Political & Financial Risk

Continued geopolitical and economic turmoil within an interconnected, global economy poses considerable risk to cross border investments and financial transactions. AEGIS London’s Political & Financial Risk (PFR) insurance aims to provide protection, security and stability for private corporations, financial institutions, export credit agencies and multilaterals to conduct essential trades. The provision of PFR insurance supports the growth of businesses in developed and emerging markets through allowing counterparties to transfer and manage risk levels effectively. Our PFR team have the knowledge and expertise to provide innovative insurance solutions which protect policyholders to this effect.

Our product range can protect against:

• Financial Risk:
  • Contract Frustration through non-payment / non-performance by governments, state owned enterprises on a range of instruments including loans, guarantees, trade / export contracts, tradeable bonds, and letters of credit.
  • Credit Non-Payment by private companies on loan facilities which link to various asset classes including corporate lending, bank to bank lending, project finance, and asset finance.
• Political Risk:
  • Government action or inaction against cross border investments including confiscation, expropriation, nationalisation, deprivation and licence cancellation
  • Physical damage against fixed assets caused by political violence
  • Currency inconvertibility and Exchange Transfer
  • Arbitration Award Default

PFR can provide line sizes of up to USD30m for Contract Frustration and Political Risks and USD20m for Credit non-payment events for a range of competitive tenors.

Please contact the team for further details.