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Global insights for insurance firms

Understand the risks associated with your investments. Our global coverage enables insurance firms to set accurate premiums, monitor threats to existing investments and explore new markets.

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Market-leading country-risk ratings

From sovereign default to social unrest, we track the risks that determine investment decisions.

Operational risk

Our country risk ratings reflect the economic, political and regulatory risks to business across ten categories and 70 indicators. These are complemented by our risk scenario watchlist and frequent qualitative updates explaining rating changes.

Financial risk

Strengthen financial risk evaluations with access to 59 indicators covering sovereign, currency and banking sector risk. Our data follow a consistent methodology so underwriting teams can efficiently compare and benchmark across multiple markets.

Available for 180 countries, these insights enable risk managers to accurately price prospective clients and leverage opportunities in emerging and frontier markets.

Insights that strengthen investment decisions

Monitor the global trends that will affect portfolio performance.

Our analysis provides investment teams with a concise understanding of how macroeconomic, political and regulatory trends in more than 190 countries will affect fixed-income, equity, currency and commodity markets. 

Our analysis highlights immediate threats to businesses, as well as emerging opportunities and long-term forecasts. Investors use our data series to chart the expected evolution of their markets of interest.

This comprehensive approach enables our clients to stay one step ahead when identifying risks and exploring new investment opportunities.

Critical insights for senior business leaders

Validate decision-making with expert global insights.

Whether expanding operations or safeguarding against threats, senior leaders rely on our forward-looking intelligence to assess how global trends will shape the future of the insurance sector. 

Our services provide both breadth of coverage and detailed market knowledge. With our research and data, strategists can track how macro trends such as sustainability regulations and supply-chain reshoring will influence the business operating environment.

This approach offers strategic functions both the big picture and a focused view of the trends that will determine business success.

Demonstrate expert market knowledge

Provide forward-looking insights to your organisation. 

EIU’s macroeconomic, geopolitical and policy analysis and forecasts outline how global events will affect investments in more than 190 countries, making our insights a valuable resource for research teams in the insurance sector. 

Complementing this timely analysis, our financial and operational risk ratings are a vital tool when comparing threats to businesses in a range of countries, including emerging and frontier markets. This offering gives analysts and economists the confidence to present with accuracy to internal stakeholders about developments and opportunities in their markets of interest.

Challenge consensus

High-quality, unbiased and independent research.

Breadth of coverage

Our experts provide forecasts and analysis for nearly 200 countries, accounting for about 95% of global GDP.

Expertise

A proven methodology, a forward-looking, analytical approach, and decades of experience enable EIU to forecast with precision.

Independence

Our analysis is unbiased and impartial, and provides an accurate view of the macroeconomic and political environment.

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Functions we serve

Underwriting

Measure the risks that determine investment decisions.

Investment management

Monitor how global developments will affect fixed-income, equity, currency and commodity markets. 

Strategy and planning

Validate your decision-making with expert global analysis for more than 190 countries.

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