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Insurers eye increase in terrorism cover sales
Insurers are tentatively anticipating an uptick in the number of businesses buying terrorism cover, following changes to the Pool Re reinsurance scheme last week.
Martyn's Law receives Royal Assent
Businesses have been given two years to implement the requirements of Martyn’s Law, landmark piece of counter-terrorism legislation.
Pool Re opens consultation on SME terrorism cover
Pool Re has launched a consultation on the potential to reintegrate terrorism as a standard covered peril in SME policies.
Pool Re reduces taxpayers’ exposure to UK terrorism risk
Pool Re has completed the placement of a new retrocession programme, shifting more of the financial risk arising from acts of terrorism away from taxpayers and back to the private market.
Insurers Review of the Year 2024
Insurers share their highlights of 2024 and hopes for more economic stability, less regulatory tinkering and fewer storms in 2025.
Bspoke’s Hood partnership; CFC’s European expansion; Pool Re’s head of underwriting
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
iCan founder launches broker; Chaucer enters weather market; RSA's property director
Thursday Round-Up: As tomorrow is Good Friday, Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week, a day early.
Pool Re to adopt more flexible treaty model in 2025
Pool Re members and the Treasury have backed proposals for the government-backed terrorism reinsurer to adopt a treaty model from next spring.
UK motor broker launches; Ardonagh’s management reshuffle; Polaris’s £1.5m investment
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Pool Re’s treaty reinsurance plans present SME cover opportunity
Proposals to make Pool Re a treaty reinsurer could lead to a greater proportion of UK SMEs taking out terrorism cover, senior industry figures have said.9
Government to launch Martyn’s Law consultation after Christmas
The government will launch a consultation on proposed counterterrorism measures that smaller premises will have to take as soon as possible, according to a Home Office official.
Diary of an Insurer: Pool Re’s Jonathan Gray
Jonathan Gray, chief underwriting officer of Pool Re, is careful about cyber security while working on the train and considers how to protect the UK’s publicly accessible locations from terrorist attacks.
Is it time to start lobbying the government to help insure SMEs?
News editor's view: Despite business insolvencies increasing year-on-year, SMEs are still not taking out insurance and, when they do, they often remain underinsured. Is it time for the government to step in?
Industry lacks a ‘credible understanding of terrorism in the UK’
The insurance industry needs to brush up on its understanding of terrorism risk ahead of the expected passage of Martyn’s Law next spring, Pool Re has said.
Pool Re welcomes Martyn’s Law draft legislation
Pool Re welcomed the publication of draft legislation that will require publicly accessible premises to increase efforts to mitigate against terrorism risk.
Q&A: Tom Clementi, Pool Re
Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re, updates Insurance Post on plans for the terrorism reinsurer to switch to a treaty model, and explains recent developments in the UK's domestic terror landscape.
Pool Re CEO warns terrorism threat is ‘evolving’ due to the cost-of-living crisis
The cost-of-living crisis has affected SMEs’ ability to afford some types of non-essential insurance products, such as terrorism cover, according to Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re.
Diary of an Insurer: RSA’s Jessica Riley
Jessica Riley, terrorism lead for commercial lines at RSA, packs in school runs, training for charitable races, a Christmas team catch-up, and making amendments to e-learning modules for terrorism into her working week.
Government unveils plans for stronger protection against terrorism attacks
Insurers have called new legislation, which will be introduced to tighten security at venues in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, an “important step in enhancing the protection of the UK’s publicly accessible locations."