Managing Travel Risk – 5 Things to Consider
Our partners, Crisis24 have recently released some handy tips on what you should consider before planning a trip abroad, especially to countries that are riskier for business travellers. These include pre-planning safety briefs, communication while away and important...
S.A.F.E The latest protection from AIG
Our partners, AIG have recently released a new insurance policy to ensure travellers and employees are kept S.A.F.E (Secure Assistance for Evacuation). It focuses on political evacuation, natural disaster evacuation and medical evacuation.Whilst AIG have been writing...
Crisis Intensifies in Mexico
The events in Mexico in early March where US citizens crossing the border were kidnapped has made international news. This has highlighted the threats that travellers face, regardless of the purpose of their trip. Our prevention partners, Crisis24 have issued a a...
Special Risks Report from Crisis24
Our crisis response partners, Crisis24 have recently issued their risk report for the last quarter where they provide a comprehensive report on areas that are experiencing high numbers of threats at the moment. Remaining vigilant when travelling for business or...
Kidnapping in the UK on the Rise
Nobody expects kidnappings to happen close to home and in the UK. However, police statistics show that kidnap incidents have doubled since 2002 with 6905 recorded in 2021/22 alone* in the England and Wales. High net worth individuals are logical targets and should...
Independent Review Highlights AIG’s Financial Stability
OLDWICK - DECEMBER 16, 2022 03:33 PM (EST) AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a” (Excellent) of...
Crisis24 Kidnapping Risk Map
Each year, our partners, Crisis24 conduct an extensive evaluation of the multitude of threats that we may encounter across the globe. Please see below the link to download the Kidnap Forecast Map. Download the map today.
Security Situation Intensifies in Mexico
• Extortion is extremely prevalent across much of Mexico, although the majority of cases go unreported due to fear of reprisals and police inefficiency. According to recent statistics, there was a 55.6% increase in the number of extortion incidents in 2022 compared to...
Security and duty of care at events
This year alone we are seeing the Commonwealth Games, the ICC World T20 Cricket tournament and the FIFA World Cup, not to mention the myriad of smaller events that regularly take place across the year around the world. A large part of the cost of an event should be to...
What can the cyber market learn from Kidnap and Ransom insurance?
Hear Markham Special Risk's CEO Giles Greenfield talk to InsureTV about how the market can learn vital lessons from the kidnap and ransom industry. Giles speaks about the importance of preparation and planning that should be involved as part of an insurance policy to...