All PVT articles
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NewsWTW: Middle East conflict reshaping April 1 renewals dynamics
Re/insurance broker comments highlights pricing volatility and tighter terms as market adjusts to new equilibrium
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NewsIran conflict: War amplifies specialty insurance tail risk, says Moody’s
Missile and drone attacks in the Gulf are increasing tail risk for marine, aviation and political violence insurers, but disciplined underwriting and reinsurance protection mean large carriers are expected to absorb most losses, according to a new sector analysis
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NewsIran conflict: Fairmont Palm and DXB attacks reveal coverage gaps for Dubai terrorism buyers
Exclusive: UAE businesses struck by Iranian missile and drone attacks, including Dubai International Airport and Fairmont The Palm, bought terrorism policies rather than broader war or political violence protection
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NewsHIVE expands into political violence and terrorism
PVT launch by the specialty managing general agent (MGA) builds on aviation, space and marine strategy
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NewsSynthetik warns UK SRCC risk now ‘route-based accumulation’ threat
New modelling suggests civil unrest insured losses could exceed £4bn under certain triggers, as carriers urged to rethink postcode-level accumulation approaches
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NewsPersistent threats, low sophistication: Pool Re maps ‘substantial’ UK terrorism risk landscape
Pool Re’s latest report finds the UK threat level remains “substantial”, with lone actors and simple methodologies dominating risk, even as higher-end capabilities persist at the margins
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NewsHua promoted to lead LSM war and terrorism in LatAm and US
Lillian Hua steps into a senior regional role overseeing Liberty Specialty Markets’ war and terrorism offering across Latin America and the US
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NewsCivil unrest risks set to intensify in 2026, Verisk Maplecroft warns
New analysis points to rising protest size, more frequent disruption and growing damage to commercial property, with Europe and the US emerging at the highest risk of becoming SRCC flashpoints
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NewsLockton Re and Blackthorn warn terrorism models risk falling behind emerging threats
New terrorism report argues reinsurers must rethink long-held assumptions as geopolitical, technological and climate pressures reshape malicious-risk landscape
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NewsFidelis Partnership promotes Ayres to head of crisis management
New promotion in political violence insurance market against “a backdrop of geopolitical tensions”.
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NewsDWIC 2025 roundtable: Political violence market warns of rising exposures amid falling rates
Capacity is flowing into the political violence (PV) market in 2025, but practitioners speaking at a DWIC 2025 roundtable observed the influx is suppressing rates at odds with rising risk accumulations.
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NewsDWIC 2025: Age of unpredictability – how political risk is reshaping global business strategy
As geopolitical risks have escalated, businesses face unprecedented volatility. WTW’s Pamela Thomson-Hall shared her insights with DWIC 2025 on the shifting landscape — and why insurance hubs like Dubai are playing a vital role in helping organisations manage an unstable world.
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NewsPool Re makes £100m third catastrophe bond placement
Great Britain’s terrorism reinsurance fund continues to explore insurance linked securities for its retro placements, this time to the tune of $100m, with the assistance of Aon and Howden.
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NewsPool Re makes terrorism treaty transition, heralds innovation, resilience benefits
Tailored retentions can include CBRN threats, cyber physical damage, as well as conventional risks, under the new ‘bifurcated approach’ adopted by the UK’s Treasury-backed reinsurance pool for terrorism risk in mainland Great Britain.
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NewsDWIC speaker preview: Crisis management lessons with WTW’s Thomson-Hall
At next month’s Dubai World Insurance Congress (DWIC) 2025 event in Dubai, speaker Pamela Thomson-Hall, CEO, international, WTW, will share insights on managing geopolitical risk crises.
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NewsTMK appoints Wilson special risks leader
James Wilson joins from The Hartford where he was head of political risks, and head of credit and political risk.
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NewsChubb expands PVT with two underwriting appointments
Estefania López and Harry Bassett take new roles within the insurer’s London market political violence and terrorism (PVT) team.
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NewsPool Re launches SME market consultation to boost terrorism coverage
Great Britain’s terrorism risk re/insurance pool, backed by the Treasury, has launched a consultation focused on insuredness among small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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NewsPool Re completes $3.5bn expanded retro placement
A new retrocession programme with more than 60 reinsurers, including Hannover Re and MGA Fidelis Partnership, provides £2.75bn of aggregate excess of loss cover, increased from £2.4bn of protection previously.
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NewsThreats to assets and people dominate crisis management landscape – WTW
Political repatriations, kidnap and malicious risk threats dominate the crisis management landscape, according to Willis.
