How Does Kidnap and Ransom Insurance Impact Reputation?

by Patience Parrott | December 5, 2025

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This video is a podcast with insurance executive and international advisor Derek Gard and focuses primarily on NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), MSOs (Mission-Sending Organizations), and other international organizations. He discusses kidnap and ransom insurance, and he addresses the impact of kidnap and ransom insurance on reputation.

Learn about a $600,000 workers’ comp claim from a missions trip gone wrong here.

Watch a video on How Kidnap and Ransom Insurance Comes Into Play here.

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