Hosted by ASIS TRM Steering Committee member @Jens Nasstrom and Adam Samuels, Security Response Director, Convex Insurance
Your organization may already have kidnap and ransom or evacuation cover in place. The question, given the confidentiality around such polices, is who owns it, how it is activated when something happens and how your TRM program can plug into it. In many organizations, these policies sit with Legal, Risk or Treasury, while travel risk, assistance and security providers operate separately. When an incident unfolds, that separation creates parallel response chains, unclear escalation and decisions being taken without the right capability engaged.
This session explains what special risk insurance is in practical terms, including kidnap, extortion, detention and evacuation cover, and how it functions during real incidents. It will focus on how these policies can support existing TRM arrangements, what happens if they are not triggered early, and how to avoid situations where the right capability sits unused.
Adam Samuels is Director of Crisis Response at Convex Insurance, where he leads a global team supporting clients through kidnap, extortion, detention, and related incidents, and is directly involved in the management of live cases. He previously served as Global Vice President for Crisis and Emergency Management at Wood Group, leading the company’s global crisis response capability and advising senior leadership during major incidents. Earlier, he spent nearly 15 years with Control Risks in crisis response roles, deploying globally to advise on kidnap, piracy, detention, and extortion cases.
This session is intended for practitioners responsible for travel risk, crisis management, and duty of care delivery.