Terrorism Models Help, But Only Go So Far

Underwriters eager to avoid large concentrations of risk in case a terrorist strikes

Terrorism risk modeling might never reach the relative exactitude of its natural disaster counterpart, but the science is progressing despite most of the exposures inherently unquantifiable metrics. As the industry waits for Congress to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, such calculations take on new importance.

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