Check your policy in times of civil unrest

As the European Union announces “intensive” monitoring of the risk of spreading civil unrest in Europe, Stuart White, a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, looks at the growing importance of managing underwriters’ exposure to riot losses

YOUNG people have never experienced a recession. Unemployment, poverty and lack of opportunity are now increasing among youths of prime rioting age, such as were involved in the recent riots in Greece and China.