Black: DFC and OPIC completed over 3,000 political risk insurance transactions
Ben Black · Running DC Like Wall Street: CEO of America's Investment Fund · Joe Lonsdale · Apr 30, 2026 · at 34:02
Ben Black, CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), explains the agency's history of offering political risk insurance products.
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“Over the course of the DFC and OPEC's existence, there were over 3000 insurance transactions that have occurred.”
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