Trade Credit & Political Risk

Holley quits Atradius

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:40:42 GMT

Mike Holley has resigned from credit insurer Atradius.

Export Finance Germany conference begins

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The 10th Annual Global Export Finance Conference in Berlin has kicked off with the Export Finance Germany Day.

IRC names three new partners

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:04:50 GMT

Trade credit insurance broker International Risk Consultants (IRC) has promoted three of its staff to partners.

StanChart and OFID agree risk pact

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Standard Chartered and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed a risk participation agreement to support trade finance.

Coface suffers loss for 2009

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:37:46 GMT

Private credit insurer Coface has announced it has suffered a “substantial” loss equating to more than a Eu100 million over the first half of 2009.

First ECA receives Moody’s Aaa rating

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:57:06 GMT

Moody’s Investors Service has awarded Canada’s export credit agency, EDC, Aaa rating, making it the highest ranked reinsurer in the world.

Oz wool giant warns that no cover will hurt exports

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Lempriere, the Australian wool giant, has asked the country’s ECA EFIC to step in as commercial insurers retract cover for wool exporters.

Marsh helps UK firms keep cover

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:58:52 GMT

Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, has launched a new service to help UK companies stabilise or improve the credit limits issued by insurers.

Panama Canal project gets surety bond

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In conjunction with the project’s broker, Marsh, Zurich’s Surety, Credit and Political Risk group is providing a surety bond for the Panama Canal expansion project.