Preparing for the 2007 Hurricane Season

Among the many lessons learned during the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season was the importance of taking active steps to prepare your business before a storm hits. As Hurricane Katrina showed, a powerful storm can create havoc far beyond its immediate landing zone. Organizations thousands of miles from the Gulf Coast suffered losses as the storm disrupted supply chains in numerous industries and regions, forced travelers to cancel trips, disrupted agricultural operations, and more.

While the 2006 hurricane season was light by comparison, hurricane trackers at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and elsewhere predict an above-average hurricane season in 2007. Natural disaster experts urge anyone living, working, or owning property or a business in an area subject to hurricane strikes-as well as those who could be hurt by the wider socio-economic impacts-to take action now to prepare for the 2007 hurricane season.

Marsh has a variety of resources aimed at helping your organization's hurricane preparedness and response efforts. We invite you to click here to download a Hurricane Preparedness & Response Checklist, designed to highlight the issues organizations should be thinking of before and during the 2007 hurricane season.

We will also continue publication of a series of hurricane preparedness newsletters this season. Previous issues-covering topics ranging from preparing pre-loss for post-loss claims documentation to digital data recovery-are available. Register to download past issues and receive future issues of Hurricane Preparedness & Response here.

Marsh and its sister companies offer a number of services and information sources to enable our clients to better prepare for and manage the consequences of this year's hurricane season. You will find links to these additional resources on the right-hand side of this page, which will be updated regularly.

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