By John Colquhoun, head of EFI Global UK and Wayne Manton, principal forensic investigator, EFI Global Germans bracing for the cold winter are scrambling for heat alternatives. Many older apartments in Berlin still have century-old heating methods despite other buildings having switched to central heating. Burning wood can generate creosote, a toxic, inflammable residue created […]

by Diane Spinner, principal consultant fire services, EFI Global A fire is the most common type of emergency for which small businesses must plan for. If your business exposures have not yet been carefully evaluated, now is the time. Every 30 seconds, a fire can double in size — causing everything in a room to […]

By Graham Plaister, agriculture director, UK and John Colquhoun, head of EFI Global, UK This summer, the UK has already witnessed the devastating effects exceedingly hot temperatures can have. The July heat wave proved the extent to which we are often ill-equipped to deal with these types of weather extremes, and many farmers struggled to […]