All the headlines from our Political Risk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2005 // The Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee each marked up legislation Wednesday to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for two years.The Senate Banking Committee reported out S. 467 by...
Nov 16 2005 // Business insurance consumers represented by the multi-industry Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism have expressed their support for federal terrorism insurance legislation that will be marked up by the House Committee on...
Nov 15 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) said it strongly supports H.R. 4314, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision Act, introduced late Monday by Subcommittee Chairman Richard...
Nov 11 2005 // The House Financial Service Committee has come up with what at least one group is calling a “workable” proposal to renew the federal terrorism insurance act for two years.The bill will be marked up by the...
Oct 28 2005 // While backers of an extension of the federal terrorism reinsurance program are still hoping that at least a short term fix will be approved before the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act officially expires at year’s end,...
Oct 12 2005 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), Newark, Calif., has announced the launch of a Terrorism and Security Risk Manager online service, a new information source for insurers writing global terrorism risk. The service is...
Oct 5 2005 // In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, leaders from the public and private sectors from throughout the nation will take part in the National Symposium on Terrorism Risk Insurance in the Cannon House Office Building on...
Oct 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Insurance Company of the West announced it will offer admitted stand-alone property terrorism coverage for most states. Additional states, including New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Dela-ware,...
Sep 29 2005 // In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, leaders from the public and private sectors from throughout the nation will take part in the National Symposium on Terrorism Risk Insurance in the Cannon House Office Building on...
Sep 22 2005 // According to Risk Management Solutions’ fourth annual U.S. Terrorism Risk Model, the risk of extreme terrorism-related events over the next five years, including terrorist attacks using chemical, biological,...
Sep 19 2005 // Former President Bill Clinton closed a very successful initial conference in New York for his Global Initiative with commitments of $1.25 billion. The 3-day event, organized by the ex-President to coincide with the current...
Aug 8 2005 // Property casualty insurers have outlined what they term a “market-based” approach to providing terrorism risk insurance.The proposals include repeal of some state laws on fire policies and creation of a...
Aug 8 2005 // Property casualty insurers have outlined what they term a “market-based” approach to providing terrorism risk insurance.The proposals include repeal of some state laws on fire policies and creation of a...
Aug 8 2005 // Risk Management Solutions released its Global Geocoding Platform and upgraded Global Terrorism Risk and Terrorism Scenario models, which provide insurers and reinsurers with the first worldwide view of their catastrophe...
Aug 5 2005 // Insurance Company of the West has announced it will offer admitted stand-alone property terrorism coverage for most states around the country. Additional states, including New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut,...
Jul 27 2005 // Property casualty insurers have outlined what they term a “market-based” approach to providing terrorism risk insurance.The proposals include repeal of some state laws on fire policies and creation of a...
Jul 27 2005 // Key Elements in a Market-Based Approach to Terrorism InsuranceProperty Casualty Insurers Association of America Presented to the House Financial Servcies Committee July 26, 2005 Fundamental Objectives Fundamental...
Jul 18 2005 // The insurance industry expressed its disappointment over the June 30 release of the Treasury Department’s report announcing its opposition to the renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act by Congress in its current...
Jul 18 2005 // The Treasury report on terrorism insurance is just one of several on the subject. Here is a summary of some other reports:Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, July 2005 Private markets are not yet able to...
Jul 18 2005 // The Treasury report on terrorism insurance is just one of several on the subject. Here is a summary of some other reports:Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, July 2005 Private markets are not yet able to...