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    Author: Chris Kirby

    Author: Chris Kirby

    Martyn’s Law will increase national resilience to terrorism but what does this mean for businesses?

    21/02/23
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    Martyn’s Law will increase national resilience to terrorism but what does this mean for businesses?

    On 22nd May 2017 over 14,000 people, many of them teenagers and children, packed the Manchester Arena to see Ariana Grande in concert. Tragically, 22 of them didn’t make it home after a suicide bomber managed to evade security and detonate a bomb he was carrying. […]

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.
    02/02/23
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    Trouble shooting mass shootings

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.
    13/09/22
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    Active Assailant cover for medical facilities

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.

    Assessing the terror threat on opposite sides of the Atlantic

    19/04/22
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    Assessing the terror threat on opposite sides of the Atlantic

    On the surface, the terrorism threat facing both the UK and the US looks very similar. Certainly, the threat of […]

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.
    10/01/22
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    Organized theft: Insurance coverage & retail crime

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.
    02/12/21
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    A world of trouble for political violence insurers

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.

    The Emerging Risks Interview – Chris Kirby

    28/09/21
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    The Emerging Risks Interview – Chris Kirby

    1. You’re on record as saying that this year has been the most active on record for civil disturbances. How do you quantify this and what territories are we talking about? […]

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.
    28/09/21
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    Political violence covers in Latin America see growing restrictions

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.
    02/09/21
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    PVT market must adapt amid rising global social tensions

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.

    Business interruption remains a challenge for the political violence market

    08/07/20
    Political Violence & Terrorism
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    Business interruption remains a challenge for the political violence market

    There are inherent issues in the market’s underwriting process that makes it difficult for carriers to provide effective business interruption […]

    Chris Kirby
    Global Head Of Political Violence & Terrorism
    Chris brings a wealth of experience to Optio having operated for over twenty years in the Political Risk, War, and Terrorism market in London, the USA, Middle East, and Africa. The Political Violence & Terrorism team will focus on clients with operations outside of North America and Western Europe and we can provide direct and reinsurance coverage for terrorism, strikes, riots and civil commotion, and war on land for businesses of all sizes. We plan to expand the offering to provide Political and Counter Party risk to their clients and over time evolve into a comprehensive Crisis Management unit, offering a bouquet of coverage’s to protect a client’s profitability from actions or non-performance by third parties.