuring Mac Pros and deploying iPad Airs to all employees  may seem like ...
November 5, 2013By InterWest Insurance Business and IT Insurance Old Technology, Risk 0 Comment Read More »
How to ensure the success of your disaster recovery site

How to ensure the success of your disaster recovery site

Implementing a disaster recovery system may require the construction of a specific site used to manage recovery efforts across your organization. This could be a source of information when standard systems shut down or a source of power or any other resources required to keep a company running should an incident occur that puts operations in jeopardy. Of course, simply having a recovery site might not be enough, as an article in Forbes pointed ...
November 4, 2013By InterWest Insurance General Insurance News Tag 0 Comment Read More »
Study: Injury prevention professionals in Canada are more likely to get hurt

Study: Injury prevention professionals in Canada are more likely to get hurt

Theoretically, those who practice safety and injury prevention are less likely to get hurt as a result of an accident. This should be particularly true in the workplace, which is why organizations spend time and money teaching best practices as they pertain to the safety of workers. However, in at least one instance, those who go above and beyond to protect themselves are no safer than those who don't. In fact, they are actually ...
October 31, 2013By InterWest Insurance General Insurance News Tag 0 Comment Read More »
Buying the new iPad for your business? Consider technology insurance first

Buying the new iPad for your business? Consider technology insurance first

Next month, Apple will ship the latest versions of its popular iPad device. The iPad Air is the next generation of the standard-sized tablet and the iPad Mini is receiving an upgrade from last fall's inaugural version of the down-sized device. Both contain new features and increased functionality, and each will be hot commodities in the business technology space.  According to a recent report, Apple is growing rapidly in the mobile enterprise market, which means ...
October 30, 2013By InterWest Insurance Business and IT Insurance Tag 0 Comment Read More »
One year later, businesses still trying to recover from Sandy

One year later, businesses still trying to recover from Sandy

This week marks a major anniversary across the country, particularly in the Northeast. It was one year ago when Hurricane Sandy touched down on New York and New Jersey, devastating the region with unfathomable levels of damage.  Today, one year later, things are still not back to normal. In fact, a number of businesses are still looking to return to the way things used to be and are finding it difficult to get there.  Mark Pinsky, ...
October 29, 2013By InterWest Insurance General Insurance News Businesses, Recover, Sandy 0 Comment Read More »