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Correlation Risks: An Interview with Lila Granda
We interviewed Lila Granda, Head of Credit & Political Risk for Product Underwriting at Zurich North America, for her insights into identifying, measuring, and managing correlation risks in political risk insurance underwriting.
What Have We Learned from the Arab Spring?
We asked two contributors to the November 2015 edition (volume XI, issue 2) of the RW political risk newsletter to sound off on what we’ve learned about correlation risks and political risk insurance from the lessons of the Arab Spring.
An Interview with Cam Mowatt
Cam Mowatt has participated in over 30 investment treaty disputes, including as outside counsel to the Government of Mexico and the Canadian government. He is also a founder and editor of Investor-State Law Guide, a leading research database for investment treaty law....
Demystifying the PRI/TCI Marketplace
Ed Coppola, an experienced veteran of OPIC, MIGA, and Zurich Insurance Company, explains some the peculiarities of the political risk and trade credit insurance markets and their origins.
A Three-Pronged Approach to Increased Private Sector Investment in Africa’s Infrastructure
Mark Belcher and Anne Marie Thurber draw on their extensive experience in economic development and risk management to suggest how some formidable barriers to greater and sustainable investment in African infrastructure might be overcome.
Trade Sanctions as Political Risk
Although it is the U.S. that is widely perceived as having the heavy hand in trade sanctions, investment planners and business operators must take into account the reality that many countries impose and enforce trade sanctions.
Confronting Investor-State Disputes: The Colombia Story
For some years, robert wray PLLC has analyzed the way in which governments, particularly in Latin America, can mitigate the risk of being sued in an investor-state dispute (ISD) and improve their chances of a successful defense for those cases that actually go to...
Authorities Comment on Avoiding Disputes and Arbitration
We invited four distinguished guests from the Bogota seminar to share their views regarding Colombia’s risk mitigation strategies and other areas germane to the prevention of investor-state disputes in the region: Secretary Carlos Simancas, Secretary of Economic Development of Bogota; Adriana Vargas, Director of Foreign Investment and Services at MINCIT; Alan Thompson, external advisor to the Government of Costa Rica and José Manuel Alvarez, Professor at Externado University, Colombia.
Contributory Fault in Investment Disputes: the Due Diligence Bar
Mariano Gomezperalta explores contributory fault in investment disputes by taking an in-depth look at some of the cases in which it has played a role.
An Interview with Robert O’Sullivan
Robert O’Sullivan recently retired from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) after a long career in that agency’s legal department, where he accumulated a vast body of experience and knowledge of political risk investment insurance losses and claims. We...