Consumer & Business Response

Disasters are unpredictable and can be devastating to a community. But there is a lot your bank can do to help prepare your customers for these events.

Help Consumers Prepare for a Natural Disaster

Disasters are unpredictable and can be devastating to a community. But there is a lot your bank can do to help prepare your customers for these events.

Share these tips:

  • Store important documents such as proof of identity, property ownership, insurance policies, bank and investment account information, and three years of tax returns in a bank safe-deposit box. Encase these items in plastic bags to prevent moisture.
  • Prepare additional copies of critical documents such as birth certificates, adoption papers, marriage licenses and the deed to your home for safekeeping and inform a trustee, relative or attorney of their location.
  • Print out key contact information for executors, trustees and guardians and store it in a secure location, either in your safe-deposit box or with a close relative.
  • Inventory personal and household valuables (take photos and keep receipts) to help evaluate replacement costs.
  • Include surplus cash, preferably small bills, in your home emergency kit. The kit should also include a three-day supply of food and water, a first aid kit, can opener, radio, flashlights and batteries.
  • Create digital copies, which can serve as a supplement or backup to paper documents.  Scanned or electronic documents can be uploaded with secure online backup services.
  • Contact your insurance agent or visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s website to determine if a flood insurance policy is right for you.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 11, 2021

June 11, 2021

Headlines

  • The Department of Labor through OSHA released a new Emergency Temporary Standard for workplaces in the Healthcare sector on Thursday. Nursing homes and healthcare facilities will be required within two weeks to implement rules requiring face masks, proper ventilation, and requirements for screening and limiting visitors. While the standard does not fully require the guidance presented within, it gives workers at these facilities greater ability to demand safer practices and rules.

    Also included in the guidance was a recommendation to shift unvaccinated workers to off-hours work and the installation of physical barriers between workers. Guidance was also slightly expanded for non-Healthcare sectors but amounted to recommending employers to encourage vaccination and to keep unvaccinated employees safe.
  • Federal regulators have extended the approved shelf life for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine by 6 weeks. The decision came after studies have shown that at the correct temperatures the vaccine is still effective for longer periods of time than originally considered. The J&J vaccine now has an allowed shelf life of four and a half months.
  • As the G7 summit kicks off, the US has pledged 500 million doses of vaccine to be given to lower-income countries to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pledging 100 million doses from the United Kingdom, has stated he expects the G7 will donate in total 1 billion doses of vaccine.