LONDON--()--The new collaboration between NYA International (NYA) and Chartis, which sees NYA providing kidnap, extortion, malicious product tampering and maritime piracy response consultancy services to Chartis’ crisis management policyholders, becomes effective on 1st December 2011.
"As Chartis continues to focus on the ever-increasing kidnap, extortion, malicious product tampering and maritime piracy risks we believe it is critical to partner with a consultancy firm that can provide our clients with the necessary specialization and insights to reduce their exposure to these risks.” says Tracie Thompson, global head of Kidnap and Ransom for Chartis.
“NYA has an unmatched record for adapting response techniques to meet the challenges presented by these risks and of developing innovation to meet our clients’ needs. Examples of this include TravelSafe – a new travel risk management solution comprising country risk information, a traveller tracking tool and emergency response for travellers – which will be available to Chartis’ crisis management policyholders at no additional cost. On a case-by-case basis we will also be providing our maritime piracy policyholders with MarTrack - NYA’s new vessel tracking and risk monitoring service, which helps ship owners and operators to plan proactively and better protect their assets.”
Tracie concludes, “By joining forces with NYA we are ensuring our clients receive the most appropriate prevention and response services - which is critical for those conducting business in volatile areas around the globe.”
About NYA
NYA is a specialist crisis management and response consultancy with over twenty years’ experience in helping clients manage incidents of abduction, kidnap for ransom, piracy, extortion, wrongful detention, malicious product tampering and other global crises.
NYA’s serving team comprises full-time employees and exclusively retained consultants, who are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds, including the military, media, NGO and intelligence communities. The team has responded to over 500 cases in many parts of the world, including but not limited to: Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
For further information please visit: http://www.nyainternational.com/
About Chartis
Chartis is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization serving more than 70 million clients around the world. With one of the industry’s most extensive product and service ranges, in-depth claims expertise and excellent financial strength, Chartis enables both its commercial and personal insurance clients to manage any risk with confidence.
Chartis is the marketing name for the worldwide property-casualty and general insurance operations of Chartis Inc. For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.chartisinsurance.com.
All products are written by insurance company subsidiaries or affiliates of Chartis Inc. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions and is subject to actual policy language. Non-insurance products and services may be provided by independent third parties. Certain coverage may be provided by a surplus lines insurer. Surplus lines insurers do not generally participate in state guaranty funds and insureds are therefore not protected by such funds.
For further information please visit: http://www.chartisinsurance.com/