Natural hazards resource hub
Natural hazards resource hub
expands Zurich’s focus on severe weather events
Major storms can happen anywhere, and wildfires are occurring more frequently in areas where they used to be comparatively rare. As proven by the deadly winter storm and associated power outages that struck Texas last February, even threats from snow and cold weather can hit areas not known for them.
Recently, Zurich North America launched three sections of its natural hazards resource hub. Each of the hazard-specific sections includes emergency management guidance for businesses, developed in consultation with Zurich’s Risk Engineering specialists. Articles and resources related to each hazard are available in the emergency management guide on each hub. Collectively, these resources offer customers tools and resources to help prepare for and manage risk.
The emergency management guide on our Hurricane Resource Hub features articles on mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. You will also find tools like our Hurricane Toolkit for Construction, an article on water damage prevention, a storm surge infographic and much more. Find our hurricane hub here:
Our Wildfire Resource Hub’s emergency management guide includes mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery advice, along with an overview on wildfire basics and why the risks of these destructive blazes are growing. Additional resources include insightful Post-Event Review Capability (PERC) reports on recent major wildfires, articles on business resilience strategies and more. Find our wildfire hub here:
The latest addition to our natural hazards hub is our Convective Storm Resource Hub, which covers the associated perils of severe thunderstorms. The emergency management guide for this hub features articles on mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery actions for tornado, lightning and hail risks. Additional resources are being added to the hub as of this writing. Find our convective storm hub here:
Zurich has always made natural hazard resources available to customers, distributors and the public at large, but having these hazard-specific hubs, with the emergency management guides front and center, is part of a push for even more robust knowledge hubs and more efficient ways of sharing pertinent content.
As Mike Widdekind, Technical Director, Property, for Risk Engineering at Zurich North America explained, “We have so much helpful information, it’s important that we get it in the right hands in a timely fashion.”
Coming soon to the natural hazards resource hub will be an additional section related to winter weather hazards and safety guidance.
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