CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla.,
Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Today, the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
presented Robert L. Andrews, vice
president and chief field operations officer at Verisk, with the
prestigious Board Member of the Year Award at the 2019 National
Disaster Resilience Conference. This award is presented to board
members who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made
significant contributions to the advancement of disaster
safety.
Andrews has nationwide operational oversight of all Verisk
commercial property field data collection, including survey service
(commercial property), public protection, building code, community
rating system, and technical training. He joined ISO, a Verisk
business, in 1995 and has served as regional manager, regional vice
president, and vice president of ISO Community Hazard
Mitigation.
"Robert's commitment to the case for strong building codes and
standards is unparalleled. Since joining the board in 2016, his
experience and insights have been invaluable," said FLASH President
and CEO Leslie Chapman-Henderson.
"His collaborative nature, contributions, and expertise not only
strengthen the FLASH partnership, they also strengthen future
building performance and the disaster resilience community."
Verisk performs site inspections on more than 350,000 commercial
properties a year, continually refreshing a database of more than
3.7 million commercial properties to ensure it is accurate,
complete, and current. Property insurers use the data to assess
risk.
"ISO Community Hazard Mitigation actively works with fire
departments, building departments, water suppliers, and
municipalities with our Public Protection Classification
[PPC®], Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule
[BCEGS®], water outreach, and emergency communication
center review programs," said Andrews. "The participation and
partnership of organizations like FLASH can help support the common
goal of safer communities."
About Verisk
Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading data analytics provider serving
customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and
financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and
analyze billions of records, Verisk draws on unique data assets and
deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations that
are integrated into customer workflows. Verisk offers predictive
analytics and decision support solutions to customers in rating,
underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk
analytics, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting,
and many other fields. Around the world, Verisk helps customers
protect people, property, and financial assets.
Headquartered in Jersey City,
N.J., Verisk operates in 30 countries and is a member of
Standard & Poor's S&P 500® Index. In
2018, Forbes magazine named Verisk to its World's
Best Employers list. For more information, please
visit www.verisk.com.
About FLASH
The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe
Homes (FLASH) is the country's leading consumer advocate for
strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and
man-made disasters. The FLASH partnership includes more than 100
innovative and diverse organizations that share a vision of making
America a more disaster-resilient nation, including BASF
Corporation, FEMA, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Huber
Engineered Woods, International Code Council, ISO / Verisk
Analytics, Lowe's, National Weather Service, Portland Cement
Association, Simpson Strong-Tie, State Farm, and USAA. In 2008,
FLASH and Disney opened the interactive weather experience
StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes, in Lake Buena Vista,
Florida. Learn more about FLASH and access free consumer
resources by visiting www.flash.org, calling toll-free
(877) 221-SAFE (7233), and following @federalalliance on Twitter,
on Facebook.com/federalalliance, and the FLASH blog
– Protect Your Home in a FLASH.
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