Ollie is soft-spoken and understated, but he told me he thinks the British governments policy is so crazy. 奥利说话温和、为人低调，但他告诉我，他认为英国政府的政策太疯狂了。 He continued: It makes absolutely no sense....
In March 2012, Ollie and the negotiator travelled to Nairobi to make the final arrangements. 2012年3月，奥利和谈判代表前往内罗毕作最后安排。 Control Risks contracted a pilot to drop the money, 控制风险公司签约了一名飞行...
Meanwhile, the government representatives explained that Britain did not pay ransom, 同时，政府代表解释说，英国不会支付赎金， and would not countenance any arrangement that put money in the hands of terrorists. 而且不会支持任...
In September 2011, a dramatic case tested the resolve of the British authorities no-concession policy, 2011年9月，一个戏剧性的案件检验了英国当局不让步政策的决心， when a British couple, Judith (Jude) and David Tebbutt, were...
Once Stewart made the decision, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which had been handling the case, withdrew all support. 斯图尔特一做出决定，负责此案的加拿大皇家骑警就停止了所有支持。 The hostage-negotiation team that...
Meanwhile, decisions about which groups were designated as terrorists were often politically determined and sometimes arbitrary. 与此同时，往往由政府决定哪些组织为恐怖分子，这有时是武断的。 For example, a 2011 case, Mase...
Through the debates and policy changes, the KR industry not only survived but thrived. 经过辩论和政策的变化，绑架和赎金行业不仅存活了下来，而且繁荣了起来。 Then came September 11 2001, which changed the terms of the...
In 1986, the issue of KR insurance was debated in parliament, which passed a motion expressing concern. 1986年，议会就绑架和赎金保险问题进行了辩论，通过了一项表示关注的动议。 There was even talk of working through Eur...
London is the global centre for Kamp;R insurance, but it has not always been a comfortable fit. 伦敦是绑架和赎金保险的中心，但它并不总是一个适合它的地方。 Different countries take different approaches to dealing with the...
To his South American clients, Milne was as quintessentially British as James Bond. 对米尔恩的南美客户来说，他是一个像詹姆斯邦德般典型的英国人。 He attended boarding school in Scotland, and dresses in tailored suits with...
The second principle is that the policy will only reimburse the ransom once it is paid. 第二个原则是，只有支付了赎金，保险才会赔偿。 The insurance company never fronts any money. 保险公司从不预付任何款项。 In order...
In 1982, a British insurance broker named Doug Milne set out in search of new markets. 1982年，一位名叫道格米尔恩的英国保险经纪人开始寻找新的市场。 His speciality was kidnapping and ransom insurance, known in the industry...
In many ways, the Nespresso pod is the microwave meal of coffee, said James Hoffman. 詹姆斯霍夫曼表示，在许多方面，奈斯派索胶囊咖啡都是微波咖啡餐。 Nespresso is expensive for what it is. 奈斯派索胶囊咖啡就其本身...
As Nespresso has grown, it has come up against an awkward truth: 随着奈斯派索的发展，它遇到了一个棘手的的事实： the more popular a brand is, the harder it is to maintain a luxury image. 一个品牌越流行，它就越难以维持...
The business model of the future is not in grand statements about what companies will do, 未来的商业模式不在于各个公司的宏大宣言， says Tima Bansal, a professor at Ivey Business school in Canada who specialises in sustainability. 加...
