General Practice, Solo & Small Firm
DivisionMagazine
Volume 17, Number 1
January/February 2000
Table 1: Business Interruption Events
System Interruption Events
Catastrophic Events
• power outage
• major fire
• contained fire
• floods
• sprinkler system activation
• storm/hurricane/tornado
• construction mishap
• earthquake
• telephone outage
• computer hardware failure
• computer software failure
• network outage
• employee sabotage
• equipment failure
• heating, ventilation, air conditioning problems
• chemical spills
• illness outbreaks
• data corruption
• security system failures
• computer viruses
• traffic or other accidents (blocking access to facilities)
• bomb threats (blocking access to facilities)
• supplier goes out of business



