Anything from a natural catastrophe to a power outage or storeroom flood could mean big trouble for your company's bottom line or competitive advantage. The Open for Business® suite of business continuity tools is designed to help your small to mid-sized business reduce the potential for loss, should disaster strike, and prepare in advance to reopen quickly should you be forced to close. This creates savings for your business and also benefits your employees and customers who rely on your business being open.

The FORTIFIED program offers a package of "code-plus" upgrades that greatly increase a new commercial building's resistance to natural perils, including hurricane, tornado, wildfire, flood, freezing weather, hail and earthquake, as well as to fire and interior water damage. Specifically, FORTIFIED requirements strengthen a building's outer envelope—notably roof and wall systems, doors, glazed openings, and the foundation.

Routine building and equipment maintenance are critical components to maintain a safe and profitable business. IBHS offers checklists, guidelines, and project instructions—from the roof to the HVAC system—to help you avoid costly losses due to equipment failure, damage from falling tree limbs, and water intrusion.

No region is without risk of some type of natural disaster, be it hurricane, tornado, wildfire, flood, hail, or high winds. These phenomena can cause significant damage to your building(s) without the proper protective measures in place. IBHS engineers have researched the best, most cost-effective ways to retrofit your building(s) to protect them from these costly disasters.