Survey: Small Cos. Less Prepared For Disasters

NU Online News Service, June 5, 4:06 p.m.EDT?Small companies are less prepared than larger firms towithstand natural disasters, even though they are just as concernedabout the impact of catastrophes, according to a Hartford FinancialServices Group Inc. survey.

The Hartford's research involved telephone interviews with 225companies of varying sizes. It found that less than 30 percent ofcompanies with three to 20 employees have a plan to protect theirbusinesses from a natural disaster.

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