The social shockwaves following the port explosion are a concern for political violence insurers...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 4 months ago
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The prospect of widespread global civil unrest driven by COVID-19 following several lean years in the sector means the hard cycle we see today is unlikely to turn again soon...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 7 months ago
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How do tariffs affect businesses? Here are 4 important ways
Find the 4 most important ways tariffs can affect businesses by examining past and present events, including recent tariffs made by Donald Trump...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 2 years ago
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From Port-au-Prince to Paris, the risk of public disorder can threaten any business, anywhere...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 2 years ago
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Robert Hannigan, former Director of GCHQ, explains why escalating international tensions could have catastrophic consequences in cyberspace...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 2 years ago
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Mass terror threat poses new risk to events
Today’s brutal, shifting terrorist threat is prompting event-cancellation insurers to reassess their cover. An attack on a rock concert in Paris, a truck being used as a weapon to mow down spectators at a fireworks display in Nice – the rules of the terrorist...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 4 years ago
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Testing cat response is key to London’s future
Hiscox Chairman Rob Childs and Steve McGill, Group President of Aon plc discuss why the upcoming market stress test is critical to the London Market. The London Market is gearing up for its first ever major rehearsal of how it responds to a market-changing...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 4 years ago
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Outside the Box: Victoria Padfield
Hiscox London Market’s Political Risk Underwriter on her passion for horses, driving a horsebox and watching her sons compete. I was brought up with horses and they’ve always been a part of my life...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 5 years ago
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The rise of IS and fall of al-Qaida
Jonathan Wood, Associate Director of Global Issues at Control Risks compares the methods, targets and ideology of the two Islamic terrorist groups...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 6 years ago
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Claire Simpson
The Political Risk Underwriter on the buzz of finding new clients and what it’s like to take tea with Berber tribesmen...
- Hiscox Group / Article / 6 years ago
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