IN442 International Finance

160 country assessments, drawn up on the basis of macroeconomic, financial and political data, are made freely available.

AM Best defines country risk as the risk that country-specific factors could adversely affect an insurer's ability to meet its financial obligations. For purposes of this criteria procedure, “country” may also include territories, special administrative regions, free associations, crown dependencies, constituent countries, etc. Country risk is evaluated and factored into all AM Best ratings. As part of evaluating country risk, AM Best identifies the various factors within a country that may directly or indirectly affect an insurance company.

Coface's Country Risk Assessments provide risk ratings for individual countries as well as industry sectors. Ratings for countries are based on criteria including economic, financial, and political data. Ratings also allow the user to evaluate the overall business climate in a given country.

Use the search box to search by country. Each country profile is contains summaries on Politics, Economy, Risk, Regulation, Business and Industry Information. FIT does not subscribe to the full reports.