Daniel Wagner
Daniel Wagner writes articles on
political risk for IRMI.com.
Mr. Wagner is senior vice president of Country Risk at GE's Energy Financial
Services. He is part of a team investing more than $5 billion annually in global
energy and water projects. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Wagner was a Senior Guarantees
and Syndications Specialist for the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Office of
Cofinancing Operations in Manila. He is an authority on political risk analysis
and has 20 years of experience underwriting and brokering political risk insurance
(PRI), including 14 years underwriting with three AAA-rated organizations.
He began his career at AIG in New York and subsequently spent 5 years as
Guarantee Officer for the Asia Region at the World Bank Group's Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in Washington, DC. During that time, he was
responsible for underwriting PRI for projects in a dozen Asian countries.
After serving as regional manager for Political Risks for Southeast Asia
and Greater China for AIG in Singapore, Mr. Wagner was Guarantee and Risk Management
Advisor and Political Risk Guarantee Specialist for the ADB in Manila. He has
also held senior positions in the insurance brokerage business.
Mr. Wagner has published more than 50 articles on political risk insurance,
terrorism, and related subjects. His editorials have been published in such
notable newspapers as the International Herald
Tribune and the Wall Street Journal.
His book—Political Risk Insurance Guide—was
published by the International Risk Management Institute. He holds master's
degrees in International Relations from the University of Chicago and in International
Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird)
in Phoenix. He received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from Richmond
College in London.
Articles on IRMI.com
Risk Management: Political Risk
Effective Transactional
Risk Management (November 2007)
Putin's Russia
in 2007: Walking a Tightrope (December 2006)
Bolivia's Larger
Message (June 2006)
The Impact of Terrorism
on Foreign Direct Investment (February 2006)
Achieving Security
in the Global Supply Chain (October 2005)
Creating a Level
Playing Field for Local Investors in the Developing World (May 2005)
The Implications
of Recurring Terrorism for Business (May 2004)
A Western "Fix"
for Iraq? Forget It. (April 2004)
Promoting Social
Responsibility in the Developing World (January 2004)
The Role of Development
Banks in Addressing Political Risk in Asia (October 2003)
Terrorism’s Impact
on International Relations (March 2003)
Political Risk
Insurance in Asia: Who Purchases It, Where, and Why (July 2002)
The Battle Against
Terrorism: A Battle for Stomachs, Hearts, and Minds (March 2002)
Political Risk
in Asia: Fact or Fiction? (November 2001)
Asia's Terrorist
Conundrum (October 2001)
Political Risk
in Asia: The Need for Structural Reform and the Impact on Political Risk Insurance
(May 2001)
Defining "Political
Risk" (October 2000)
Political Risk
in Post-Crisis Asia (July 2000)
The Impact of Political
Change and How To Protect Your Business Against It (April 2000)
Russia in 2000:
The Implications of Political Change In the New Millennium (March 2000)
Terrorism: Global Impact
The Impact of Terrorism
on Foreign Direct Investment (February 2006)
Achieving Security
in the Global Supply Chain (October 2005)
The Implications
of Recurring Terrorism for Business (May 2004)
Terrorism's Impact
on International Relations (March 2003)
The Battle Against
Terrorism: A Battle for Stomachs, Hearts, and Minds (March 2002)