Seize global opportunities with protection from the potential risks of conducting business in overseas markets
Why Choose AIG for Political Risk?
Political risk insurance can provide the protection which investors, financial institutions and corporate clients need to safeguard their investments in overseas markets against unpredictable losses due to specified political risk perils.
The AIG Advantage
Market leadership
We have four decades of experience globally with dedicated underwriters who help clients with large Political Risk programmes — over US$520m in global claims paid since 1990.
Creative solutions
We protect infrastructure, agriculture, gas and oil, military base equipment, and much more against takeovers, political violence, and forced evacuation in multiple territories.
Multinational reach
Our global Political Risk underwriter network is located in the U.S. (New York, Chicago, and Seattle) and around the world (Toronto, London, Tokyo, and Singapore).
AIG Political Risk Solutions
We offer various insurance solutions to protect our customers against their specific political risk exposure. Our customers include:
Financial Institutions and Target Markets
Equity Investors
Multinational Projects
Contractors
Importers and Exporters
What types of investments are covered?
Equity investments
Physical assets
Cross-border loans
Contracts for goods and services
What types of political perils can be insured?
Confiscation, expropriation or nationalisation
Currency inconvertibility and non-transfer
Political violence* (includes terrorism and war)
Contract frustration due to defined political events
Sovereign payment default
Wrongful calling of on-demand contract guarantees and bonds
