by rw | Nov 1, 2016 | Articles, Political Risk Insurance, PRI Marketplace, Trade Credit Insurance
The relationship between private and public insurers has been a sensitive and changing area for as long as I have been involved with political risk insurance (PRI) and trade credit insurance (TCI). My involvement goes back as far as 1965 when I joined the UK export...
by rw | May 2, 2016 | Articles, ECA Guarantees, Political Risk Insurance, PRI Wordings, Trade Credit Insurance
ASSESSING AND QUANTIFYING ENFROCEABILITY RISK How Can Enforceability Risk Change After it is Determined Initially? So a key question is: what evidence regarding enforceability at an earlier stage is the best predictor that an obligation will be enforceable later, when...
by rw | May 2, 2016 | Articles, Political Risk Insurance, Trade Sanctions
The Burden of Sanctions Compliance In recent years much column space has been taken up with trade and economic sanction measures and their effectiveness as a strategy for bringing about desired political change. To stand a chance of succeeding in any such objective,...
by rw | May 2, 2016 | Articles, Country Risk, Political Risk Insurance
The US energy resurgence since 2005 has dramatically changed the geopolitics of global energy, particularly with respect to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The political risks in the MENA region are as high as they have ever been, just as oil supplies are...
by rw | Nov 2, 2015 | Articles, Correlation Risks, Interviews, Political Risk Insurance
Harjeet Dhillon is an Executive Director and senior member of the Willis Re Financial and Actuarial modelling analytics practice based in the London office. He is responsible for actuarial reinsurance and capital modelling related analysis across most lines with a...
by rw | Nov 2, 2015 | Articles, Correlation Risks, Political Risk Insurance, PRI Pricing
Measuring the impact of political risk on investment projects is one of the most vexing issues in international business, but this exercise is doubly important insofar as many of the most compelling growth opportunities reside in countries with weak institutional...