May is Building Safety Month, an international campaign to raise awareness about the importance of building safety and what it takes to create and maintain safe, sustainable and resilient structures. As building consultants for Sedgwick’s property so…
Fire management decision makers are on high alert during National Wildfire Awareness Month. Each year, wildfires affect thousands of people and ravage millions of acres. The rise in wildfires can be attributed to forestry activity (or lack thereof), …
When enterprise risk managers develop organizational disaster response plans, catastrophes like tornados, hurricanes and earthquakes are usually top of mind. But, the possibility of a devastating fire cannot and should not be overlooked, as a fire lo…
Between elevated alcohol consumption during COVID-19 lockdowns and new distilleries popping up across America, the spirits market is booming — and shows no signs of slowing down. Grand View Research foresees a compound annual growth rate of 30.…
Lisez ceci en français. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has proven that it can dramatically change the analysis of artwork as it relates to restoration and loss adjusting. A recent authentication case concerns a painting attributed to the It…
The spate of activist attacks on fine art in major European museums last year may have quieted, but the vandalism reminds us that even the most fragile objects of history are constantly exposed to threat. Sedgwick is well positioned to help reduce su…
Read this in Norwegian. As we move closer to boating season, small steps help determine whether a boat stays ashore. Each year, many of the injuries we witness post-loss occur when launching or at the start of the season as a result of some owners o…
In December 2022, extreme winter weather conditions caused power outages and freezing pipes across the United States — damaging properties and displacing residents. In the days that followed, our temporary housing team took on an increased clai…
When disaster strikes, getting the right catastrophe solutions to the right places quickly are essential. In this podcast, we are joined by Beau Bishop, SVP of catastrophe operations, who discusses the vast range of needs necessary to handle differen…
On Tuesday, 14 February, and for only the third time in history, the New Zealand government announced a national state of emergency. The flooding and destruction that followed in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle left Northland, parts of Auckland and the…
On 5 December 2022, five people were found guilty at Burnley Magistrates Court of illegally demolishing the Grade II listed Punch Bowl Inn in Ribble Valley, Lancashire. They are due to be sentenced on 8 March 2023. The 18th-century pub closed in 20…
As reported in the Financial Times, on 31 August 2022, the head of one of the world’s largest building materials companies confirmed that he’s seeing a ‘second wave of cost increases’ following the surge in gas prices. Spiralling energy prices are …
Lisez ceci en français. Today, repairs after a property loss are more expensive and complex than ever before. COVID is still present, causing delays in production and deliveries. The war in Ukraine has led to challenges supplying various sectors, su…
As the medical imagining sector continues to rapidly grow, so do the risks of malfunction and catastrophic failure in its technology. Imaging equipment manufacturers are the primary service providers for equipment repairs, however, there can be a wid…
Subsidence claims can be expensive and time consuming to manage, often taking up to a year or more to resolve. However, the ability to track building geometry from space is edging closer, and this will mean insurers and claims management companies ca…