All Trade Credit articles
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NewsCommodity traders face geopolitical turbulence, Willis warns
Tariffs, maritime disruption and regional conflicts are reshaping global commodity flows, as a Willis report highlights the sector’s exposure to escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic risk
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NewsTrade credit is evolving – Allianz Trade Americas’ Murrow
Rising exposures are outpacing premium growth, while trade credit is still seen as a discretionary spend, rather than an enabler for growth, president and CEO of Allianz Trade Americas Sarah Murrow tells GR
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NewsCredit entrants form a queue at Lloyd’s, but treaty leads are in short supply
Capacity continues to pour into credit insurance, amid pressure on counterparty risk relating to tariffs, trade wars and lively geopolitical mood music
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NewsApollo and Coface secure Lloyd’s approval for trade credit syndicate
New Lloyd’s Syndicate 2546 to offer AA-rated short-term credit solutions globally
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NewsDescartes expands into credit and political risk class
Move into CPRI by the Paris-based carrier includes a hire who joins from Coface in France and marks further diversification beyond parametric and cyber lines.
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NewsOrtega Lamaignère joins Nexus trade credit in Spain to lead broker partnerships
Ana Ortega Lamaignère was previously sales manager for Coface Global Solutions in Spain.
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NewsAllianz Trade names Williams as new UK & Ireland CEO
Veteran exec to succeed Sarah Murrow, who moves to lead Americas region.
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NewsPolitical risk capacity rises to record $3.5bn – Gallagher report
Gallagher Specialty released the Q1 iteration of its structured credit and political risk study, highlighting shifts in economic and foreign policy since Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
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NewsMSIG expands political risk, trade credit in Hong Kong, Singapore
A “strategic collaboration with its US office” would increase its capabilities, the Japanese re/insurance group said.
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NewsBeat Capital Partners to launch Convergence credit insurance arm
Joining from Canopius, Stephen Pike will be CEO of a new credit business from Beat.
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NewsAntares syndicate launches credit and political risks Lloyd’s consortium
The maximum line for the consortium will initially be $40m. Antares will lead with a 75% line with the remaining 25% provided by other Lloyd’s carriers.
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NewsPolitical risk market “pivots” away from emerging markets – WTW
WTW grew its credit and political risk insurance portfolio by 25% last year, the broker has revealed in its CPRI Capacity Survey and Market Update 2024, but the market is increasingly turning to developed economies and multilaterals.
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NewsWTW’s Creighton promoted to lead GB trade credit, trade finance
Michael Creighton joined the insurance broker in 2019 from his former role as head of export credit finance at Nedbank.
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NewsAllianz Trade names Somersan Coqui CEO and chair
It follows the departure of Clarisse Kopff to head the Europe and Latin America non-life division of Munich Re
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NewsLloyd’s receives approval for standalone cyber syndicate
Chief of markets Tiernan confirms initial approval as market seeks ’sensible growth in a pragmatic way’
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NewsSovereign names new president as Lowenstein retires
Natalie Chiaramonte was previously COO of Chubb’s political risk re/insurance subsidiary
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NewsFitch lowers reinsurance sector outlook to neutral
Russia-Ukraine war represents a “mid-sized catastrophe event” as hard market begins to ease
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NewsUkraine drives Q1 losses up to $30 billion - Guy Carp
An active natural catastrophe period combined with the Russia-Ukraine conflict are driving claims severity
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NewsRussia sanctions create fallout for trade credit insurers
Businesses seeking trade credit insurance may find cover unavailable as insurers react to ongoing sanctions
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NewsArcadia collapse alludes to danger of trade credit fallout – Nimbla
The insurance invoice firm says Arcadia is ’just the tip of the iceberg’ and that ’many more defaults can be expected in 2021’
