Education program is another Zurich HelpPoint to help business owners & safety managers protect their employees & visitors – while also protecting their bottom line
Schaumburg, Ill., November 12, 2009 – Zurich in North America announced today that it is offering its risk insights on how to prepare a commercial facility for winter hazards like snow and ice in a Web-based education program. The program titled, “Winter hazard control program: what you need to do to prepare” is designed for business owners and facility, safety and risk managers. There is no charge to view the program.
“Zurich's team of risk engineers researches statistics and analyzes our claims data in order to identify trends and issues affecting our customers,” said Armand Fernandez, chief risk engineer for Zurich Services Corporation.
One recent statistic reported by the National Weather Service shows the impact of winter weather in the United States ranges from $3 billion during a normal winter season to $6 billion during an active winter.
Fernandez continued, “When we identified the trend of increased incidents at facilities happening when winter hazards, like ice and snow, were in the picture, we wanted to share our knowledge in order to help our customers prevent these incidents from occurring as soon as possible. Staying relevant and helping transform our customers' businesses for the better is what we do at Zurich.”
The education program contains information to help attendees:
• Develop an effective winter weather control program,
• Implement control techniques to help prevent incidents caused by winter hazards, and
• Protect their people from winter weather incidents.
Additionally, it will provide resources for monitoring winter weather and for gathering further information.
To access the educational program, go to https://www.brainshark.com/zurich/winter_hazards?dm=11.
About Zurich
Zurich's North America Commercial and Global Corporate in North America business divisions are part of Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich), an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, the Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It employs approximately 60,000 people serving customers in more than 170 countries. In North America, Zurich (www.zurichna.com) is a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving the global corporate, large corporate, middle market, specialties and programs sectors.
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Risk engineering services are provided by Zurich Services Corporation.
Media contact:
Jennifer Nowacki
Zurich
(847) 605-6511
jennifer.nowacki@zurichna.com
