From unfathomable national tragedies to unrelenting naturaldisasters, the age of crisis is here. In 2017 alone, extreme weather and natural disasters causeda total of $306 billion in damages across the U.S. – the mostexpensive year on record. Additionally, two million employees arevictims of workplace violence each year, costing Americanbusinesses between $6-$36 billion annually.
And one of the saddest realities of this generation is theability to easily name off a handful of mass shootings from recentmemory: Newtown, Pulse, San Bernardino, Aurora, Las Vegas, and nowParkland, Florida.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),more than 40 percent of businesses never reopen after a disaster,and for those that do, only 29 percent were still operating aftertwo years. On a personal level, up to 15 percent of the workforceexperiences an increase in mental health problems in the aftermath of a critical incidentor traumatic event. This age of crisis calls for brokers andconsultants to take on a new role: to become strategic partners incrisis readiness.
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