Disasters — both natural and manmade — are more common than you might expect, but too many small businesses aren’t doing anything to prepare.
90 percent
of companies with fewer than 100 employees spend less than one day per month preparing and maintaining their disaster plans
$140 billion
in economic losses from 2012 disasters
11,000
people killed worldwide in natural disasters
$20 to $25 billion
In insured losses from Hurricane Sandy
$4.5 billion
in insured losses from last spring’s tornadoes and storms
9th
Missouri’s rank on the list of states with the highest number of claims filed with the National Flood Insurance Program in 2011
$46,570,772
How much was paid in claims to Missouri flood victims that year
Sources // Swiss Re, National Flood Insurance Program, Agility Recovery
