Also called accounts receivable insurance – is different from “insurance” in the traditional sense. It is a partnership that provides world-class knowledge and data to empower your trading decisions, backed by a reimbursement guarantee should an unexpected customer non-payment occur. Businesses that choose trade credit insurance benefit from safe sales expansion – at home and abroad – to new and existing customers. It also helps you access to working capital while reducing your overall risk.
Trade Credit Insurance
Because the future isn’t always as expected, we predict trade and credit risks today, to protect cash flow tomorrow
What is trade credit insurance?
What does trade credit insurance cover?
Trade credit insurance coverage protects businesses from non-payment of commercial debt. It covers your business-to-business accounts receivable. If you do not receive what you are owed due to a buyer's bankruptcy, insolvency or other issue, or if payment is very late, the policy will reimburse you for a majority of the outstanding debt. This helps you protect your capital, maintain your cash flow and secure your earnings while extending your competitive credit terms and helping you access more attractive financing.
With trade credit insurance, you can reliably manage the commercial and political risks of trade that are beyond your control. It can help you feel secure in extending more credit to current customers or pursuing new, larger customers that would have otherwise seemed too risky.
What does trade credit insurance cost?
The credit insurance cost of your trade credit insurance policy will vary depending on your industry, your annual revenue that needs to be insured, your history of bad debts, your current internal credit procedures and your customers’ creditworthiness, among other factors.
If you sell to clients in a mix of industries and countries, your trade credit insurance rates will reflect the risk determined to be associated with all of them.
How does it work?
Customers Health Check
We analyse the credit worthiness and financial stability of your customers.
Credit limit calculated
Each customer has a limit which is the maximum amount we will indemnify if that customer fails to pay.
Business as usual
You trade with your existing customers as you wish, with the risk covered up to the limit.
Trading limit updates
We keep you informed of adjustments to limits as they may be raised or reduced when conditions change.
Business building
You check the credit worthiness of potential new customers. We confirm agreement or explain if your request is declined.
Making a claim
If a customer fails to pay, then you give us full information.
We investigate and indemnify you for the insured amount if policy terms have been met.
We investigate and indemnify you for the insured amount if policy terms have been met.
Top 8 reasons to buy
Protection
Ultimately, we are there to quickly replace money lost through bad debt
Peace of Mind
Feel safe in the knowledge that your outstanding invoices are protected
Competitiveness
It helps you remain competitive by enabling you to offer open credit when your competitors can't
Funding
We help in securing trade finance which improves banking relationships and access to finance
Profitability
Improve profitability by safely increasing your exposure to more customers
Cash Flow
It complements and enhances existing credit control procedures to improve Days Sales Outstanding's
Information
You gain access to greater customer intelligence that leads to balanced risk decisions
Growth
It facilitates expansion with security and allows you to deal confidently with new clients and increase credit lines to existing ones
Solutions by company size
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SMEs
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Large-sized Companies
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Multinational Corporation (MNC)
Maximizing your top line and bottom line
Policies and features
Trade credit insurance is not “one size fits all.” The level of risk associated with your industry, customers and location will be unique to your business, so coverage solutions are tailored to your needs. Euler Hermes Trade Credit Solutions include:
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Corporate Advantage
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World Program
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Excess of Loss (XoL)
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Transactional Cover
Why work with us?
Global leader
55,000
Countries worldwide
Predictive insight
83+million
Businesses monitored
Solid foundation
AA
Standing & Poor's rating
Let's get in touch today!
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How much does trade credit insuance cost? To take control of your cash flow management, consider the benefits of trade credit insurance. It’s an important business tool that helps you lower the risk for bad debts or unpaid accounts receivable. If you are curious about how much credit insurance costs, remember this: there are ways you can help control those costs and make a good trade credit insurance investment that helps you grow your business. Your trade insurance premium can change depending on multiple variables, including but not limited to: type of policy you choose, percentage of risk being covered for each transaction, losses your business has experienced in the past, your business’ full financial history, your industry, your customers’ financial standing, the country in which you are doing business and political risk.