Political and Credit risks

Insurance solutions tailored for your complex projects

Non-payment and political risks insurance: irrevocable and tailor-made for complex, long-term projects

Coface's Single Risk Department helps cover your most complicated transactions on long-term maturities that fall outside the standard trade credit insurance framework. And it’s irrevocable!

  • Tailor-made

    Every request is analysed individually with made-to-measure pricing

  • Irrevocable

    Single Risk cover is irrevocable for the entire duration of your transaction

  • Long-term

    Up to 8 years of guarantee for private buyers and 10 years for public buyers.

  • Freedom

    You’re free to choose which commercial transactions you guarantee (no account receivables to entrust to us).

  • Flexibility

    You maintain control over which buyers are analysed and the types of risk to cover (political, commercial or both).

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Who is political and credit risk cover made for?

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Are you a small or mid-cap company, a corporation  or financial institution? Do you want  to protect your transactions: sales, purchase or import contracts? Or cover your financing or investments (letters of credit, rental of tangible or intangible equipment, export financing, etc.)?

Coface helps you with our custom-built coverage, providing protection against the risks of non-payment and political risks that could occur during the duration of your transactions.

Our cover is suitable for one-off or ongoing transactions that require non-cancellable commitments over long periods.

Who is political and credit risk cover made for?

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Our areas of expertise:

Capital goods: construction equipment, pipelines, production lines, industrial machinery

Infrastructure: trains, subways, airports, port facilities, roads

Energy: power stations, wind farms, power grids

Defence: ships, submarines, aviation, satellites and radars

Financing: letters of credit, repurchase of receivables, export pre-financing, etc.

IT: software licences, medical equipment

How does political and credit risk coverage work?

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Our specialist team handles your needs, analyzing your situation to tailor the best solutions for transactions in New Zealand and overseas. Each request receives personalized analysis and pricing. 

You have the freedom to select transactions to guarantee—no obligation to entrust all accounts receivable to us.

How does political and credit risk coverage work?

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You maintain control over which buyers are analysed and the types of risk to cover (political, commercial or both).

You enjoy bespoke, leading-edge coverage for your one-off contracts, complex transactions, investments or the financing you provide.

You benefit from scalable guarantees so that the protection is perfectly tailored to your profile and changes in your business activities.

What risks are covered?

Investments, assets, subsidiaries and holdings abroad

For overseas investments and assets or subsidiaries and holdings, our insurance partners in New Zealand will provide for the following risks:

• Embargos

• Armed conflicts, riots, strikes, wars and acts of terrorism

• Confiscation, expropriation, nationalisation and dispossession

• Changes in legislation

Contracts and financing with a private buyer

For a contract and financing with a private buyer, Coface group through its insurance company partners in New Zealand will provide for the following risks:

• Non-payment and insolvency

• Inconvertibility and non-transfer

• Interruption of contract

• unfair calling of bonds

 

Policies with a public buyer

For a contract and financing with a public buyer, our insurance partners in New Zealand will provide for the following risks:

• Non-payment

• Unilateral termination of contracts

• unfair calling of bonds

• Inconvertibility and non-transfer

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Frequently Asked Questions

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