War, Terrorism and Clarity in Insurance and Reinsurance 2026

Audience

This event is open to underwriters and brokers with an interest in war and terrorism insurance.

Description

In collaboration with Antares, the LMA invites you to a session at London Risk Week covering war and terrorism insurance.

The session will explore why contract terms such as undeclared war, civil war, terrorism, insurrection and hostilities are increasingly hard to classify – and what that means for underwriting, claims and reinsurance recoveries in a world of cyber, hybrid conflict, proxy actors and increasing tension.

Event objectives

• Surface the main sources of ambiguity across direct insurance and reinsurance.
• Compare how historic events have been classified (and disputed) in practice.
• Share approaches that reduce uncertainty, including exclusions, definitions and endorsements.

Agenda

•  Introductory remarks
  • Michael van der Straaten, Chief Executive Officer, Antares
• Panel discussion
  • Arabella Ramage, Legal and Regulatory Director, LMA
  • Neil Roberts, Head of Marine and Aviation, LMA, Secretary of the Joint War Committee
  • Wesley Selwyn, Class Underwriter, Terrorism, Antares
• Audience Q&A
• Networking