Amidst news today that 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden had beenkilled, PropertyCasualty360 spoke with industry experts andexecutives to determine how the event could affect the insuranceindustry.

As part of our coverage, we interview Gordon Woo, acatastrophist with Risk Management Solutions (RMS), about howsocial networking analysis can prevent losses, hear from theInsurance Information Institute on why TRIA matters more today thanever because of potential increased demand for terrorism insurance,and listen to brokers at Marsh, Willis, and Aon on whathappens to the terrorism insurance market if a reprisal occurs.

Brokers Discuss Possible Insurance Market Impact Of bin Laden'sDeath

By Mark Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com

The death of Osama bin Laden will have noimmediate impact on the terrorism insurance market, but anyreprisal could…

After bin Laden, Enhanced Terrorist Threat Points To TRIAImportance

By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com

Demand for insurance to cover terrorism risk,and the appetite of commercial insurers to write it, could growfollowing the killing of Osama bin Laden by United Statesforces.

Death Of bin Laden Affirms Social Networking's Role In MeasuringTerrorism Risk

By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com

The criticism of calculating terrorism risk wasthe perception that analysts could not predict human behavior. Asit turns out, no one needed to. Social-networking analysis has been“very effective” since 9/11, one expert says, in foiling numerousterrorism attacks.

Remembering

By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com

Whether you are an insurance buyer or seller, your firstresponse to the president's Sunday night announcement probably hadlittle to do with either of those two functions. Share your initialreactions and thoughts in this blog post.