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The Political Risk Podcast

David Benyon
Political Violence
China
Geopolitics
Ukraine
Terrorism
Russia
United States
Political Risk Insurance
Allianz Risk Barometer
Donald Trump
Civil Unrest
Geopolitical Risk
Renewable Energy
Supply Chains
Cyber Threats
Business Interruption
Sub-Saharan Africa
Political Risk
Carbon Markets
Global South

Geopolitics, insured. An independent podcast, focused on geopolitics and insurance markets, serving risk professionals, leaders and decision makers in specialty insurance and beyond. Join journalist and host David Benyon for an exclusive guest list mixing senior brokers and underwriters from the world of specialty insurance with wider geopolitical expertise from authors, academics, analysts and di... more

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Credit and political risk insurance has become a critical tool for mobilising capital into complex markets, supporting trade, investment and development finance through a period of heightened geopolitical and credit uncertainty. In this episode, Rafa... more

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Geopolitical risk is putting global supply chains under renewed pressure, with the Strait of Hormuz crisis adding to existing concerns around trade disruption, tariffs and fragile logistics networks. Alec Russell, managing director, cargo for Arthur ... more

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War in the Gulf in 2026 is a defining event for political violence. Underwriters face unprecedented claims activity, with individual Iranian missile and drone strikes accounting for hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, together representing mor... more

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Hotels are increasingly on the frontline of political violence and malicious risk, from terrorism and civil unrest to missile and drone attacks. In this special episode, Jeff Moore, PhD, CEO of Muir Analytics, explains how data-led underwriting and t... more

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Alec Russell
Managing Director, Cargo for Arthur J Gallagher International
Gallagher
Episode: Choke Points & Geopolitical Risk: Resilience Building for Supply Chains in Crisis; in association with Gallagher Specialty
Alex Vile
Associate Consultant for Threat Intelligence at AnotherDay, a Gallagher company
AnotherDay / Gallagher
Episode: Choke Points & Geopolitical Risk: Resilience Building for Supply Chains in Crisis; in association with Gallagher Specialty
Daniel Callow
Head of PV and War
Starr
Episode: The Iran Conflict and its effects on Political Violence Re/insurance, with Sandy Warne, Dan Callow & Cosmo Warner
Sandy Warne
Active underwriter
Sukoon
Episode: The Iran Conflict and its effects on Political Violence Re/insurance, with Sandy Warne, Dan Callow & Cosmo Warner
Jeff Moore
Chief Executive of Muir Analytics
Muir Analytics
Episode: Hotels as Targets: Data-led Malicious Risk Underwriting; with Muir Analytics’ Jeff Moore
Thea Grootenhuis
Senior broker at Blackthorn; specializes in political violence and active assailant insurance; crisis management lines
Blackthorn
Episode: Modern Perils and Modern Assets: UAVs, Data Centres and the Next Frontier of Risk; with Blackthorn’s Jerry Smith and Thea Grootenhuis
Jerry Smith
Head of advisory at Blackthorn; risk management and crisis response expert; former military and UN experience
Blackthorn
Episode: Modern Perils and Modern Assets: UAVs, Data Centres and the Next Frontier of Risk; with Blackthorn’s Jerry Smith and Thea Grootenhuis
Joshua Watson
Senior underwriter for war and terrorism, North America
Markel International
Episode: Active Assailant Risk: Data Demands to Underwrite a Deadly Peril
Gamze Tekin
Senior product owner at Concirrus
Concirrus
Episode: Active Assailant Risk: Data Demands to Underwrite a Deadly Peril

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David Benyon
Host of The Political Risk Podcast (hosted in association with multiple industry partners over time; primarily features as the program host focusing on geopolitics and insurance markets)

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The first Catastrophe Risk Model for Civil Unrest: Verisk Maplecroft's SRCC model for the United States
Q: How can clients use counterfactuals within the model to plan for potential future events?
Clients can test 'what if' scenarios such as a hurricane-like disruption or a major protest cascade to see how losses would scale with different exposure profiles, informing risk management and contingency planning.
The first Catastrophe Risk Model for Civil Unrest: Verisk Maplecroft's SRCC model for the United States
Q: What are the key drivers of SRCC risk in the model, and how do you translate those into actionable outputs for underwriters?
Key drivers include protest size, social grievances, regime type, economic stress, and law enforcement actions. These are translated into predictive scores and loss estimates—both baseline and scenario-based—to guide pricing and risk limits.
The first Catastrophe Risk Model for Civil Unrest: Verisk Maplecroft's SRCC model for the United States
Q: Could you introduce your roles and explain how you contribute to the SRCC model development?
We discussed how the data analytics team handles the country risk data and how the qualitative analysis from Maplecroft integrates with the predictive scores and the new US-specific cap model, to provide a forward-looking framework for SRCC risk.
A perfect storm for credit and political risk re/insurance, with Lockton Re's Eran Charit
Q: Could a large-scale cyber event trigger a systemic risk level failure within this space?
Yes. A targeted cyber attack on critical infrastructure or a payment system could cause widespread defaults and systemic losses, especially if it disrupts cross-border transfers or a major payments network. The discussion notes that cyber is included in the covered risk and could propagate across many counterparties, making it a material systemic threat.
Aviation war to multi-class specialty – watch this space – HIVE's Bruce Carman
Q: When are you hoping to actually start underwriting space risks?
Jack Keneally joins Hive in November, with underwriting expected to start in the new year, as Hive builds a panel of supporting carriers and leverages in-house analytics to underwrite space risks.

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This show centers on geopolitics and insurance, featuring seasoned brokers, underwriters, and risk professionals who discuss how global risk factors translate into insurance markets, pricing, coverage, and crisis management. Episodes often pair industry practitioners with geopolitical analysts or former policymakers to unpack current events—ranging from regional conflicts and terrorism risks to supply-chain disruptions and cyber threats—and explore practical implications for risk transfer, portfolio management, and claims. A standout pattern is the serious, data-driven approach: guests bring hands-on underwriting experience, crisis-management perspectives, and forward-looking scenarios to help risk professionals anticipate and mitigate emer... more

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2. Alex Vile
3. Daniel Callow
4. Sandy Warne
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