Trade credit

Partnered with Zurich Emerging Market Solutions (ZEMS), we can now provide comprehensive trade credit insurance to protect financial institutions, exporters of goods and services, and international commodity traders by covering payment defaults arising as a consequence of both political and commercial risk events.  ZEMS credit insurance solutions are available to cover risk on a variety of companies, including privately owned firms or joint ventures.

Capacity

We can offer capacity up to $25 million per transaction

Coverage highlights

  • Policy terms between one and five years
  • Single obligor policies
  • Coverage available for a wide variety of trade transactions with emerging markets
  • A risk sharing tool rather than a credit enhancement product

Benefits

  • Leverages our customer's ability to assume credit exposure in emerging markets
  • Provides financial institutions with an alternative solution to syndicate credit exposures
  • Reduces the need for the policyholder to provision for costly country risk reserves
  • Strengthens the relationship between the customer and their business partners in emerging markets

Contact details  
Navaid Farooq
Underwriter, ZEMS
+44 (0)20 7648 3160

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