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Re/Insurers Must Respond to Evolving Terrorist Risk with Relevant Products: JLT

The re/insurance industry is failing to respond to the growing global terrorist threat with products that meet the needs of their clients, according to a report published by JLT Re and JLT Specialty Ltd. Indeed, evidence that insurance has absorbed …

AIR Says Brussels Attacks Have Limited Insurer Impact; FERMA Issues Comment

The deadly coordinated attacks in Brussels on March 22, which killed 33 people and wounded 260. are expected to have limited impact on the insurance industry, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Loss of life and injuries to individuals …

Update: Explosions Rip Through Brussels Airport & Subway; Death Toll Rises

Belgium was on the highest terror-alert level after three bombings in Brussels on Tuesday killed at least 31, injured more than 180 and raised fears of follow-up attacks. Prime Minister Charles Michel, condemning the deadliest terror attack on Belgian soil …

The Many Faces of Terrorism; an Expert’s Analysis from Aon Benfield

“The recent attacks in London, Paris and the Boston marathon bombing are evidence that terrorists are resorting to simpler tactics,” said Mark Lynch, the head of Political Risk Model Development at Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting. “They have more opportunities and …