The economic crisis is creating scarcity in available credit and political risk coverage, executives from Aon insurance brokerage firm said.

Their assessment that carriers are tightening underwriting in the face of increased political and economic instability came during the presentation of the Chicago-based firm's “2009 Political Risk Map” that evaluates the risk level of nations throughout the world.

The company said economic conditions are putting more nations in the unstable category.

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