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Reports
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International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response. January 2007.
- "This report examines international terrorist actions, threats, U.S. policies and responses. It reviews the nation's use of tools at its disposal to combat terrorism, from diplomacy, international cooperation, and constructive engagement to physical security enhancement, economic sanctions, covert action, and military force."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33600.
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Miscellaneous Resources :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Terrorism Insurance: Measuring and Predicting Losses from Unconventional Weapons Is Difficult, but Some Industry Exposure Exists. September 2006.
- This GAO report "discusses (1) commonly accepted principles of insurability and whether NBCR risks are measurable and predictable, and (2) whether private insurers currently are exposed to NBCR risks and the challenges they face in pricing such risks."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-06-1081.
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Terrorism Risk Insurance. September 2006.
- This report is an extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2005, whose purpose it was to collect information about terrorism risk insurance. Some of the findings from this report note that, generally, terrorism insurance costs have gone down, largely due to having better risk measurement tools. More of this report delves into some of the specifics of terrorism risk insurance, including the economic reasonings. Largely, this report reviews the 2005 Act, noting trends in the risk insurance industry before and after Septermber 11, 2001.
Source: Department of the Treasury, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side. December 2005.
- "This report briefly outlines the issues involved with terrorism insurance and includes a side-by-side of the current TRIA and the legislation that is being considered to revise and extend it."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33177.
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Secondary Legal Material
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Analyzing Terrorism Risk. November 2005.
- This testimony by Henry Willis before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment discusses "terrorism risk assessment at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: CT-252.
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Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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TRIA and Beyond: Terrorism Risk Financing in the U.S. August 2005.
- "The goal of this Wharton Risk Center report on TRIA and Beyond is to provide policymakers, key industry representatives and other interested parties with an analysis of the question as to what roles the public and private sectors can and should play with respect to terrorism risk coverage in the United States in the post-9/11 world."
Source: Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (All by Source | Source Website).
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Terrorism Risk Insurance: An Overview. July 2005.
- This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report discusses issues regarding the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA), "including a summary of TRIA and the TRIA extension legislation."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RS21979.
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Secondary Legal Material
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Catastrophe Risk: U.S. and European Approaches to Insure Natural Catastrophe and Terrorism Risks. February 2005.
- "In this report, GAO (1) provides an overview of the insurance industry's current capacity to cover natural catastrophic risk and discusses the impacts of the 2004 hurricanes; (2) analyzes the potential of catastrophe bonds—a type of security issued by insurers and reinsurers (companies that offer insurance to insurance companies) and sold to institutional investors—and tax deductible reserves to enhance private-sector capacity; and (3) describes the approaches that six European countries have taken to address natural and terrorist catastrophe risk, including whether these countries permit insurers to use tax-deductible reserves for such events."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-05-199. Large File: 1.1+ Mb.
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. 2005.
- This report discusses "the expected losses from three modes of terrorist attacks and shows how the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) would distribute the resulting losses."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Secondary Legal Material
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Distribution of Losses from Large Terrorist Attacks Under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. 2005.
- This report discusses "empirical estimates of TRIA's [Terrorism Risk Insurance Act] likely effects on the distribution of losses resulting from a terrorist attack."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: MG-427.
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism :
Secondary Legal Material
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Estimating Terrorism Risk. 2005.
- This report discusses "a practical definition of terrorism risk and a method for estimating it that addresses inherent uncertainties. It also demonstrates a framework for evaluating alternative risk estimates. Finally, it makes five recommendations for improving resource allocation."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: MG-388.
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National Security and Compensation Policy for Terrorism Losses. 2005.
- "In this paper, we argue that government support of terrorism insurance and compensation can impact national security in several ways. It can increase resilience after terrorist attacks, demonstrate solidarity with victims, and affect incentives for security precautions. Thus terrorism insurance policy may be an important element of the strategy against terrorism, particularly as terrorists increasingly focus on economic targets."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism
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Terrorism Insurance and the Evolving Terrorist Threat. 2005.
- This RAND research brief discusses "(1) what is the evolving threat from transnational and domestic terrorism?" and "(2) what are the public policy implications of these trends for terrorism insurance?"
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Trends in Terrorism: Threats to the United States and the Future of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. 2005.
- This report discusses current and future trends in terrorism focusing on "developments that have relevance for terrorist attacks taking place within the borders of the continental United States and the extent to which they are addressed (or not) by the TRIA [Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002] framework."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Secondary Legal Material
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Terrorism Insurance Backstop Extension Act of 2004. November 2004.
- This report discusses how "H.R. 4634, the Terrorism Insurance Backstop Extension Act of 2004, extends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for two years while maintaining a gradual increase in TRIA's taxpayer protections. H.R. 4634 also adds group life insurers to the TRIA program and requires the Treasury Department to report on long-term alternative solutions for expanding the availability and affordability of terrorism insurance. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress by June 30, 2007 on TRIA's effectiveness and the capacity of insurers to offer terrorism insurance after TRIA expires, as well as the availability of terrorism insurance for various policyholders."
Source: Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House (All by Source). Report Number: 108-780.
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Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc. :
Secondary Legal Material
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Terrorism Insurance: Effects of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. May 2004.
- This report discusses "the implementation of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) and the act's impact on the terrorism insurance market and, more generally, the economy."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-04-806T.
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc. :
Secondary Legal Material
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Terrorism Insurance: Implementation of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. April 2004.
- "As Treasury and industry participants have operated under TRIA for more than a year, GAO was asked to describe (1) their progress in implementing the act and (2) changes in the terrorism insurance market under TRIA."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-04-307.
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Secondary Legal Material
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Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance. 2004.
- "This paper has a dual purpose: to help frame the central issues that should be considered in the debate over whether to extend, modify, or end TRIA [Terrorism Risk Insurance Act], and to explore the broader issue of the appropriate role of disaster insurance within a system for managing risks created by the possibility of terrorist attacks and compensating losses caused by terrorist attacks. The paper also discusses options that policymakers might consider in addressing these issues and goals against which various options can be evaluated."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism
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Catastrophe Insurance Risks: Status of Efforts to Securitize Natural Catastrophe and Terrorism Risk. September 2003.
- This report updated a 2002 report on “catastrophe bonds” and assessed "(1) their progress in transferring natural catastrophe risks to the capital markets, (2) factors that may affect the issuance of catastrophe bonds by insurance companies, (3) factors that may affect investment in catastrophe bonds, and (4) the potential for and challenges associated with securitizing terrorism-related financial risks."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-03-1033. Large File: 1.6+ Mb.
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. November 2002.
- "An act to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage from risks from terrorism."
Source: Congress, United States (All by Source). Report Number: H.R. 3210.
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