Captive Insurance Tips & Articles

One Year After the West TX Explosion, Operational Risk Remains a Factor

April 17, 2014 marked the one-year anniversary of an unforeseen ammonium nitrate explosion at The West Fertilizer Company in West, TX. People in the small community are still reeling from the ordeal, slowly rebuilding and assessing what steps need to be put in place so something like this doesn’t happen again. The blast killed fifteen…
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The True Cost of Business Interruption

Storm season is approaching and if we’ve learned anything from Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Ike, and the 2013 category EF5 tornados in Illinois, it’s that Mother Nature knows no bounds. The aftermath of these natural disasters has shined a light on SMBs that have opted out of business interruption insurance. As they work to rebuild, they’re…
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