Inherent Risks has had a continued presence in Ukraine since February 2022, providing risk advisory, intelligence, medical evacuation and crisis response services to insurance companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), global media agencies, war crimes investigators, HNWIs, visiting dignitaries; and on behalf of international assistance companies.

From our extensive experience providing essential duty of care and travel risk management services to literally thousands of staff and volunteers from global organisations travelling into, and around Ukraine, it became apparent that a more agile medical and crisis response option was required.

Most organisations have an annual, global insurance policy in place, but for many, they are told time and again that their policy is not valid in a war zone. Other insurance options on-the-market for short trips are expensive, laborious and require a broker. Not to mention that a majority of them are ‘self-rescue’ policies, and even include a war exclusion.

For us, this was unacceptable. Working with brokers, underwriters and compliance specialists, we have developed an agile, cost-effective and fully indemnified solution, which can be easily purchased online without a broker, day or night, with the flexibility to extend travel online for as little as one day; even if you are already in Ukraine.

Since February 2022, Inherent Risks has sourced and delivered over £1 million in essential medical aid and equipment to frontline troops and hospitals in the worst affected areas of Ukraine, and our ongoing commitment to support humanitarian work in the region has not wavered. Throughout the rest of 2023, we are involved in several social and economic initiatives with the goal of providing long-term, direct positive impact on those who have been displaced due to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.