
Boston-based AIR releases terrorism risk model
Insurers and reinurers with a large property portfolio are likely to pay $200,000 for the model, whereas smaller companies will pay up to $50,000. A spokesman added that AIR is also examining non-conventional weapons damage including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear. Models incorporating these threats should be available by early 2003. AIR is also working on an international roll-out of the services.
AIR employed a team of counter-terrorism specialists with experience at government agencies such as the FBI, CIA and the Department of Defense to develop the model.
"The evaluation process that AIR has undertaken regarding terrorism is extremely important," said Buck Revell, a former associate deputy director at the FBI responsible for criminal investigations, and one of the advisers for AIR’s model. "The first and most important element of being prepared is to understand the true nature of the risk and the consequences of not being prepared for a terrorist attack."
The frequency and severity of attacks were estimated using the Delphi Method, developed by the Rand Corporation at the start of the Cold War. The Delphi Method has been used to generate forecasts in many areas including inter-continental warfare and technological change.
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