Riding into the danger zone
The nature of their work means journalists and aid workers are often running into danger zones while others are looking to get out. Both professions have significant need for insurance but have sometimes struggled to obtain the cover they need at a price they can afford.
Over the past five years, reporters and humanitarian staff have worked in the middle of an Ebola epidemic and the Syrian civil war, along with 13 other major armed conflicts. In addition to those
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