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Political Risk Insurance

• Covers physical loss or damage to tangible assets due to Political Violence.
• Includes both war risk and terrorism in one policy.
• Can be extended to include Business Interruption.
• Abandonment of Operations
• Covers abandonment of operations due to Political Force Majeure.
• Political Force Majeure includes both Political Violence and Foreign Government action.
• Recognizes that war, civil commotion, terrorism, etc., can cause a total loss even where no physical damage occurs.
• Foreign Government actions can include License Cancellation, prohibition of operations, etc.
• Sanctions coverage (actions of the investor’s government) can also be covered.  
   

• Covers the taking over of the Foreign Enterprise or assets by the Foreign Government and other expropriatory action.
• Includes Forced Divestiture, where your own government requires you to exit from the Foreign Enterprise.

• The central risk for many infrastructure investments (power, water, roads, telecom's, etc.)
• A separate section of cover is required to cover Breach of Contract by the Foreign Government effectively.
   

• Covers dividends, loan repayments or other capital remittances against currency inconvertibility and transfer risks.