All the headlines from our Political Risk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 30 2011 // Hiscox has launched a terrorism liability product designed specifically for healthcare risks such as hospitals, physician offices, researchers and long-term care providers.The carrier says the product, which was designed...
Nov 15 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., announced that it has updated its UK terrorism catastrophe model, which now “estimates the financial loss to life insurers from...
Oct 24 2011 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has updated its terrorism model for the United States to reflect less frequent and lower-severity attacks based on a reassessment of the threat by a team of terrorism...
Sep 19 2011 // The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks forever changed how the insurance industry views terrorism risk, says Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.For the global insurance and reinsurance industry...
Sep 9 2011 // The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks forever changed how the insurance industry views terrorism risk, says Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.For the global insurance and reinsurance industry...
Sep 5 2011 // Ten years after the events of Sept. 11, 2011, terrorism remains a significant risk both globally and within the United States. The need to be vigilant against those who would harm innocent people in the name of whatever...
Aug 23 2011 // ACE announced from its London office that it has appointed Marie Biggas to the position of underwriter for terrorism and political risks for ACE Overseas General (AOG). She joins ACE from the Chaucer Syndicate, and will...
Jul 22 2011 // A powerful explosion caused extensive damage to government buildings in the Norwegian capital Oslo. At least two people have reportedly been killed by the blast and 15 have been injured.Rescue teams, hampered by fires, are...
Jun 8 2011 // Aon’s annual publication of its Terrorist Risk Map has been expanded. Aon said this year’s version features areas where “political violence, strikes, riots, civil war and war threaten the sustainable...
May 5 2011 // Growing concerns over worldwide terrorism have caused some professionals to refuse going on business trips.Half of all respondents to a new survey reported they would refuse a business trip because of concerns related to...
May 2 2011 // The civil and political unrest in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought to light how vital political risk coverage is — regardless of the country in which a company has operations.Roger...
Apr 19 2011 // Companies operating in politically volatile regions of the world may soon find they are “unable to retain sufficient insurance coverage to protect their assets and staff,” according to a new report by global...
Apr 4 2011 // The civil and political unrest in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought to light how vital political risk coverage is — regardless of the country in which a company has operations.Roger...
Mar 24 2011 // Ironshore Inc.’s Political Risk Insurance unit has increased capacity limits to $25 million on a gross limit basis for its global platform of political risk insurance lines and other trade-related coverages for risks...
Feb 7 2011 // Commercial property insurers in Massachusetts will be allowed to exclude terrorism coverage from commercial fire insurance policies under a new law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick.The law modifies the standard fire insurance...
Feb 3 2011 // To assist clients in analyzing and monitoring crucial political, economic, social, and environmental risks, Marsh has formed an alliance with Maplecroft, the award-winning risk analysis and mapping firmAs part of the...
Jan 28 2011 // Commercial property insurers in Massachusetts will be allowed to exclude terrorism coverage from commercial fire insurance policies under a new law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick.The law modifies the standard fire insurance...
Jan 27 2011 // Ironshore Inc. has named P. Donald Harkey to head the Political Risk unit for Ironshore Europe Limited, based in Dublin. In addition, Ironshore’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000 has entered into an underwriting relationship...
Jan 27 2011 // Risk Management Solutions has analyzed the circumstances pertaining to the bombing at Domodedovo airport in Moscow on Monday, which killed 35 people and wounded 180.RMS said the “attack was perpetrated by a lone...
Jan 19 2011 // According to Aon’s 18th annual Political Risk Map , while the “world economy is broadly on the road to recovery, the level of political risk has risen in more countries than it has declined.” Aon’s...