Reports from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Add New Data to Findings in Risk Management (Has Successful Terror Gone to Ground?)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Risk Management have been published. According to news reporting originating in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "This article considers all 87 attacks worldwide against air and rail transport systems that killed at least two passengers over the 30-year period of 1982-2011."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The data offer strong and statistically significant evidence that successful acts of terror have gone to ground in recent years: attacks against aviation were concentrated early in the three decades studied whereas those against rail were concentrated later. Recent data are used to make estimates of absolute and comparative risk for frequent flyers and subway/rail commuters."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Point estimates in the status quo case imply that mortality risk from successful acts of terror was very low on both modes of transportation and that, whereas risk per trip is higher for air travelers than subway/rail commuters, the rail commuters experience greater risk per year than the frequent flyers."

For more information on this research see: Has Successful Terror Gone to Ground? Risk Analysis, 2015;35(4):732-740. Risk Analysis can be contacted at: Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Barnett, MIT, Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, Risk Management, North and Central America

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