Update: French Internet Cables Severed in Latest Attack During Olympics July 29, 2024 By Benoit Berthelot and Jillian Deutsch A number of fiber optic cables carrying broadband service across France were cut overnight in the latest attack on the...
Paris Trains Hit By Sabotage Hours Before Olympics Kick Off July 26, 2024 By Julien Ponthus and Valentine Baldassari Trains to and from Paris, including the international Eurostar service, were hit by what authorities called a “massive attack aimed...
Insurers Fret Over Risk of Militant Attacks, AI Hacks at Paris Olympics July 5, 2024 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain Insurers are nervous that militant attacks or AI-generated fake images could derail the Paris Olympics, risking event cancellations and millions...
Viewpoint: Logic & Language, Forms & Facts – Revisiting Terrorism Issues October 17, 2023 By Bill Wilson “Yesterday was my son’s 12th birthday but he didn’t spend it unwrapping presents or gorging on ice cream and cake....
A Look Back at Boston Marathon Bombing Insurance Claims April 18, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Ten years ago, on April 15, 2013, two brothers placed pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston...
South African Economic Hub May Be Terror Target, U.S. Warns October 27, 2022 By Renee Bonorchis One of South Africa’s richest suburbs may be the target of a terrorist attack this weekend, according to an alert...
UK’s Terrorism Reinsurer Pool Re to Reduce Reinsurance Pricing for Insurers May 10, 2022 Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced the most significant reduction in its reinsurance pricing in 20 years. The reduction,...
People Moves: Great American P&C Promotes Cohen, Kadnar; Markel Adds Hiscox’s Wakeham as U.S. Terrorism Underwriter February 11, 2022 Great American Insurance Group has promoted Jason M. Cohen to senior vice president and Julie F. Kadnar to divisional group...
Mosaic Offers $600M of Capacity for War, Terrorism and Political Violence Risks October 22, 2021 Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has extended its war, terrorism and political violence coverage to offer up to $600 million per risk....
Specialty MGA Rokstone Launches Terrorism Facility in the UK, Led by Ensurance’s Steel October 12, 2021 Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agency, has launched a new terrorism facility with “A”-rated capacity in the UK....