The Chicago Corporation has developed a Business Continuity Plan regarding how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, we will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur. With that in mind, we are providing you with this information on our business continuity plan.

Contacting Us

If after a significant business disruption you cannot contact us as you usually do at [email protected] or (312) 283-0819, you should call our alternative number at (312) 369-9181.

Our Business Continuity Plan

We plan to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption and respond by safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, protecting the Firm’s books and records, and allowing our clients and investors to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to permit our Firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.

Our business continuity plan addresses: data backup and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.

​We backup important records on a 3rd party data archive provider. While every emergency situation poses unique problems based on external factors, such as time of day and the severity of the disruption, we have been advised by our provider that its objective is to restore its own operations and be able to restore all existing data in under 1 business day. Your communications with us may be disrupted until such time as our data is restored.

Varying Disruptions

Significant business disruptions can vary in their scope, such as only our Firm, a single building housing our Firm, the business district where our Firm is located, the city where we are located, or the whole region. Within each of these areas, the severity of the disruption can also vary from minimal to severe. In a disruption to only our Firm or a building housing our Firm, we will transfer our operations to a local site when needed and expect to recover and resume business within 1 business day. In a disruption affecting our business district, city, or region, we will transfer our operations to a site outside of the affected area, and recover and resume business within 2 business days. In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations to our clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our web site www.thechicagocorp.com or our customer emergency number, (312) 283-0802 how to contact us. If the significant business disruption is so severe that it prevents us from remaining in business, we will assure our customer’s prompt access to their funds and securities.

For more information

If you have questions about our business continuity planning, you can contact us at (312) 283-0803 or [email protected].