As an exporter, you can take out export credit insurance.

Use our interactive tool to assess if export credit insurance is right for you.

Export credit insurance can be divided into two types - short and medium/long-term.

Export Credit Insurance policies can be issued to companies directly exporting, or to banks lending to foreign buyers.

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These kind of analyses are conducted amongst other things by international rating agencies, export credit insurances and international organisations.

It provides export credit insurance support to Indian exporters and is controlled by the Ministry of Commerce.

The CIA claims to effect about one third of all UK domestic and export credit insurance.

Less than 1 percent of all American exports receive Export-Import financing, which comes in the form of direct loans, loan guarantees or export credit insurance.

Programs aimed at this sector include Export Credit Insurance, and Working Capital Guarantee programs.

UK Export Finance also provides help to exporters through its Export Credit Insurance scheme.

The same should indeed apply to export credit insurance, for surely those who really take account of human rights should find some reward for their particular entrepreneurial spirit.

Find out about Export Credit Insurance on the UK Export Finance website - Opens in a new window.

Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)

This includes short-, medium- and long-term export credit insurance, investment insurance, bond and guarantee business, debt and capital retrieval business and credit assessment business.

Export-Import Bank of the United States: Assists in financing U.S. exports to international markets, offering capital guarantees, export credit insurance, loan guarantees and direct loans.

Small Business Export Credit Insurance Policy The policy is a special product for small, financially viable businesses that are new to exporting, or have only occasionally exported.

Export credit insurance is designed to protect exporters from the consequences of the payment risks, both political and commercial, and to enable them to expand their overseas business without fear of loss.

SACE was established in 1977 following the Law 227/77 as Special Section for Export Credit Insurance of National Insurance Institute.

You can find a broker specialising in financial export credit insurance on the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) website - Opens in a new window.

Later he worked as chairman at the Hungarian Export Import Bank Ltd. and Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Ltd.

Now that these two companies are offering both domestic and export credit insurance, they will both seek to protect and consolidate their position with their good quality policyholders by ousting their competitor.

There is also to be an increase of £1.3 billion in export credit insurance cover to certain markets, ranging from China and India to Mexico and South Africa, over the next three years.

However, if you are unable to obtain export credit insurance from the private sector then you may be able to purchase government-backed export insurance from UK Export Finance.

The Bank has tied up with Export Credit & Guarantee Corporation Limited [ECGC] for marketing export credit insurance products through its branch network.