Trade Credit
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December 5, 2022
US market shows ‘demonstrable improvement’ going into 2023: WTW
A brighter picture for risk and insurance managers in the US has appeared in the second half of 2022, according…
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November 23, 2022
New trade credit facility launched by WTW and Citi
WTW and Citi have successfully placed an innovative insurance facility with FCIA Trade Credit & Political Risk, designed to deliver…
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November 21, 2022
Africa Specialty Risks partners with Africa Re on political risk and trade credit
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR)has partnered with African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) to provide political risk and trade credit insurance in…
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November 16, 2022
Lup appointed CEO of Allianz Trade in ASEAN
Domenico Lup has been appointed as CEO of Allianz Trade in ASEAN, with effect from 1 December 2022. He will…
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November 7, 2022
Expansion into new markets – understanding the risks
There is little doubt that Covid, Russia and inflation, have created a volatile and unprecedented period of uncertainty. In addition,…
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October 31, 2022
Spike in demand for contract frustration cover as sovereign downgrades rise
Demand is rising fast for contract frustration insurance as businesses seek to mitigate the increased risk of governments cancelling contracts…
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October 26, 2022
Allianz Trade appoints new CEO and chairperson
Aylin Somersan Coqui, currently group chief risk officer of Allianz SE, is to become CEO and chairperson of the board…
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October 20, 2022
GVNW announces credit risk event as energy fears rise among German firms
The German risk and insurance management association, the GVNW, has announced a virtual event focused on the topic of credit…
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September 27, 2022
BPL Global appoints chairman and group CEO
Specialist credit and political risk insurance broker BPL Global has appointed a new chairman and a new group CEO. James…
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September 9, 2022
German buyers suffer more challenging market in Q2 than European peers
The German commercial insurance market stood out as particularly difficult for buyers during the second quarter, according to Aon’s latest…
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September 1, 2022
Söderberg & Partners launches specialty operation to serve global clients
Söderberg & Partners has launched a new specialty brokerage operation to help large, global companies manage their complex risk profiles.…
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August 23, 2022
Macroeconomic pressures but structured credit and political risk insurance capacity grows, says Gallagher
Supply issues, inflation and tightening financial conditions, combined with heightened market volatility and increasingly sluggish Chinese growth, as well as…
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July 22, 2022
Beazley posts strong premium growth on back of ‘buoyant’ rating environment
Beazley reported strong gross written premium growth of 26% to $2.5bn in the first half of this year supported by…
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July 11, 2022
SiriusPoint and European MGA Alta Signa partner to expand specialty offering
Specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint has formed a partnership with European managing general agent (MGA) Alta Signa Holdings, which specialises…
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July 7, 2022
No deterioration of payment delays in Asia-Pacific, finds Coface survey
Asia has seen no deterioration of payment delays despite the impact of Covid, except in China, according to credit insurer…
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July 6, 2022
New head of trade credit at Markel International
Markel International has appointed Simon Philpin as head of trade credit. He will be responsible for leading the trade credit…
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June 29, 2022
Europe’s corporations face rising credit strain as Ukraine crisis continues
The third-quarter 2022 economic and financial outlook for European corporations is looking increasingly bleak, with tighter financing conditions and rising…
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June 29, 2022
Asia sees major increase in bad-debt write-offs, says Atradius
Asia has seen a 60% increase in business-to-business (B2B) bad debts that could not be collected in the last year,…
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June 28, 2022
WTW names Conderanne head of financial in Europe
WTW has promoted Fabien Conderanne to regional head of financial solutions in Europe. Conderanne will begin in the newly-created role…
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June 21, 2022
Ukraine conflict means global programme restructuring
The war in Ukraine and the associated sanctions on Russia are causing companies to rethink and restructure their global insurance…