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Political Risk Insurance

Political Risk Insurance offers investors, financial institutions and corporate clients investment  protection in overseas markets against unpredictable losses due to specified political risk perils. The "menu" of typical insured risks includes confiscation, expropriation, nationalization; currency inconvertibility and non-transfer; terrorism, sabotage, war, insurrection, rebellion; government act, law order or decree; contract frustration, sovereign non-performance or payment default, and wrongful calling of contract guarantees and bonds. Coverage can be tailored to the insured's requirements for a broad range of overseas exposures, including equity investments, physical assets, cross-border loans or contracts for goods and services.

Features and Benefits Back To Top
  • Coverage is designed to protect insureds' physical assets, ownership rights, contractual rights or creditor rights against losses that can result from various political risk perils
  • Coverage limits up to $120 million per any one risk.  Larger policies are also possible
  • Policy periods of up to 15 years, committed and non-cancelable
  • Industry leading AIG credit ratings
  • Over 25 years of experience underwriting Political Risk Insurance worldwide
  • Specialized coverage for financial institutions, capital markets, equity investors, projects, contractors and importers/exporters
  • AIG Global Trade and Political Risk is a leading member of The Berne Union (International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers)
 
Applications and Forms Back To Top

Political Risk Insurance offers a wide range of customized products. On this page you will find downloadable versions of:
- Standard insurance applications for some of the main products that AIG Global Trade and Political Risk provides
- Some of the principal policy forms covering loans, foreign direct investments, equipment or import/export contracts

AIG also offers specialized PRI policy forms covering a host of other specialized situations. For other products, please contact us.

To obtain a quote, either submit a completed application to one of our offices, or simply contact one of our underwriters by phone or e-mail.  Non-binding coverage quotes are generally delivered in 24 to 48 hours.

Applications
- Confiscation, Expropriation, Nationalization
- Comprehensive Contractors' Plant and Equipment
- Import Contract Repudiation
- Export Contract Repudiation
- Lenders
- Political Violence
- Wrongful Calling of Guarantee 

Forms
Comprehensive Contactors' Plant and Equipment 
- Contract Repudiation - Buyer Credit/Public Borrower 
- Contract Repudiation - Sales Contracts 
- Foreign Equity Investors
Lenders