Lockton’s experienced advisors will act as your strategic partners, working closely with you to understand the pressures that you are dealing with, in order to manage your specific exposures.

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Preparing for the unexpected with specialist crisis management support

At a time when criminals are adapting their methods, supply chains are becoming more complex and a brand’s reputation can hang on a single tweet, emergency situations can develop rapidly. Often, businesses are forced to respond at a moment’s notice and in areas that are outside their expertise. In light of all these factors, it’s clear that traditional insurance solutions do not provide the broad and responsive cover that businesses now require.

Lockton’s experienced advisors will act as your strategic partners, working closely with you to understand the pressures that you are dealing with, in order to manage your specific exposures.

Our specialist in-house Political Violence, Special Contingency and Product Recall teams have deep knowledge and expertise in this area and they have developed innovative methods of presenting your crisis risk to insurers. As a result, we are able to deliver bespoke insurance solutions, formulated to manage the precise risks that your organisation is likely to face.

What we bring to your business

  • Cover that responds immediately to the current threat or exposure

  • A flexible and modular approach, tailoring coverage and limits to a client’s needs

  • A competitively priced product, leveraging economies of scale

  • Access to subject matter experts in political violence, special contingency, product recall and reputational risk

Our Services

  • Crisis management response

  • Active assailant/shooter

  • Reputational risk

  • Sabotage and terrorism

  • Full political violence, riots, strikes, civil commotion and malicious damage cover

  • Combined sabotage and terrorism (general liability/employers liability)

  • Workplace violence and stalking threat

  • Auto-terror protection

  • Loss of attraction

  • Threat of a malicious act

  • Nuclear, chemical, biological and radiological malicious acts (NCBR)

  • Special contingency (kidnap and ransom)

  • Marine piracy

  • Product recall and contamination

  • Trade disruption insurance

Available subject to terms, conditions and acceptance of risk. Premium charged will be dependent on your circumstances.

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Lockton Specialty London is a globally connected team of insurance experts extensively covering a diverse range of product lines and industry sectors. We provide flexible, bespoke solutions tailored to the needs of your client.

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Our team

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Matt Humphries

Head of Crisis Management
matthew.humphries@uk.lockton.com
+44 750 850 7438

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Adam Watson

Partner, Head of North American Property & Global Terrorism
adam.watson@lockton.com

Crisis Management Solutions

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