Pool Re pushes ahead with discount scheme for SME terrorism cover
Pool Re is seeking regulatory and government approval for a scheme to offer significantly discounted reinsurance rates for SME terrorism cover by April 2026, Insurance Post can reveal.
The government-backed reinsurer ran a consultation earlier this year on the potential for reintegrating terrorism as a standard peril in the products insurers sell to SMEs. That consultation closed at
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