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Credit Insurance
Credit Insurance or Trade Credit Insurance
is an insurance policy and risk management
product that covers the payment risk resulting
from the delivery of goods or services.
Credit insurance usually covers a portfolio of
buyers and pays an agreed percentage of an
invoice or receivable that remains unpaid as
a result of protracted default, insolvency or
bankruptcy.
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Credit Insurance
Trade Credit Insurance is purchased by
business entities to insure their accounts
receivable from loss due to the insolvency
of the debtors. This product is not available
to private individuals.
The costs (called a "premium") for this are
usually charged monthly, and are calculated
as a percentage of sales of that month or as
a percentage of all outstanding receivables.
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Credit Insurance
Credit insurance insures the payment risk of
companies, not of private individuals.
Policy holders require a credit limit on each
of their buyers for the sales to that buyer to
be insured.
The premium rate is usually low and reflects
the average credit risk of the insured
portfolio of buyers.
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Credit Insurance
In addition, credit insurance can also cover
single transactions or trade with only one
buyer.
The exporters facing those problems may
be in a position to obtain insurance against
both the country and buyer risks.
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Credit Insurance
Credit insurance is totally different from
normal commercial insurance covering risks
to which the goods are exposed to in transits
Holding of credit insurance
Give the peace of mind to the insured
It can enable the exporter to compete more
successfully
The policy assist an exporter in obtaining finance
for sales abroad
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Forfeiting
In forfeiting, a bank advances cash to an
exporter against invoices or promissory
notes guaranteed by the importer's bank.
The amount advanced is always 'without
recourse' to the exporter, and is less than
the invoice or note amount as it is
discounted by the bank. The discount
rates depends on the terms of the
invoice/note and the level of the
associated risk.
Factoring
The selling of a company's accounts
receivable, at a discount, to a factor, who
then assumes the credit risk of the
account debtors and receives cash as the
debtors settle their accounts.
Also called accounts receivable financing.