Insurance
06 February, 2023
Quick Brief, 1 February 2023: Border crosser standoff/protest at NYC’s Watson Hotel ends with a…

(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…

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20 January, 2023
Quick Brief, 20 January 2023: Shooting, standoff at Hilton hotel, property damage done

(Muir Analytics’ Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…

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03 November, 2022
Re-cap of 13 October briefing: SRCC Threat Data and Analytics: The Hotel Sector as a…

By Jeff Moore and Matt Wills On 13 October 2022, Muir Analytics talked to the International Society of Catastrophe Managers at One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY, regarding strike/riot/civil commotion…

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16 June, 2021
Quick Brief, 16 June 2021: Paradise Beach Hotel in Kenya never got over terror attack;…

(Muir Analytics' Quick Brief is broadly based on the Pentagon EXSUM briefing method. The aim is to quickly explain an evolving hotel threat issue in about 15 lines in executive…

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05 October, 2020
5 October 2020, MGM Mandalay Bay 2017 massacre lawsuit finalized at $800 million

WREG Memphis reported that on 30 September 2020, Clark County District Court Judge Linda Bell approved an $800 million lawsuit settlement between 4,400 claimants and MGM over the Mandalay Bay-Route…

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19 July, 2019
Best’s Review – excellent article on hotel terrorism insurance in the wake of the Sri…

Best’s Review published a timely terrorism insurance article written by the talented Iris Lai in its July issue titled, “Continuing Exposure: Sri Lanka bombings call for revisiting terrorism and political…

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29 April, 2019
28 April 2019, Insurers respond to hotel bombings in Sri Lanka, with Matt Wills, Senior…

Insurers are making initial moves to analyze damage done and calculate payouts at three of the four hotels that were bombed on 21 April, Easter Sunday in Colombo. (Three churches…

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02 April, 2019
Adjua Fisher for Risk and Insurance magazine discusses active shooter insurance – relevant for hotels

Adjua Fisher, on 1 March 2019, wrote the informative article, "Is Active Shooter Insurance Becoming a Risk Management Necessity?" for Risk and Insurance. In the article, Fisher asserts that, out of 500 workplace…

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13 February, 2019
13 February 2019, post Nairobi Dusit terror attack exclusive interview with Mr. Souvik Banerjea, Managing…

In the wake of the 15 January 2019 al Shabaab terror attack on the dusitD2 hotel and business complex where 21 people died and at least 30 were wounded, Muir…

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28 November, 2017
28 November 2017, Bloomberg article speculates Mandalay Bay/Vegas concert massacre might cost over $1 billion…

Bloomberg writers Hannah Levitt and Sonali Basak penned the article, “Las Vegas Massacre Could Cost Insurers More Than $1 Billion,” on 10 November. To date, the exactitudes of insurance payouts, the…

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10 September, 2017
10 September 2017, Insurance AND legal issues impact Regency Hotel Dublin over Feb 2016 gangster…

The assassination of Irish gangster David Byrne at the Regency Hotel Dublin on 5 February 2016 provides a textbook case study of hotel vs. insurance company wrangling over policies and…

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24 October, 2016
10 October 2016, UK Pool Re announces international terrorism risk pool forum

On 10 October, the Insurance Journal wrote that the UK’s government-backed Pool Re, which covers commercial property losses from terror attacks, had launched the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Re/Insurance…

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06 January, 2016
5 January 2016, Building premiums under review post Dubai hotel/apartment fire; might impact terrorism insurance

Following the major fire at The Address Downtown Dubai on New Year’s Eve, real estate community premiums in UAE are under review, and they might rise, reports The National. Two…

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29 July, 2015
14 July 2014, Commercial property coverage premiums come down – including terrorism coverage

Nancy Crotti recently wrote an illuminating article on the decrease of commercial property coverage premiums for Commercial Property Executive. This included terrorism coverage. Titled, Buyer's Market - For Now, Ms.…

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29 July, 2015
29 July 2015, Main hospitality insurance points from Marsh’s venerable 2015 Terrorism Risk Insurance Report

Marsh recently published its 2015 Terrorism Risk Insurance Report, one of the top yearly terrorism insurance reports. Its statistical highlights regarding the Hospitality and Gaming sector are as follows: Terrorism Insurance…

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04 July, 2015
3 July 2015, Original content: Hotel terrorism underwriting in East Africa – the same for…

...with expert commentary by ATI’s Sherry Kennedy and Souvik Banerjea  by Jeff Moore, PhD, with Tim Hill, 3 July 2015 (originally written in November 2014, slightly updated for June/July 2015) With the devastating 26…

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14 May, 2015
9 May 2015, Kenya

Peter Muiruri wrote an interesting piece for Standard Digital, a Kenya news outlet, on what some business entities in Kenya are doing to salvage the 2015 tourist season that has…

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12 April, 2015
20 February 2015, Jeffrey D. DeBoer Comments on TRIA

Here is an interesting piece from 20 February 2015 including comments by Real Estate Roundtable President and CEO Jeffrey D. DeBoer on Congress passing TRIA and how a wide array…

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12 April, 2015
On 7 January 2015, TRIA passes the House

On 7 January 2015, hotelnewsresource.com reported the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA): Hotel Industry Applauds House Passage of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. The article said, “The American…

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