All the headlines from our Political Risk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2016 // Israeli courts could demand that companies such as Facebook Inc. remove content deemed as incitement, under a bill that that will head for parliamentary approval amid concerns about free speech.The law would give Israel...
Dec 21 2016 // German investigators intensified their search for the perpetrator of a deadly truck assault on a Christmas market in Berlin after an initial suspect was released, deepening the fear and uncertainty over what Chancellor...
Dec 21 2016 // XL Catlin’s has launched Active Assailant, Loss of Attraction and Threat (ALT) insurance coverage to respond to the impact of terrorism or an active assailant attack or the threat of an attack on the operations of...
Dec 20 2016 // Investigators suspect the driver of a truck that plowed into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 48, did so intentionally in a terrorist attack, police said on Tuesday.The truck crashed...
Nov 21 2016 // Tokio Marine Kiln has appointed Gary Burke to the special risks division in its London office. Burke will focus on trade credit and political risks.Previously he worked for American International Group (AIG) where he held...
Nov 21 2016 // XL Catlin has enhanced its Platinum Property insurance program with a new terrorism and political violence insurance option.XL Catlin’s Platinum Property program allows businesses to address 100 percent of their...
Nov 4 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher has appointed industry stalwarts Rupert Boyle and Nick Ollerenshaw as executive directors, aiming to deepen its specialist capabilities in credit and political risks insurance.They report to Mark...
Nov 4 2016 // Talbot Underwriting Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Validus Holdings Ltd., announced the launch of a Lloyd’s led consortium for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological (NBCR) terrorism.The facility will...
Oct 26 2016 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has raised its property terrorism insurance limits globally to $1 billion. The larger capacity is available to clients on a stand-alone basis or as expanded limits within...
Oct 17 2016 // Take1 Insurance has introduced Take1 Combined Crisis Cover insurance protection for the live and special event industry. The coverage provides immediate coverage of up to $1 million annually in the event of, or threat of,...
Oct 13 2016 // Before Ahmad Khan Rahami planted bombs in New York and New Jersey, he bought bomb-making materials on eBay, linked to jihad-related videos from his public social-media account and was looked into by law enforcement agents,...
Oct 13 2016 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has launched stand-alone war and terrorism coverage to protect U.S. businesses at home and their assets abroad.In 2014, the cost of global...
Oct 10 2016 // Pool Re, the state-backed UK reinsurer that covers terrorism related commercial property losses, announced the launch of the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Re/Insurance Pools (IFTRIP).The formation of IFTRIP is the...
Sep 28 2016 // Lawyers for Facebook Inc. on Tuesday sought to assure a U.S. judge overseeing lawsuits by victims of militant attacks in the Middle East that it took a “zero tolerance” approach to any communications that may...
Sep 23 2016 // A federal judge slammed Facebook Inc., saying the social media giant might not be doing enough to deter terrorists from using its platform.U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn, New York, also accused...
Sep 20 2016 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has identified the incident where a bomb went off from inside a dumpster in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people, as an act of terrorism.“I said yesterday I...
Sep 20 2016 // Insurance broker Lockton, in conjunction with London Market insurers Hiscox, Beazley, Talbot and XL Catlin, have launched a new product – Terrorism Crisis Solutions (TCS) – designed to offer corporate clients a...
Sep 19 2016 // Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide has expanded the capabilities of its terrorism risk model to support scenario testing for the United States and 27 other countries to help companies assess the impact of different...
Aug 25 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Bonnie Chow as senior underwriter, Political Risk and Trade Credit insurance for Asia Pacific. She will be based in Sydney.Chow has over 20 years’...
Aug 17 2016 // Neon has appointed Gregg McPhee to the newly created role of head of Political Violence.McPhee will join Neon on Oct. 1 2016 and will lead Neon’s existing political violence team, reporting to Darren Lednor, chief...