Political Risk Insurance

Trade Political Risk is an emerging-market trade-related team that focuses on political risk and contract frustration with the ability to underwrite trade credit on a selective basis.

The team’s focus is on protecting and growing the political risk and contract frustration book. They offer cover for breach of contract/non-payment/non-delivery by sovereign entities and government-owned obligors offering capacity of $50m (USD) any one obligor. Also, for breach of contract/non-payment/non-delivery by private obligors offering capacity of $10m (USD) for any one obligor.

The Canopius Trade Political Risk team is part of the Credit, Political & Crisis Management division. Our teams work alongside one another writing complementary books of business that cater for different clients and appetites.

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What we do

  • Trade Political Risk is an emerging-market trade-focused team of underwriters whose background is principally in contract frustration (CF) and political risk (PR), with a strong subset in commercial credit (CR).
  • Trade Political Risk is primarily focused towards providing indemnification to insureds who have made a financial loss, either to their assets or investments in a foreign country, or whilst engaging in corporate and sovereign lending or trade related business.

Our product offerings include the following cover types:

  • Breach of contract, licence cancellation and import/export embargo cover
  • Comprehensive non-payment or non-delivery cover for public or private counterparties
  • Country, or whilst engaging in corporate and sovereign lending or trade-related business
  • Currency inconvertibility / non-transfer
  • Expropriation cover for assets and investments
  • Mortgage rights indemnity
  • Non-honouring of corporate or sovereign guarantees
  • Political all-risks including political force majeure, war and terrorism, and consequential loss
  • Political risk for lenders
  • Pre-export finance protection – public and private supplier
  • Unfair/fair (political) calling of bonds

Our capacity

(USD)
$ 0 m

Political Risk

(USD)
$ 0 m

Contract Frustration

Tenor

Up to eight years

Speak to one of our specialist underwriters

Claire Kennett - Canopius staff
Underwriter – Trade Political Risk
Ben McDowell - Canopius staff
Underwriter
Devki Patel - Canopius staff
Business Analyst
Charlotte Bender - Canopius staff
Head of Specialty Products Claims
Zuzana Stokes - Canopius staff
Senior Claims Adjuster
Joe Wigmore - Canopius staff
Claims Adjuster
Will Farmer - Canopius staff
Trainee Claims Adjuster

The claims team handle complex claims arising from risks written in London and Singapore by four specialist underwriting teams: Credit & Political Risk, Excess of Loss Trade Credit, Trade Political Risk (including the pre-merger syndicate 1861 portfolio), and Crisis Management.

  • Credit Insurance and Contract Frustration: comprehensive non-payment or non-delivery
  • Non-Honouring of an Insured Guarantee
  • Trade Credit – single obligor or multi-buyer portfolios on an Excess of Loss basis
  • Political All-Risks
  • Unfair / Fair (political) Calling of bonds and standby letters of credit
  • Sabotage & Terrorism

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