All the headlines from our Political Risk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 11 2010 // Marsh has appointed Julian Macey-Dare as International Leader of its Political Risk and Structured Credit Practice, based in London. He will “drive new business opportunities for Marsh’s Political Risk and...
Dec 7 2009 // The World Bank is looking at a $100 million political risk insurance scheme for countries recovering from war to boost private investment, senior officials from its investment guarantee agency said on Thursday.Foreign...
Nov 5 2009 // Political risk insurance premiums have risen across emerging markets in the last year, fuelled by rising resource nationalism and unrest linked to the financial crisis as well as a renewed concern over risk amongst...
Sep 24 2009 // If the suicide bombers who targeted two luxury hotels in Jakarta this year hoped their attacks would strike a significant long-term blow against Indonesia’s economy, the reaction of financial markets suggests they...
Aug 31 2009 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute announced that its London Market faculty will hold a second “Counter Terrorist Workshop” in conjunction with the City of London Police on November 10.The CII said...
Aug 27 2009 // Politico-social trends are rarely static; they evolve over time. Terrorism is no exception. An article on the Lloyd’s of London web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that “today’s extremists are just as intent...
Aug 3 2009 // Willis has been named in a second lawsuit stemming from its relation with indicted financier Allen Stanford. A Venezuelan investor, Reinaldo Ranni, filed a class action in U.S. federal court in Miami on July 17, accusing...
Jun 3 2009 // Aon has just issued the latest version of its “Terrorism Threat Map.” The most significant change from previous maps shows a “shift in Islamist terrorist activity from the Middle East to South...
Apr 24 2009 // Oh, for the days when a little irrational exuberance was the biggest problem facing the world’s bankers and financiers.It is way beyond that now. With the financial world mired in a stubborn credit crisis and the...
Mar 23 2009 // Are professional sports the next terrorist targets? The terrorist attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore (Pakistan) “highlights the vulnerability of sporting events to terrorist disruption,” warned...
Jan 28 2009 // 2009 will see the political consequences of the global credit crunch start to have an impact, according to the 16th annual Political Risk Map, launched today by Aon Risk Services, a division of Aon Corporation.In a global...
Dec 3 2008 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute Group’s London Market Faculty has teamed up with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) and the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command to hold a...
Nov 11 2008 // Fear of conflict, instability, crime and increasing state intervention arising from the financial crisis might sound like good news for political risk consultancies that have sprung up in recent years — but in...
Jun 12 2008 // Communities across the country and some in Wisconsin have signed up for domestic terrorism insurance. Local leaders say that while the likelihood of a terrorist attack is low, it’s still an insurance policy that...
May 23 2008 // A U.S. government agency signed a political risk insurance deal with a Palestinian firm Thursday to help guarantee investments in the West Bank as part of an international effort to develop the beleaguered local...
Mar 24 2008 // Despite the past deadly attacks and the continuing threat of renewed violence, “London firms appear under-prepared for a terrorist attack,” concludes Marsh from the results of an ad hoc poll.Marsh conducted a...
Mar 13 2008 // Zurich’s Emerging Markets Unit has provided political risk insurance for a hydroelectric power plant in Sri Lanka. “This project was developed in cooperation with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation...
Feb 27 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has released a summation of its presentation on terrorism insurance at the General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) conference in Bahrain.The global broker notes: “Despite a number of recent...
Feb 22 2008 // Lloyd’s has warned that businesses operating in Southeast Asia “need to better understand that the Asian terrorism threat is unique, complex and specific to the region.”Lloyd’s and the International...
Feb 21 2008 // Zurich’s North American division announced that it is providing political risk insurance (PRI) for carbon credit projects, as part of its expanding coverage of political risk and trade credit insurance in emerging...