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- Backgrounder: Surviving Terrorism: Cyberterrorism
- This article is about various risk to the organizations from terrorism and cyberterrorism.Terrorism is the use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes of intimidation, coercion or ransom.The effects of terrorism can vary significantly from loss of...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002
- On November 26, 2002, President Bush signed into law The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, or H.R. 3210. The primary objective of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 is to mainly ensure the availability of commercial property and casualty insurance coverage for losses resulting from acts of terrorism....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Role of Insurance in Business Disaster Planning and Recovery
- A business that plans in advance makes better decisions because it has more time to analyze its critical financial needs and evaluate its options. It does not have to identify, evaluate and pursue potential funding sources while coping with the other personal and business effects of the disaster. Major catastrophes...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Insurance, Finance and Regulation Primer for Terrorism Risk Management in Buildings
- This paper is a part of the Multihazard Risk Management Series of publications that addresses terrorism risk in buildings. The objective of this paper is to introduce the building insurance, finance, and regulatory communities to the issue of terrorism risk management in buildings and the tools currently available to manage...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Terrorism Insurance Coverage for Commercial Property—A Status Report
- By affecting many lines of coverage, the losses associated with September 11 aggregated to a sum previously unthinkable in risk management and insurance circles. As a result, insurers have reacted quickly and decisively over the past 10 months to address the catastrophic exposure to loss associated with terrorist attacks. Of...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- No ART in covering terrorism exposure. (Risk Management).(Terrorism insurance)(Brief Article)
- Alternative risk-transfer mechanisms and securitization will not step in to fill the void created by terrorism exclusions on commercial insurance policies, experts said at a recent industry gathering. Business typically moves to alternative risk-transfer mechanisms during hard insurance markets, noted John Kollar, an actuary...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
- Terrorism Risk Management & Risk Transfer Overview
- Backed by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 TRIA, which created an instantaneous US$100 billion U.S. federal reinsurance mechanism, the terrorism risk transfer capacity that had all but evaporated in the days immediately following September 11 has steadily, though cautiously, re-grown. This paper summarizes the salient features of the...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- AIG launches terrorism exposure unit.(Industry News)(American International Group Inc.)(Brief article)
- NEW YORK-American International Group Inc. has formed a new specialty unit to provide access to insurance, risk management and security products and services to help companies address terrorism exposures and risks. The new unit, AIG Homeland Secur NEW YORK-American International Group Inc. has...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Catastrophic Events as Threats to Society: Private and Public Risk Management Strategies
- Dramatic events in the recent past have drawn attention to catastrophe risk management problems. The devastating terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 incurred the highest insured losses to date. According to current estimates, property and business interruption insurance losses alone amount to 19 billion USD. The extent of these consequences...
- White papers 2004-08-17
- D.C. agenda taking form.(terrorism insurance regulations )(Brief article)(Column)
- The shape of the new Congress' risk management agenda has become clearer during the two months since the election. As we hoped, the new chairmen of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and the House Financial Services committees quickly endo The shape of the new...
- Research articles 2007-01-08
- Assessing, Managing And Financing Extreme Events: Dealing With Terrorism
- This paper discusses new challenges we face with terrorism as a catastrophic risk by focusing on risk assessment, risk management as well as risk financing issues. The special characteristics of terrorism compared with major natural hazards call for the development of public-private partnerships, as recognized in November 2002 when the...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Assessing, Managing, and Financing Extreme Events: Dealing With Terrorism
- This paper discusses new challenges we face with terrorism as a catastrophic risk by focusing on risk assessment, risk management as well as risk financing issues. The special characteristics of terrorism compared with major natural hazards call for the development of public-private partnerships, as recognized in November 2002 when the...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States
- The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, against the United States raise a fundamental question about the responsibilities of the public and private sectors in reducing the risks of terrorist attacks and in providing adequate financial protection to victims of catastrophes. In the field of risk management and insurance, terrorism...
- White papers 2005-01-12
- Standalone terrorism coverage available, affordable; Some say standalone capacity could be exhausted if TRIA is allowed to expire.(Spotlight: Terrorism & Crisis Management)(Terrorism Risk Insurance Act)
- Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ If the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act expires at the end of the year, risk managers will not be left completely without options if they want to buy terrorism coverage. Standalone terrorism coverage, which is not supported by the ...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
- Quantifying Terrorism Risk for Insured Portfolios
- As with Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, has resulted in major advances in the quantification and management of a class of catastrophe insurance risks. The control of accumulations of exposure in urban areas...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Risk Management: An Update on Terrorism Risk
- Article discusses that U. S. insurance companies would respond to the new risk of terrorism were answered in November 2001 when the Insurance Services Office filed terrorism exclusions to be used by their member companies on property and casualty insurance policies. Article talks about Federal Reinsurance, insured losses, incomplete solution,...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Terrorism Risk Transfer & Mitigation: The New Reality
- Terrorism losses are unpredictable and potentially catastrophic. Insurers find it very hard to model and price terrorism risk. Prior to 9/11, insurance coverage for terrorism was routine. In the foreseeable future, it will be available on a limited basis. Risks managers must now view the terrorism risk differently to 'traditional'...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Terrorism not top concern, Aon says.(Agent / Broker)
- Political and economic exposures have replaced terrorism as the leading concern among corporations doing business overseas, a development that has broad insurance and risk management implications, one leading global brokerage contends. Chicago-bas Political and economic exposures have replaced terrorism as the leading...
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- Use of captive for terror risks puts Verizon in the vanguard.(Risk Manager of the Year)
- Byline: DAVE LENCKUS Led by its risk management department, Verizon Communications Inc. was among the first captive insurance company owners to investigate how it could use its facility to obtain affordable terrorism coverage. The use of the cap Byline: DAVE LENCKUS...
- Research articles 2003-04-07
- Terror risk demands federal role: Groups; Private market still said lacking.(Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc)
- Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN A continuing lack of guaranteed reinsurance, the long-term nature of the terrorism threat and the shortcomings of computer modeling to forecast terrorist losses are all reasons to maintain a federal terrorism insurance back Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN ...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
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