Groups Offer Free Terror-Risk Management Tools

NU Online News Service, May 27, 3:58 p.m.EDT?Two California companies are offering free Web-basedinteractive tools to assist risk managers and their companies inevaluating terrorism risks and improving their emergency responseplans.

ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a Redwood City,Calif.-based provider of risk management and employee benefitssolutions, said it is offering, free of charge, an interactivequestionnaire for risk managers to help evaluate their state ofpreparedness and awareness.

The company is also offering additional online tools, includingtips on terrorism insurance protection and a guide on emergencymanagement, as well as measures to minimize the exposure fromterror attacks.

Additionally, Syntrio, a San Francisco-based provider ofWeb-based training systems, said it is offering free online accessto its "Incident Command System" Web course for the next 30days.

This course, the company suggested, could help risk managers andtheir companies to improve their emergency response teams andminimize "chaos and confusion" during emergency events.

These offerings, said Douglas Page, vice president of businessdevelopment at Syntrio, are designed as a public service to helpcompanies learn how best to react during potential catastrophicevents.

"So companies could better understand how their employees shouldrespond--what they should do, what everyone's role is. It assistsemployees to better understand the chain of command duringcatastrophic events," Mr. Page told NationalUnderwriter.

These terror-risk management tools from ABD and Syntrio can befound at www.cybersure.com.