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PRI Marketplace | May 2009
Charles Berry
Is there any financial market currently not in turmoil? Yes. There is one at least that is functioning properly, and that is the property/casualty insurance market. In particular, the specialist insurance market for large and complex risks, of which the Political Risk Insurance market forms a small part, is in good health. It was not...Read more
Interviews
Mediation | May 2009
Lorin (Laddy) Weisenfeld heads the Washington office of Felsgberg e Associados, a leading Brazilian corporate law firm based in São Paulo. The firm handles a variety of trade and investment matters out of its Washington office. Mr. Weisenfeld’s practice concentrates on the structuring of investments overseas, financial workouts, and the resolution of investment disputes. We...Read more
Microfinance
Microfinance
PRI Products and Coverages | May 2009
Tatyana A. Mikhailova, Felton (Mac) Johnston and Robert T. Wray
Historically, microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their stakeholders have shown a tolerance for the risks of operating in challenging environments as they perform their mission of delivering financial services to poor or low-income clients excluded from the mainstream financial system. Some of the risks associated with microfinance are arguably mitigated by the resilience and sound credit...Read more
Claims
OPIC
PRI Claims | September 2008
Robert O’Sullivan
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has long experience arbitrating PRI claims. We invited Robert O’Sullivan, OPIC’s Associate General Counsel, Insurance Claims, to discuss that experience and OPIC’s views of arbitration as a means of dealing with disputes with policyholders. All insurance contracts issued by OPIC (and USAID before it) have provided for resolution of...Read more