The Impact on Workers' Compensation Insurance Markets of Allowing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to Expire

• Main Author: Dworsky, Michael (auth)
• Other Authors: Dixon, Lloyd (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Insurance & actuarial studies; History of the Americas; Employment & labour law; Terrorism, armed struggle; Political Science; Law; Business; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Congress enacted the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in 2002, in response to terrorism insurance becoming unavailable or extremely costly in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. TRIA is set to expire at the end of 2014, and Congress is considering the appropriate government role in terrorism insurance...