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Insurance giants warns firms on bird flu preparation
AP , PARIS
Monday, Feb 20, 2006,Page 12
With cases of bird flu cropping up across Europe, the world's biggest insurance broker, Marsh, is urging businesses to prepare for situations where more than one quarter of their workforce could be off sick. Six member states of the EU have now confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of the virus, potentially lethal to humans, which is spreading across the continent after showing up in Turkey and central Europe.
"An outbreak of avian flu will severely test even the best-laid business continuity plans, and business are well advised to review and revise their plans in the light of this threat," the US-based insurance giant said.
Its study, entitled Avian flu: Preparing for a Pandemic said it was "likely that many companies are not making any special preparations in advance of what they see as the slim likelihood of an avian flu pandemic; instead operating with the belief that should one occur, either it will not affect them, or they will respond as the need arises."
Businesses must be ready to react if suspected bird flu cases appear among their staff and must agree which circumstances would justify triggering a business continuity management plan, including the establishment of key risk indicators.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2006/02/20/2003293883
AP , PARIS
Monday, Feb 20, 2006,Page 12
With cases of bird flu cropping up across Europe, the world's biggest insurance broker, Marsh, is urging businesses to prepare for situations where more than one quarter of their workforce could be off sick. Six member states of the EU have now confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of the virus, potentially lethal to humans, which is spreading across the continent after showing up in Turkey and central Europe.
"An outbreak of avian flu will severely test even the best-laid business continuity plans, and business are well advised to review and revise their plans in the light of this threat," the US-based insurance giant said.
Its study, entitled Avian flu: Preparing for a Pandemic said it was "likely that many companies are not making any special preparations in advance of what they see as the slim likelihood of an avian flu pandemic; instead operating with the belief that should one occur, either it will not affect them, or they will respond as the need arises."
Businesses must be ready to react if suspected bird flu cases appear among their staff and must agree which circumstances would justify triggering a business continuity management plan, including the establishment of key risk indicators.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2006/02/20/2003293883
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