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 | Nov 2, 2015 | Articles, ECA Guarantees, Political Risk Insurance, PRI Wordings, Trade Credit Insurance
AN OVERVIEW Many international investment and trade transactions are built on a single, key document, such as an investment agreement, a loan agreement or a contract for the sale of goods. An issue that arises for insurers of these transactions is who takes...
by rw | May 1, 2011 | Articles, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Interviews, Investment Disputes and Arbitration, OPIC, PRI Wordings
Reports of Overseas Private Investment Corporation Determinations is a forthcoming publication of Oxford University Press (www.oup.com/us/law), edited by three distinguished international legal experts: international arbitrator Mark Kantor; Michael Nolan, a partner at...
by rw | Sep 1, 2008 | Articles, Lenders Cover, PRI Products and Coverages, PRI Wordings
After years of contentment with the wordings that have been developed in the commercial political risk insurance market since its start 40 years ago, one has recently noticed a shift from insurers’ traditional protection towards contracts which are more favorable to...
by rw | Oct 1, 2007 | Articles, PRI Wordings
Over the last two decades the political risk insurance marketplace has experienced remarkable growth and has demonstrated an ability to respond ably to evolving buyer needs. In recent years, however, PRI claims experience has yielded outcomes that have disappointed...
by rw | Apr 1, 2007 | Articles, ICIEC, PRI Wordings
Islamic finance is in the news and is becoming increasingly relevant to the international finance and investment community. Aside from the numerous Islamic finance institutions in the Gulf region and other Muslim countries, some major international banks, such as...