Political & Country Risk
Others Dealing with Country or Political Risk Assessment
American River International
This organization provides political risk information related to clients of it primary business, selling insurance. Fee-based.
www.americanriverintl.com/consulting/risk.htm
Aon
This Fortune 500 company provides insurance brokerage, risk management products and consulting, personal lines, warranties, and human resources services and consulting. A political risk office is located in Aon Trade Credit Services. Fee-based.
www.aon.com
Business Monitor International
This UK-based company, primarily known for its tracking of current developments in emerging markets, has recently developed an add-on of country risk ratings. Fee-based.
www.businessmonitor.com
Ducroire/Delcredere
This Belgian credit and insurance agency offers political risk and financial insurance and services, including risk assessments for 238 geopolitical entities and a daily review of the international press (largely in French). Fee-based, with some free information.
www.delcredere.be
Dun & Bradstreet
A sideline of this credit rating company is country risk, focusing of course on credit and financial risk. Fee-based with free samples.
www.dnbcountryrisk.com
Fitch Ratings Sovereign Group
The traditional area of this ratings company is bonds, but more recently it has added country credit risk ratings, which are available free of charge on its website. Other services are Fee-based.
www.fitchratings.com
Global Insight
This company focuses on equities and bonds, but also provides country risk ratings. Global Insight is a combination of the former Wharton Econometrics and the “DRI” of DRI-McGraw Hill, as well as its 2003 acquisition, World Markets Research. Fee-based.
www.globalinsight.com
Howell International, Inc.
The site is a contact point for services related to political risk assessment training and education, where firms may arrange for lectures, seminars, workshops, courses, and consulting on questions of political risk assessment or analysis. Fee-based.
www.political-risk.net
International Risk
Focusing primarily on investigative work in Asia, this company also provides political risk assessment for its clients. Fee-based.
www.intl-risk.com
PFC Energy
This consulting firm provides information for the oil and gas industry, including country risk analysis for firms in that sector. Fee-based.
www.pfcenergy.com
Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. (PERC)
This consulting firm specializes in strategic business information and analysis for companies doing business in the East and Southeast Asia, producing a range of risk reports, paying attention to variables such as corruption, intellectual property rights risk, labor quality, and other systemic strengths and weaknesses. Fee-based.
www.asiarisk.com
Smith Brandon International
This group provides legal advice to foreign investors and political risk reports. Fee-based.
www.smithbrandon.com
Summit Analytical Associates
This firm provides analytical expertise and tools to analyze public policy and manage political risk exposure and capitalize on investment opportunities, offering reports on political risk in emerging markets. Fee-based.
www.s2a.com
The Terrorism Research Center
Founded in 1996, the website of this independent institute offers free access to an extensive knowledgebase on terrorism, security, information warfare, and other issues of “low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena.”
www.terrorism.com