Willis, a global insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in London, has expanded its long-running partnership with Synthetik, extending broker access to the full suite of the firm’s political violence and terrorism modelling tools.
The agreement deepens the technology’s role across Willis’s client advisory work focused on terrorism and political violence risks.
Under the expanded arrangement, Willis will deploy Synthetik’s platforms across its political violence and terrorism practice to strengthen risk quantification, portfolio analysis, and advisory output for clients exposed to volatile security conditions.
According to Beinsure analysts, demand for granular modelling has increased as insured losses linked to civil unrest and terrorism grow less predictable and more geographically dispersed.
The toolset includes AnyBuildingRisk, Cityscape, SRCC Quantum, and related data products, covering terrorism, political violence, strikes, riots, and civil commotion.
These models allow brokers to assess loss potential at both asset and city level, supporting underwriting discussions and capital planning under increasingly stressed conditions.
Synthetik said integrating its individual risk models into Willis’s enterprise risk management platforms provides deeper insight into civil unrest exposure and potential loss outcomes, particularly where traditional catastrophe frameworks struggle to capture event-driven volatility.
According to Beinsure, political violence modelling now sits closer to financial risk analysis than scenario planning.
Brian Watson, chief executive of Synthetik, said brokers require confidence in both data quality and analytical depth as threat patterns shift.
He pointed to a global risk environment shaped by persistent instability and evolving political violence and terrorism exposures, where advisory credibility depends on transparent and defensible modelling outputs.
We live in an increasingly volatile risk landscape with a constantly evolving PVT threat. We are delighted to grow our relationship with a global leader like Willis, whose ongoing trust in our systems reflects both its commitment to clients and the growing market understanding of the value of Synthetik’s offerings.
Brian Watson, chief executive of Synthetik
Watson added that expanding the relationship with Willis reflects growing market acceptance of Synthetik’s models and continued trust from global brokers operating at scale.
The partnership, he said, supports client decision-making rather than theoretical risk discussion.
Fergus Critchley, global head of terrorism and political violence at Willis, said the expanded partnership strengthens the firm’s analytical capabilities at a time when risk conditions change rapidly.
He noted that advanced modelling supports anticipation of emerging exposures and enables more precise, actionable risk quantification for clients navigating complex political violence environments.
