Hotels as Targets: Data-led Malicious Risk Underwriting; with Muir Analytics’ Jeff Moore
From The Political Risk Podcast by David Benyon
May 1, 2026 · 60 min · Season 1 · Episode 67
About this episode
Jeff Moore discusses how data-led underwriting is changing the insurance landscape for hotels facing political violence and other risks.
Hotels are increasingly on the frontline of political violence and malicious risk, from terrorism and civil unrest to missile and drone attacks. In this special episode, Jeff Moore, PhD, CEO of Muir Analytics, explains how data-led underwriting and threat intelligence are reshaping how insurers and risk professionals understand and price these exposures. Drawing on case studies from the SecureHotel Threat Portal, the discussion explores why the hotel sector has become one of the most exposed global industries, and what that means for underwriting, risk mitigation and resilience in a volatile geopolitical environment.
People in this episode
Host: David Benyon
Guest: Jeff Moore
Topics covered
- political violence
- malicious risk
- data-led underwriting
- threat intelligence
- insurance
- risk mitigation
- geopolitical environment
Keywords
- hotels
- political violence
- insurance
- risk management
- data analytics
- threat intelligence
- geopolitical risks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Muir Analytics
Books & works: SecureHotel Threat Portal
Places: hotel sector
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