Reimburses insured for ransom paid to kidnappers and pays for professional assistance to help negotiate with the kidnappers. Cover is effected by corporations on named individuals or by ‘celebrities’. The policy is subject to a perperson or annual aggregage limit of indemnity and is subject to a substantial deductible or co-insurance clause. It is a condition of the policy that its existence is never disclosed. Banks cover ‘forced withdrawals’ from its vaults and money to secure the release of a banker or member of his family. Kidnap and ransom cover is also available at Lloyd’s for valuable bloodstock.