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Hotels and Restaurants; Prime Real Estate for Slip and Fall Accidents

by Eckert Seamans in Food & Beverage, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted August 26, 2016

By David B. Willis, MemberEckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC – Boston Slip and falls are the number one cause of accidents in hotels, restaurants and public buildings according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Injuries from a seemingly incidental fall here or trip there are estimated to cost some $70 billion annually according to ...

Technology, Media and Telecommunications Risk Index 2016

by Willis in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted July 1, 2016

50 risks, split into five megatrends, ranked by 350 senior executives The TMT Risk Index analyses the severity of impact and ease of management of the top 50 risks facing the TMT industry. Grouped into five megatrends, we examine how these are impacting the sector currently and how this will change in the future. The ...

Beneath the Surface of a Cyberattack

by Deloitte in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management. Posted July 1, 2016

Do leaders accurately gauge the impact a cyberattack can have on their organization? Do common assumptions about the costs and recovery process associated with data breaches paint a clear picture? This paper considers—in financial terms—the broad and extended business impact of cyberattacks, including both direct and intangible costs. Assumptions can be misleadingCommon perceptions about the ...

The inside threat: Why employee behavior and opinions impact cyber risk

by Willis in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted May 24, 2016

by Adeola Adele, Patrick Kulesa The human element as a risk factor in data security breaches is as enduring as it is troubling. Compromised laptops and phishing email scams continue to appeal to hackers as avenues to damage corporate servers and the confidential, sensitive information they maintain. Effective risk management strategy must therefore acknowledge and ...

Combating cybercrime in the hospitality business

by Multi Briefs in Hotel Development, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted May 18, 2016

Technology has changed our lives for the better, but like every other development it has its downside. Data breaches have become common news, and the latest victim is the hospitality industry. The 2016 Trustwave Global Security Report has found the hospitality industry to be the second-most vulnerable to security breaches behind the retail industry. The ...

Senators Propose More Security After Terror Attacks

by Travel Pulse in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 12, 2016

Because of the recent surge in terrorist attacks, Democratic senators propose more security at airports and other transportation hubs. According to Joan Lowy of The Associated Press, the proposal would include increasing government “viper teams” that are used to search suspicious passengers before screening. The goal in the new initiative would be to increase the ...

Visiting Cuba: Tourists Lining Up to Visit Cuba, but Many Obstacles Remain

by iJET International in Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 6, 2016

President Barack Obama’s mid-December 2014 announcement that the US would restore diplomatic relations and ease tensions with the Castro government ignited US travelers’ interest in visiting Cuba. In defiance of a continuing ban on tourism, in the first three months of 2015 more than 50,000 US citizens visited the island—a 36 percent increase from the ...

Threats Abroad: Essential Preparations for Security and Risk Personnel

by admin in Travel. Posted July 30, 2015

On Monday, U.S. diplomatic installations across the Middle East reopened in the wake of a precautionary lockdown; two weeks ago, U.S. intelligence learned of a possible attack via communications between two high-ranking al-Qaeda officials. The embassy in Yemen remains closed, however, with a terror watch still in place for that nation. With the geopolitical situation ...

Competition & Markets Authority Recommendations for Online Reviews

by John Crosetto in Risk Management. Posted July 18, 2015

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), which investigates business practices and enforces anti-competition and consumer protection legislation in the UK, just released a report and call for information that signals more scrutiny for online reviews and endorsements. Though the report does not identify companies or sites that will be the subject of investigation, it expresses a ...

Small Business Safety and Threat Reduction

by admin in Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted July 5, 2015

A Basic Guide To Conducting a Threat Assessment For Your Small Business How does the small business owner detect and prevent physical and cyber threats to the enterprise? Is it necessary, worthwhile or should anyone really care? With everything else for the shopkeeper to do, between ordering and inventorying merchandise, training employees and trying to ...

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