New BCM, Risk and Insurance service launched for SME's

Submitted by Continuity Forum on Mon, 2008-06-09 11:19.News

Category Business Continuity New Products - BCM & Risk Management - BCIP - General


BCIP launch combined Planning and Insurance package for SME's


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BCIP package helps SME’s mitigate business risks, keeps premiums to a minimum and delivers fast claim settlements

BCIP today announced the launch of its new combined risk management process and business insurance offering, which has been designed by the company’s seasoned team of insurance executives, to cater for the specific insurance and business continuity needs of the UK’s SME community.

BCIP’s offering is unique in the UK marketplace as it proactively encourages companies to take an honest and detailed look at potential operational risks and then provides a series of recommendations, following a detailed site visit, to help mitigate them.  Once the suggestions have been reviewed, BCIP may provide the client with access to appropriate and competitive insurance tailored to the business and its risk-managed status underwritten at Lloyd’s.

BCIP believes that Companies that act on their business continuity and risk management advice are less likely to have to make a claim as more of their risks will have been assessed and managed. Through BCIP, the insurers also protect the Company’s cash flow, to support continued trading, by an initial on-account claim payment of up to 50% of the business interruption sum insured, 20% thereof within 14 days of the claim being reported. 

The above protects clients against one of the greatest areas of vulnerability for SME’s - allowing continued trading and enabling a return to normal operations with the lowest amount of interruption.

Grant Elliott, Chief Executive of BCIP, comments;  “Today’s launch heralds a new level of maturity in the corporate insurance market – helping SME’s take more control over their destiny by actively protecting against potential business risks, and rewarding them with competitive quotes, superior insurance protection and prompt claim settlement when they have the appropriate business continuity measures in place.  We’ve seen similar initiatives
in consumer health insurance, where those who exercise regularly are rewarded with more relevant insurance and lower premiums.  It’s all about taking a common-sense approach that creates a win-win environment for businesses, brokers and insurers.”

For more information, please visit http://www.bcip.co.uk

Continuity Forum Comment

The root cause of many SME failures stem from difficulties in connecting essential Risk and BCM planning with appropriate insurance. Processing claims can take many months and this can hit the organisation hard as it tries to recover from the effects of the event. Cashflow disruption, the impact of management time needed to deal with insurers, loss adjusters and others all make it harder for an SME to get back to business as usual. For many it can mean the end!

By combining a strucutred BCM review with recommendations to further develop the BCM measures the Risk profile presented to Insurers is highlighting the responsibilty and capability of the organisation to cope in a crisis. Both the SME and the insurer should win with more effective cover, probably lower premiums and greater resilience all being gained by the organisation and a generally lower level of exposure for the insurer.

BCIP are offering an interesting solution that could benefit many of businesses.


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