Insurance industry witnesses ‘large drop in appetite for terrorism cover’

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While some companies are ‘burying their heads in the sand’, there is an opportunity for brokers to ‘play a critical role in educating their clients’, adds Burns and Wilcox head of terrorism

The “terrorism threat level in the UK is going to rise” as the current conflict in Afghanistan continues and Al-Qaeda, alongside other Islamist extremist groups, fights to freely operate in the country once again, according to Alan Brett, product development manager at MGA Inperio.

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