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Handling Hazards, Minimizing Risk: The Emergency Action Plan, Part 2

Divers Alert Network (DAN) recently introduced a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) program to the industry. The new program will include educational material, business analysis tools, training and marketing opportunities designed to create a new standard of safety, bolster business and help…

Francois BurmanJune 24, 2021

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Storm Warnings: How to Prepare and Protect Your Travel Customers in the Event Of Storms and Other Emergencies

In August 1992, 20 divers from my dive center were on the island of Bimini when warnings came that the Bahamian island (and South Florida) was in the projected path of Hurricane Andrew (a Category 5 hurricane). I was in…

Donna AskewMarch 2, 2014

Insurance Legal Loss Prevention Management Operations

Unsettled Waters: The Jones Act and Why You Need to Be Especially on Guard – Article Update

When I wrote about the effect of the Jones Act on the recreational scuba diving industry eight years ago in Dive Center Business, it appeared that after a rather unsettled history, admiralty law (the branch of law that deals with…

Richard Lesser Esq.March 2, 2014

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Business Interruptus: a Business Interruption Insurance Primer for Dive Centers

What happens to your dive store in the event the power goes out somewhere, it gets hit by a weather-related event and has to close for several weeks, a car crashes through your front window or a disaster of any…

Ginny YoungNovember 5, 2012

Loss Prevention Management

Stopping Sticky Fingers: Avoiding Theft and Loss in the Dive Store

Long about my second or third year of college, I'd taken to wearing an old Army jacket of my father's. It was a ratty old green thing, but I was into it, and it kept me warm for a winter…

Greg LasloApril 26, 2009

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Here Today, and Hopefully, Here Tomorrow: Recovering from a Business Loss Starts with Keeping an Eye on Your Business from the Beginning

Back in my former life, when I drove a fire truck in addition to a dive store van, my crew fought a ripping fire at an artsy home-décor store. We were cleaning up, and helping haul out the owner's undamaged…

Greg LasloFebruary 11, 2009

Legal Loss Prevention Management

The State Of Scuba Risk Management: Top 10 Reasons Why Dive Professionals Get Sued

Reason 10: Dive Gear Works Although our firm represents several major equipment manufacturing companies both in recreational and commercial diving, we usually feel like the proverbial Maytag repairman, in that the amount of litigation that arises against a manufacturer…

Richard Lesser Esq.February 2, 2009

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When Trip Plans Get Tripped Up: a Trip Insurance Primer for Dive Centers

If your customers have trip insurance, they may be reimbursed for some or all of their losses. If they are uninsured, an unfortunate event can become even more costly and distressing. As a dive center owner or manager, you want…

Donna AskewJanuary 22, 2009

Insurance 101 Legal Loss Prevention Management Operations

Plain English Ain’t Always So Plain: Understanding Your Commercial General Liability Insurance Policy

For more than 30 years my father owned a small business. At least once a year he had to meet with his lawyer, his accountant and his insurance agent. While he knew that the advice these professionals were giving him…

DCB StaffJanuary 22, 2009

Legal Loss Prevention Management

They Sue Retailers, Don’t They? Keeping Good Records Is Vital to Prevailing in a Product Liability Suit

A lawsuit like this is scary. Product liability law in the United States is designed to protect innocent consumers from dangerous and defective products. Once a product is determined to be defective, a manufacturer, distributor, and/or retailer can be "strictly"…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 13, 2009

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