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November 17, 2020
Solutions Annual Review
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There were no terrorist attacks in the UK this month. However, a man armed with a bladed weapon injured two people near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Read more......
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November 6, 2020
Monthly Threat Update October 2020
Commentary Risk Awareness
There were no terrorist attacks in the UK this month. However, a man armed with a bladed weapon injured two people near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Read more......
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October 8, 2020
Monthly Threat Update September 2020
Commentary Risk Awareness
There were no terrorist attacks in the UK this month. However, a man armed with a bladed weapon injured two people near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Read more......
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October 8, 2020
COVID-19: highlighting the CBR threat
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Tune into our webcast, and join Ed Butler CBE DSO - Chief Resilience Officer, Pool Re, and our expert team of panellists who explore this further.
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September 9, 2020
Monthly Threat Update Aug 2020
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August 7, 2020
Monthly Threat Update July 2020
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The Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report 2019 provides an overview of significant acts of terrorism during the year.
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July 29, 2020
When terrorism and cyber worlds collide…
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Tune into our webcast, as our expert panelists probe deeper into what this means for us, how the landscape is changing and how insurers are responding to the new and emerging threats.
5G Blog CYour FEATURE
July 14, 2020
Conspiracy theories and terrorism
Commentary Risk Awareness
Whilst conspiracy theories may incite violence, organisations can monitor the spread of theories to accurately assess the risks to their businesses...
Risk Register CMC Blog FEATURE
July 9, 2020
Time for a good, hard look in the mirror?
Commentary Risk Management
Was it adequately understood what COVID-19 could mean for UK businesses? Perhaps it's time for a good, hard look in the mirror...
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July 7, 2020
Monthly Threat Update June 2020
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The Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report 2019 provides an overview of significant acts of terrorism during the year.
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May 21, 2020
Understanding risk, enabling resilience
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May 19, 2020
Right-wing terrorism since Christchurch
Commentary Risk Awareness
While authorities have proven adept at prosecuting members of far-right organisations, plots by lone actors will be harder to prevent...
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May 6, 2020
Covid 19 and terrorism report
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The Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report 2019 provides an overview of significant acts of terrorism during the year.
WTW Pools Feature
March 16, 2020
Terrorism Reinsurance Pools 2018/19
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In collaboration with Pool Re and global members of the International Forum for Terrorism Risk Reinsurance Pools (IFTRIP), Willis Towers Watson, Financial Solutions is pleased to present the following Terrorism Pool Index.
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March 12, 2020
What is the impact of bladed weapon attacks in Europe?
Commentary Risk Awareness
Crisis management and business continuity planning and exercises are indispensable tools for minimising the impact of bladed weapon attacks on businesses
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March 9, 2020
Sponsored bursaries improve resilience of the UK
Commentary Risk Management
Designed by Andrew Silke, Professor of Terrorism, Risk and Resilience, we are proud to sponsor bursaries for Cranfield University’s new Counterterrorism Risk Management and Resilience MSc.
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February 17, 2020
CT security guide for business premises
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The best practice counter-terrorism security guide is for business premises looking to protect against unique challenges presented by varied levels of risk.
AZEZ, SYRIA – MAY 19: Refugee camp for syrian people in Burseya hill on May 19, 2019 in Azez, Syria. In the civil war that began in Syria in 2011, 12 million people were displaced.
January 21, 2020
Returning Foreign Fighters
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Daesh’s leader was killed in a US-led operation in October 2019...
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December 11, 2019
The death of Al Baghdadi
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Daesh’s leader was killed in a US-led operation in October 2019...
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November 22, 2019
IFTRIP Conference News
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Media - Industry - PoolRe Solutions4
November 12, 2019
Pool Re SOLUTIONS: a specialist unit
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A specialist unit created to support UK businesses by sharing the unique knowledge and understanding.
Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report 2019
November 11, 2019
Terrorism Threat and Mitigation Report 2019
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The Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report 2019 provides an overview of significant acts of terrorism during the year.
SME Terrorism Insurance Guide
September 4, 2019
SME Guide to terrorism
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A short guide to explain why all small businesses need to think about insuring themselves against terrorism.
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August 15, 2019
Radicalisation impact on the terrorist
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The report includes an assessment of ideological trends and processes in terrorist radicalisation...
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July 26, 2019
Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report 4
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Pool Re publishes its fourth Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report and gives details of proposed cover for Non-Damage Business Interruption. 
Terrorism Frequency Report
July 1, 2019
Terrorism Frequency Report 02/19
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In this edition we have taken a holistic view of the terrorism threat to the United Kingdom and considered actors from both ends of the terrorism spectrum.
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May 31, 2019
Pool Re BIBA newsletter 2019
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Pool Re’s 25th Anniversary Year was a noteworthy one, with 2018 seeing two of the most significant enhancements to Pool Re’s cover since it was established.
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May 16, 2019
BIBA Terrorism Insurance Guide
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We recognise the vital role insurance brokers play in ensuring commercial policyholders obtain the most appropriate insurance cover for their business.
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May 7, 2019
So what are some of the big risks?
Commentary Risk Awareness
Whilst organisations may assume that the technology they use is secure, the reality is that attackers will exploit any weaknesses they find in configuration or usage.
Terrorism Frequency Report
April 4, 2019
Terrorism frequency briefing on extreme right wing
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While Islamist extremism remains the primary terror threat to the United Kingdom (UK), the threat from extreme right-wing (XRW) terrorism has both evolved and increased in recent years.
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March 28, 2019
Launch of Information Sharing Platform Project with Met police
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Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, has invested in a joint project with the UK National Counter-Terrorism Police HQ and the Home Office’s Joint Security & Resilience Centre...
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March 7, 2019
Terrorism Frequency Report 01/19
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In this edition we look in some detail at the issues and challenges posed by terrorist attacks causing Non-Damage Business Interruption (NDBI).
The Terrorism Pool Index
January 4, 2019
The Terrorism Pool Index
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In collaboration with Pool Re and global members of the International Forum for Terrorism Risk Insurance Pools (IFTRIP), Willis Towers Watson, Financial Solutions is pleased to present the following Terrorism Pool Index.
Terrorism Threat and Mitigation Report
November 13, 2018
Terrorism Threat and Mitigation Report 2018
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The Terrorism Threat & Mitigation Report provides an overview of significant acts of terrorism during the year as well as identifying key trends and themes.
Terrorism Frequency Report
July 31, 2018
Terrorism Frequency Report 03/18
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We examine whether the threat of returning foreign fighters is greater than that posed by Islamist extremists who have not been to the so-called Caliphate.
Catastrophic Risk report
June 28, 2018
Between State and Market: Protection Gap Entities and Catastrophic Risk report
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The protection gap. The economic and social impact of disasters is increasing all around the world.
Terrorism Frequency Report
April 27, 2018
Terrorism Frequency Report 02/18
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This edition provides Pool Re Members and stakeholders with a record of recent terrorist attacks, detailing their severity and frequency.
Terrorism Frequency Report
February 5, 2018
Terrorism Frequency Report 01/18
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Pool Re, the UK’s terrorism reinsurance pool, today announced the publication of the Terrorism Frequency Report, a quarterly view of the contemporary threat.
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July 12, 2017
The Changing Face of Terrorism: How the Government should respond
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In July last year, then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, clearly stated that the risk of a terror attack in the UK remained a case of “when, not if”
Post Incident Report
June 9, 2017
Post Incident Report: Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge attacks
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The three attacks have many common features. All of them were undertaken by Islamist extremists and claimed by Daesh.
Post Incident Report
May 2, 2017
Post Incident Report: Westminster Attack
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The police and MI5 have successfully disrupted at least 14 plots against the homeland since 2013, but with the frequency of low complexity attacks spreading across Europe..
Ankara and Berlin Terrorism
December 20, 2016
Ankara and Berlin- what happens next?
Commentary Risk Management
The attacks on the 19th December, in Berlin and Ankara, once again demonstrate the power of extremist ideology to motivate ‘lone actors’ to commit terrorist acts
MI6’s-warning
December 13, 2016
Do the arrests in Derby confirm the Head of MI6’s warning?
Commentary Risk Awareness
The arrest of six terrorist suspects on 12th December increases the number of thwarted attacks in the UK to thirteen...
Manchester-bombing
June 15, 2016
20 years since the Manchester bombing – a modern risk?
Commentary Risk Awareness
A modern risk with a long history - much has happened since Pool Re was created in 1993 to meet the immediate need for terrorism reinsurance.
Dissident republicanism
May 13, 2016
Dissident republicanism is a recurring threat.
Commentary Risk Awareness
The Home Secretary has just increased the threat level posed by dissident republicanism in Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
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