Giving businesses the protection to grow

Increase sales and avoid the risk of non-payment with trade credit

Credit insurance products tailored to meet your business needs

Coface Trade Credit Insurance provides companies of all sizes and sectors, in Canada and beyond, with the security they need to strengthen their financials and avoid the risk of non-payment.

What is trade credit insurance?

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Trade credit insurance is a customized solution that helps companies grow their businesses safely. Whether you are looking to enter a new marketexpand relations with a key customer, or simply increase your sales, Coface Trade Credit Insurance can help you minimize risk while advancing your growth ambitions. 

What is trade credit insurance?

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Trade credit insurance is a protective policy that allows companies to safeguard cash flowinsure their receivables, and – quite often – seek better financing terms from banks and lenders. Credit insurance protects invoices from excessive late payments or default by customers. Coface covers the credit risk and compensates for your loss by indemnifying you. 

Why choose Coface Trade Credit Insurance?

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Trade credit insurance is an integral tool in your risk management practice but with Coface, you'll receive much more than this. 

Coface is a global leader in the risk management industry with more than 75 years navigating unpredictable economic conditions. When you choose Coface Trade Credit Insurance, you'll be able to operate smarter and safer with the full weight of our global expertise in your corner. 

Why choose Coface Trade Credit Insurance?

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Coface risk experts actively monitor the financial health of millions of businesses around the world and make this information available to you. Our risk underwriters, account managers, and claims specialists are available to support your unique needs and help your business achieve your growth ambitions. 

From economic briefs to unique business information data and insights, Coface can help your business operate smarter and safer to achieve your growth ambitions and more. 

What are the benefits of trade credit insurance?

With Coface trade credit insurance, your business will have a customized solution to help you navigate risk and safely increase your sales.

  • Grow sales safely

    Expand your business in new markets and with new customers with confidence. Trade credit insurance can limit your exposure while you grow your sales and business.

  • Unlock better financing

    With trade credit insurance protection, businesses may unlock new sources or better financing terms.

  • Access global risk expertise

    Tap into Coface's global network of risk specialists, including economists, underwriters, and analysts, to help safely navigate your growth strategy.

  • Protect your business from bad debt

    Twenty-five percent of companies will go out of business due to non-payment by their customers. Trade credit insurance limits exposure and mitigates catastrophic losses from bad debt.

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Innovative solutions for better risk management

Credit Management Portal

Coface customers can easily manage policies and monitor risk from our secure CofaNet Essentials online platform. 

 

CofaNet Essentials provides access to real-time information about your clients and trade partners. Manage client portfolio and guarantees requests, report outstanding invoices, and keep track of claims with the click of your mouse.   

 

On the go? Download CofaMove app for CofaNet Essentials on your preferred mobile device. 

Coface API Connection

Integrate Coface risk expertise directly into your business through an API connection. By using the Coface API Portal, we're able to provide a seamless connection for simplified policy management in existing business technology tools. 

 

An API connection allows your business to easily elevate risk management, enhance credit decision-making, and fortify financial strategies by leveraging Coface information and expertise. The Coface API Portal helps customers maximize efficiency with a secure connection to broader risk expertise. 

 

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Coface Risk Dashboard

Coface Risk Dashboard provides interactive reporting to monitor real-time performance and health of clients and trade partners. 

Using this advanced digital tool, program managers can easily view their program's global exposure, including subsidiaries. Beyond the consolidated risk of buyers, the Coface Risk Dashboard also implements a cohesive risk governance for your entire operation to help streamline your business globally. Other unique features include: 

     - Geographic and sector comparisons

     - Control of objectives linked to customer credit

     - Calculation of the acceptance rate for risks and indicators over the last 48 months

     - Statistical analysis of reasons for refusal of coverage

     - Identification of aggregates in trade risk exposure

     - Claims support and follow up

Is trade credit insurance worth it?

Protection from a catastrophic loss is essential for today's complex global trade environment. At Coface, we believe all businesses deserve to be safeguarded.  

It's estimated one in four companies will go out of business because of customer non-payment. While trade credit insurance can be a lifeline for your business in these scenarios, it offers so much more. Many customers find that credit insurance policies easily pay for themselves through other benefits such as early risk detection, sales growth, and improved financing terms.

Protect your business with Coface risk expertise

100000customers

200countries covered

685billion exposure

AM Best logoAStable outlook

Moody's logoA1Stable outlook

AA-Stable outlook

What does failure really cost you?

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The extra turnover needed to make up for loss

The simulation above shows the additional turnover that your company must achieve to compensate for the loss due to a non-payment.

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Testimonials

Top-5 European Automaker

Our regular interactions with the teams at Coface help us analyse, evaluate and prevent our risks.

Global cosmetics manufacturer

They treated us based on us. It really wasn't cookie cutter and it was that engagement that led us to select Coface.

Global trading partner of steel products

[Coface is] a TCI partner who's got a global reach, a ton of information about various counterparties out there, and the ability to act quickly.

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