Pool Re and terrorism cover - a dynamic risk
Time: Registration and lunch 12:30pm, start 1:00pm, close 2:00pm
Steve will cover why the Pool Re scheme still exists and how it is changing to meet the modern threat.
He will explain how to go about underwriting a risk that can’t be approached in a conventional manner and how this differs from other low probability, high severity events. The event will also cover how
terrorism might further develop in the future and how Pool Re is responding to the changing nature of the threat.
Learning objectives
At the end of this event, the delegate will be able to identify:
• why Pool Re exists
• the current threat
• how terrorism differs from other catastrophe perils
• how we underwrite terrorism
• how terrorism might develop as a class in the future.
• how the scheme is addressing modern terrorism threats such as
cyber terrorism.
Speaker biography
Steve Coates is Chief Underwriting Officer for Pool Re and has been in post since 2012. He is responsible for all aspects of Underwriting, claims, modelling, exposure management and external retrocession. Prior to this he was Head of UK Property & Casualty at Allianz where he spent 11 years including one in Australia. Before this he worked at Independent Insurance where he ended up as UK Property U/W Manager. He started his career at Eagle Star. Steve is ACII qualified
and an expert witness in insurance matters.
CII Accredited
This demonstrates the quality of an event and that it meets CII member CPD scheme requirements.
1 hour's CPD can be claimed for this event if relevant to your learning and development needs.
It is recommended that you keep any evidence of the CPD activity you have completed and upload copies to the recording tool as the CII may ask to see this if your record is selected for review. Details of the scheme can be viewed online at www.cii.co.uk/cpd.