BRICS Countries Face Increased Political Risk in 2014: Aon

All five emerging market countries which have been considered good growth opportunities for insurance and business in general–Brazil, Russia, India and China–are at increased risk rating due to growing political violence, government interference and sovereign non-payment risk.

In its 2014 Political Risk Map (click image at right to enlarge), Aon Risk Solutions and Roubini Global Economics (RGE) examined data and analysis to develop an interactive online map that allows companies to assess the degree of political risk and exposure in 163 emerging countries and territories.The report measures exposure to exchange transfer, legal and regulatory risk, political interference, political violence, sovereign non-payment and supply chain disruption. In addition, RGE’s “country insight” scores capture a series of small changes on a quarterly basis, which can provide early warnings of change, such as with the Ukraine several quarters in advance. All scores are updated quarterly.