Trafigura secures US$500mn ECA-backed deal to supply metals to Italy
22-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg
Global commodity trader Trafigura has entered into a US$500mn five-year loan backed by Italy’s export...Michal Ron
Pandemic, disasters, war: Michal Ron looks back on Berne Union presidency
30-01-23 / by Jacob Atkins
Michal Ron was elected president of the Berne Union, the international association for the export...
Claims begin to stabilise as short-term business booms: trade credit data
16-11-22 / by Jacob Atkins
Claims paid out by public and private trade credit insurers partly stabilised in the first...
Export credit payouts hit record high as pandemic effects emerge
24-08-22 / by John Basquill
Berne Union members paid out a record US$9.2bn following claims and non-performing loans last year,...
Despite bounce back, trade credit insurance industry sketches uncertain outlook
18-05-22 / by Jacob Atkins
A more stable trade environment helped generate US$117.7bn in new medium to long-term trade credit...
Berne Union forms climate change action working group
22-03-22 / by Eleanor Wragg
The International Union of Credit and Investment Insurers (Berne Union) has convened a working group... Trade insurers ‘cautiously optimistic’ as new business rebounds
15-10-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Trade credit insurers are eyeing 2022 with “cautious optimism” after data for the first half...
Vesteri named new Berne Union president
09-11-15 / by Shannon Manders
Topi Vesteri, deputy CEO and chief credit officer at Finnvera, has been elected president of...
Berne Union appoints new VP
27-10-14 / by GTR
The Berne Union has appointed Michal Ron, head of international relations at Sace, Italy’s ECA,...
Sace and ICIEC sign agreements
29-05-14 / by GTR
Italian ECA Sace and the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit...