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Political Violence & Deadly Weapons Protection

Political Violence & Deadly Weapons Protection

If an institution gets things wrong, the liability on the owners and management for a non-staff member harmed in a deadly weapon attack can be significant. Beazley has created a range of carefully designed services that help reduce the risk of an event happening while helping institutions respond as effectively as possible should one take place.

What we offer

One of the most difficult risks to defend against is the incursion of armed assailants intent on inflicting harm. Although shootings are all too often in the headlines, recent experience reminds us that devastation can also be wrought using seemingly everyday items. Our Deadly Weapons Protection product includes three core pillars:

Prevention services

Post underwriting review: This is a remote post underwriting review in order to analyse and evaluate the security protocols of the client as well as to highlight any current exposures, threats and dangers. A risk analysis report of findings and general recommendations are provided to the client.
Action plan webinar: This covers issues such as incident awareness, typical profiles of an assailant, how to respond to an incident, creating an emergency action plan, and raising awareness of key behaviours.
Deadly Weapon Protection portal: Clients are given access to a portal containing useful information including case studies, thought leadership articles, assistance with creating security and active shooter plans, test exercises, copies of all previous webinars and an ask the expert feature.

Crisis management services

The support falls into four categories, but not limited to:

Investigation on behalf of the client to determine the facts of the event to help inform the client’s response.
Advice and support with the management of the situation. For example, counselling and communication strategies.
When required post an event, the provision of temporary security enhancement such as armed or unarmed agents.
Advice for clients who may be aware of a circumstance that could potentially result in a deadly weapon attack occurring at their location.
Crisis services are provided by CrisisRisk, one of the leading crisis and risk management providers in the US, with a vast experience of effectively managing a broad range of high-profile incidents.

Insurance cover to indemnify losses

Primary liability cover for lawsuits arising from harm caused by attacks using deadly weapons.
Flexibility to set excesses and policy limits to suit the insureds’ needs (access to policy limits up to $30,000,000 through the Lloyd’s Deadly Weapons Consortium).
Physical damage up to the full policy as standard.
Business interruption policy extension up to full policy limit available if purchased
Accidental death and dismemberment sublimit per person of $50,000 and medical expenses sublimit per person of $25,000.
Access to CrisisRisk upon the awareness of a Circumstance before an actual event takes place.
Coverage against the threat of a deadly weapon attack.
Crisis management fees are unlimited and in addition to the policy limit (I.e. do not erode the policy limit).
Additional crisis management expenses are now included.

Crisis management services are activated if a weapon is just brandished as well as if actually used.

Cover for a wide variety of weapons. Including:

Any portable firearm (whether loaded or unloaded)
Explosive device
Knife
Syringe
Medical instrument
Corrosive substance
Any other handheld device or instrument which is used to deliberately cause death or bodily injury
Any road vehicle that is occupied and used by an assailant to deliberately cause death or bodily injury.

How can we help

In the modern world, threats come from many sources. One of the most difficult to defend against is the incursion of armed assailants intent on inflicting harm.

Although shootings are all too often in the headlines, recent experience reminds us that devastation can also be wrought using seemingly everyday items such as knives and road vehicles.

The Beazley Difference

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Good is a start, but we go all-out for better. A driven community of individuals relentlessly push the needle and creating value. From launching the market’s first dedicated ESG syndicate to the establishment of our business unit focusing on designing digital insurance solutions, we pride ourselves on always going above and beyond. Simply put, at Beazley we go to 11.

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Acting with integrity in a straightforward, decent way is instinctive. Open and honest with others, we show respect and empathy however challenging the situation – demonstrated by our multi-award winning claims team. Doing the right thing makes for a fair-minded, rewarding environment and makes work and life better for all.

Examples or Scenarios

A shooting occurred in the vicinity of a school’s football stadium while a game was in progress. Although those involved in the shooting were not connected to the school there was still potential for it to have affected the school and the community given where the incident occurred. Within hours of the attack Beazley had arranged a face to face and telephone based counselling service to be accessed by the schools that may have had students impacted. Additionally, it immediately arranged social media monitoring that helped the District assess the community sentiments about what had happened.
A deadly shooting occurred at a ticketed event held in a popular sports venue after an argument broke out. The venue was near capacity when the perpetrator brandished the firearm and shot into the crowd. On hearing gunshots patrons fled to the exits. Some sustained soft tissue injuries as a result of the panic triggered by the gunshots. Our service provider was on site within hours of the event to support the insured in the immediate aftermath and to help reach out to witnesses and victims. They arranged counseling and bereavement services for those who witnessed the attack. Moreover they monitored social media to assess the impact on the wider community. 
The incident occurred in the campus parking lot adjacent to the school's football stadium while a game was in progress. Two adults were shot. Still subject to investigation, it is suspected that the shootings were gang related. Although those directly involved with this shooting are not understood to be connected with the school, the impact on the school and local community of such an incident can be profound.

The School District of Palm Beach County had the foresight to take out Beazley's Deadly Weapons Protection policy. Within hours of the attack we had arranged a face to face and telephone based counseling service to be accessed by the schools that may have had students impacted. Additionally, they immediately arranged social media monitoring that helped the District assess the community sentiments about what had happened.