Kidnap and Ransom Insurance Coverage

Kidnap and ransom insurance or K&R insurance is designed to protect individuals and corporations operating in high-risk areas around the world. Locations most often named in policies include Mexico, Venezuela, Haiti, and Nigeria, certain other countries in Latin America, as well as some parts of the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe. Central Asia is also seeing increasing numbers of incidents, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq.

K&R insurance policies typically cover the perils of kidnap, extortion, wrongful detention, and hijacking. K&R policies are indemnity policies – they reimburse a loss incurred by the insured. The policies do not pay ransoms on the behalf of the insured. Typically, the insured must first pay the ransom, thus incurring the loss, and then seek reimbursement under the policy.

Losses typically reimbursed by K&R insurance include:

The policies also typically pay for the fees and expenses of crisis management consultants. These consultants facilitate advice to the insured on how to best respond to the incident. Even the most basic training for people traveling to dangerous places is not easily facilitated or is not obtained by small to mid-sized companies.

The policies may be written to cover high-profile families, non-governmental organizations, C-Suite level executives or similar strategic individuals, or individuals who represent local or multinational organizations. Some policies include “kidnap prevention training”. The major factors insurance underwriters weigh when considering a kidnap and ransom policy include the country of residence for the insured, the type of industry of the insured, the revenue of the insured, and the travel patterns of any employees who may be covered by the policy.

You can contact us for kidnap insurance, ransom insurance quote, and speak with one of our team members by calling us at 541-482-0831, or request a quote online.

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