If you have experienced a homeowner claim, waiting for the insurance claims process to complete can feel like forever. Timelines may differ between insurers or claims, and the process can go faster in some cases than in others. Waiting can be frustrating, but it can be helpful to understand what…
Cyber security is now more important than ever for manufacturers — especially as the impacts of the ongoing pandemic continue to be felt. A survey by McKinsey found that companies may have accelerated the digitization of supply chains and operations by three to four years due to Covid-19, while the…
If you have experienced a large business property loss, waiting for the insurance claims process to complete can feel like forever. Timelines may differ between insurers or claims, and the process can go faster in some cases than in others. Waiting can be frustrating, but it can be helpful to…
In the ninth episode of FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Foa & Son’s Michael Lieberman welcomed seafood industry thought leader and innovator, Richard Stavis for a discussion of sustainability and social responsibility in the seafood industry. “Sustainability used to be just about whether there was going to be enough fish,” Stavis recalled…
If you have experienced an incident affecting your systems, or an incident with IT service providers and other vendors affecting your operations, waiting for the insurance claims process to complete can feel like forever. Timelines may differ between insurers or claims, and the process can go faster in some cases…
“It’s fifty ships a day that pass through the canal,” said Don Murnane of Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP during a recent episode of FOOD FOR THOUGHT. “We’re talking about a ship that’s got 20,000 total equivalent units,” he continued. “Everything that you see in the supermarket, everything that you…
If your moderate to medium-sized business has sustained a property loss, waiting for the insurance claims process to complete can feel like forever. Timelines may differ between insurers or claims, and the process can go faster in some cases than in others. Waiting can be frustrating, but it can be…
“It’s not your supplier’s responsibility,” said Dana Bartholomew of Legit Fish during a recent episode of FOOD FOR THOUGHT. “Everybody in the supply chain has to take ownership of how they’re handling the product,” he continued. “How are they bringing solutions to the customer? This is a wave. It’s a…
If you’re in the food and beverage industry, you’ve heard it before… cyber risk is increasing all the time. The jarring recent JBS hack, which forced the largest global meat supplier to shut down every one of its U.S. plants and disrupted almost a quarter of the American beef supply,…
Why you need Cyber Insurance It’s been all over the news. SolarWinds in January, 100,000 Microsoft Exchange Servers in February, CNA Insurance (a large provider of cyber insurance) in March. Cyber attacks are everywhere. A cyber attack incident will occur every 11 seconds in 2021. That’s almost double 2019’s rate,…
“When the Covid pandemic started, I thought lots of bad things were going to happen,” said Michael Hird of WK Webster during a recent episode of FOOD FOR THOUGHT. “I didn’t actually think that containers were going to fall off ships as a result of Covid,” he continued. “But essentially…
In the fourth episode of “Food for Thought,” Foa & Son’s Michael Lieberman challenges viewers to change the way they think about food and beverage supply chain transparency. Lieberman, who hosts the new food and beverage risk management web series, spoke with John Keogh. Mr. Keogh is the managing principal…
