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Aon Benfield has published a new report ‘When The Earth Moves: Mega-Earthquakes To Come?’•Date: 18th June 2010 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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BELFOR has announced the opening of its Santiago, Chile, office, which will function as the company's Latin American headquarters. In the time since the devastating earthquake that rocked the coastal nation in March, BELFOR has coordinated operations through the Santiago office, assisting several businesses with the repair of their facilities for resumed operations. "The Santiago office will function as a strategic base of operations, facilitating immediacy of response throughout Latin America," said Kirk Lively, BELFOR director of strategic operations. www.belfor.com•Date: 19th May 2010 • Region:S.America •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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The city of Concepción moved at least 10 feet to the west.•Date: 9th March 2010 • Region: S.America •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Risk Management Solutions has released a suite of 16 new and updated earthquake models for Latin America to meet the growing demand for detailed risk analysis in the region. The models focus on countries with the highest seismic risk and property exposure – including Mexico, which has the most insured earthquake exposure in Latin America – and enable insurers and reinsurers to seamlessly assess risk on a country-by-country and region-wide basis. The Latin America earthquake models have been released in the RMS RiskLink and RiskBrowser 9.0 risk modeling platforms.
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•Date: 25th August 2009• Region: S.America •Type: Briefing
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Expropriation — the confiscation of privately-owned assets by a government — was the dominant political risk of the 1970s, but may make a comeback due to the instability created by the global financial crisis.
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•Date:9th June 2009• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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RecoveryPlanner, the developer of emergency management, business continuity and disaster recovery software and services, has announced that it has opened an office in Sao Paulo, Brasil. This will provide Brasil and South America with direct access to RecoveryPlanner’s business continuity products and services. “The Brasilian market for business continuity management is growing rapidly and has placed significant emphasis on disaster planning and recovery solutions,” said Rosalina Rodrigues, general manager for RecoveryPlanner-Brasil. br.recoveryplanner.com
Has business continuity arrived? Is it the finished product? Are the current standards and best practices the destination of two decades of evolution from disaster recovery? Or is the current stage simply part of a journey to a new and different destination? David Honour comments.
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Nossa Caixa bank, the third-largest public Brazilian bank, has become the first financial institution in the world to achieve BS 25999 certification. The bank was assisted by Modulo, which provided consultancy services and software. www.nossacaixa.com.br Source: http://compliancehome.com/
•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region:S.America•Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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On Tuesday 29 April, Venezuela suffered a major power outage which affected large areas of the country. The capital city, Caracas, was left without electricity for hours. The outage was caused by a forest fire; the subsequent local outage led to a chain reaction.
•Date: 1st May 2008• Region:S.America•Type: Briefing
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Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication.
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•Date: 31st January 2008• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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What changes and challenges does the new year hold for the business continuity profession? David Honour speculates.
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•Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Four-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will hear reports from participating nations about what they are doing to be ready for a potential tsunami.
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•Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Taking place between May 6-12, 2007.
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•Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Political risk has tended to be seen as beyond the scope of business continuity planning: events in Venezuela may cause a rethink…
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•Date: 2nd Feb 2007 • Region: S.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Ten things to consider adding to your to-do list. By David Honour.
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•Date: 3rd Jan 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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