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South Africa’s State Insurer Will Raise Premiums to Address Riot-Related Reinsurance Costs
South Africa's only insurer covering political violence will increase its premiums to cover a rise in reinsurance costs following some of the worst unrest in decades, the head of the state-owned ...
Terrorism Insurance Still a Stable Market Even as Threats Evolve: Marsh Report
Terrorism insurance markets should remain stable even as threats rise and the types of attacks have continued to evolve. That's thanks to a nimble and proactive industry, Marsh asserts in a new ...
Environmental Worries Dominate 2017 U.S. Property Insurance Risk Concerns: Marsh
Insurers in the U.S. property insurance market may want to consider that three of the five major risks Marsh has highlighted as big worries in 2017. Wildfires, global flooding and earthquakes are all ...
The Latest Launches from Willis Towers Watson and Beazley
Willis Towers Watson updated its Radar pricing software. Beazley expanded its event cancellation coverage for political violence and incidents of terrorism. *** Willis Towers Watson released a new ...
New ACE Terror/Violence Coverage Addresses Bomb Threat Hoaxes, Looting and More
ACE Group is marketing new multinational insurance coverage to help businesses handle fast-evolving terrorism and political violence problems. The policy addresses a wide range of areas including ...
ACE Doubles Terrorism, Political Violence and War Insurance Capacity
ACE Ltd., which recently announced a $28.3 billion deal to acquire The Chubb Group, is doubling its terrorism, political violence and war insurance capacity. The plan is for ACE to boost its ...
Analysis: Optimism Fading, Brazil Protests Put Leaders On Alert
When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Monday night, they demanded a dizzying array of improvements—from halting the fast rise of prices to cleaning up government ...
Top 10 Terror Risk Hot Spots
According to Aon, 44 percent of countries analyzed have an identifiable threat of terrorism. The 10 countries where risk of terrorism and political violence are highest are listed in the chart below: ...