INCREASING KIDNAP RISK LIFTS DEMAND FOR INSURANCE
According to Praesidio Risk, the demand for kidnap and ransom insurance is escalating owing to the increasing threat of this crime, and growing awareness of product availability INCREASING KIDNAP RISK...
View ArticleShould we pay hostage ransoms to terrorists?
In 2013 G8 leaders signed an agreement stating their governments would not pay ransoms to terrorists. But only the UK and US have stuck to their word Should we pay hostage ransoms to terrorists? In...
View ArticleMay aims to close ransom loophole
Home secretary wants to stop insurers reimbursing ransom payments, as UN estimates Isis received £28m in the past year Anti-terror measures: May aims to close ransom loophole The government will...
View ArticleRansom ban among new anti-terror measures
United Kingdom Home Secretary Theresa May is set to announce that UK-based insurance companies are to be banned from covering the cost of terrorist ransoms Ransom ban among new anti-terror measures...
View ArticleHijackings at sea double in 2014
According to the International Maritime Bureau’s latest figures, last year saw a rise of almost 50% in the number of ship hijackings. To download the report, please visit this page. From the...
View ArticleRansom insurance payments – Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill
The House of Lords debated the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill on Tuesday this week. Among the many issues covered by the bill was a ban on insurance companies covering ransom payments. To read...
View ArticleAnalysis: Taryn Evans of AKE – Implications of UK ransom legislation
Taryn Evans Junior Executive AKE www.akegroup.com Implications of UK ransom legislation The recent announcement by Teresa May that the British government will seek to legislate against the payment of...
View ArticleSwitzerland: Court rules against ‘reckless’ Taliban hostage
The highest court in Switzerland has ruled against a police officer making an insurance claim for PTSD following his kidnapping in Pakistan. David Och and his female travel companion ignored travel...
View ArticleAnalysis: Andrew B Brown – INGO Kidnap – A New Challenging Dynamic
This article first appeared in the Forensic Research and Criminology International Journal and is reproduced with the kind permission of the journal. Andrew B Brown Associate Lecturer, Robert Gordon...
View ArticleUK: Families of Sousse victims likely to sue Thomson over approach to tourist...
Tui, the owner of Thomson Holidays, will likely be sued by the families of 16 British tourists killed in Sousse, Tunisia in June last year. Thirty eight people were killed, thirty of them British, in...
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