Deadly Weapons Protection

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.
• When required post event, services rendered may include (but are not limited to) temporary security enhancements such as armed or unarmed agents, public relations support, human resources guidance, forensic assessments, and more.
• Advice and support for clients who may be aware of a circumstance.

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.
• Counselling $250,000 each loss $15,000 each eligible person.

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.​

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