ARPC is a public financial corporation established by the Terrorism Insurance Act 2003 to administer the terrorism reinsurance scheme, providing primary insurers with reinsurance for commercial property and associated business interruption losses arising from a declared terrorist incident.
The premium charged by ARPC is determined by Ministerial Direction and is set by postcode into three tiers according to population density.
MORE ABOUT POSTCODESInsurers may reinsure the risk of claims for eligible terrorism losses with ARPC. Premiums that insurance companies pay for reinsurance to the ARPC contribute to the pool of funds available to cover claims from declared terrorist incidents. ARPC has a standard reinsurance agreement which it enters into with issuers of eligible insurance contracts.
LEARN MOREAustralia’s terrorism insurance scheme, administered by the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation, has renewed its retrocession reinsurance program for the 2021 calendar year. The $3.475 billion retrocession reinsurance program, plus ARPC’s net assets and the $10 billion Commonwealth guarantee, provides scheme capacity in the event of a declared terrorism incident, against commercial and eligible property assets...
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ARPC’s 2019-2020 Annual Report has been tabled in Parliament.
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The first in a series of research papers on terrorism and re/insurance to be produced by ARPC in partnership with the University of Queensland.
Read it hereA new joint report by the International Forum for Terrorism Reinsurance Pools (IFTRIP), the UK’s terrorism pool, Pool Re, and the Geneva Association, proposes a new term, ‘Hostile Cyber Activity’ (HCA), to describe potential malicious behaviour that sits between terrorism and warfare. HCA is intended as an interim solution while the industry works towards a...
Read moreA key ARPC strategic objective is to support and promote terrorism risk mitigation. We aim to do this through: development of thought leadership research and insights; events featuring experts; support for relevant programs run by other organisations as well as the development of our own initiatives. This section of ARPC’s website will act as a portal, which will grow over time.
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The National Terrorism Threat Advisory System is a scale of five levels to provide advice about the likelihood of an act of terrorism occurring in Australia. The National Terrorism Threat Level is regularly reviewed in line with the security environment and intelligence.
For more information on the system, the current threat level and advice for the public visit www.nationalsecurity.gov.au
