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Credit Insurance
Political Risk Insurance
Marine Insurance
Currency Insurance
Product Liability Insurance
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Meaning :
Credit Insurance covers the risk of your buyerbecoming insolvent or unable to pay the moneyowed to you.
Credit insurance will be able to offer
80-to-90 percent recovery to what was owed.
It also offers information and assistance withrecovery, especially when businesses are
marketing to potential new clients.Insurers will obtain credit reports,financial histories on the debtor, and look at iftheres any adverse information relating todirectors and shareholders, and come back witha recommendation and endorsement.
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Premium :
The premium on credit insurance is negotiatedas a percentage against your expected
turnover at the beginning of the year.
If the actual turnover is under expectations,
the insurer will charge a minimum baseamount and a rate on the lower turnover.
If they achieve more, therell be an
adjustment for over and above.
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Four commercial insurers provide
trade credit insurance :
Atradius.
Coface.
Euler-Hermes. QBE.
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Benefits :
It provides the exporter with comfort in
knowing that theyre not risking thebusiness if something does happen to the
buyer.
It Allows them to extend credit to buyersunknown to the business, but considered
a good prospect by the insurer.
It definitely protects the balance sheet
and gives them more confidence to grow.
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Meaning :
Political risk is the risk of the overseasgovernment intervening in your investments,
which could be the goods you export, or any
assets or business you have in the other country.
Traditionally, PRI would cover a government
expropriating your assets, or passing laws that
block your ability to transfer money out of the
country.
It also covers war risk and political violence, like
civil war or riots, insurrection, upheaval, things
that are beyond the control of the investor.
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Coverage has also widened to include other
constrictions on an exporters ability to do
business :
Import-Export bans, such as :
the restriction of importing machinery to
complete operations; or
A cancellation of export license;
A selective discrimination against foreign
entities where the government changes the
business environment by favoring local
business; A business-to-government contracts where
the government breaches its obligations,
contravening international law.
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Where the PRI product comes into play :
Emerging Economies:
o Weaker governments,
o Weaker law,
o Not as transparent judiciary systems as you
expect in OECD [Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development] countries.
o Unstable regime in which governments come
and go.
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Who can offer PRIs :
Both commercial and public agencies
can provide political risk insurance,from the World Bank to regional and
multinational commercial and
government providers.
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Meaning :
Financial protection of the shipment of
products and goods, regardless of whether
the mode of transport is over the sea, air,land or post, There are numerous risks to
consider when a business is involved in
transporting goods, including damage to and
loss of the goods.
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Meaning :
Currency insurance is cover against conversion loss.Currency insurance insures the person that they will notlose too much of their money.
The currency insurance is basically there to help theperson if the government in which they are invested wouldnot allow the person to withdrawal their money or if theyhiked up exchange rates and the person lose everything.
It is basically an insurance that protects the investor fromthe political changes that could affect their investments.
This form of insurance is typical of long-range buyingcontracts where other strategies such as forward exchangecontracts are unavailable
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Meaning :
It covers the risks arising from litigation or
the cost of recall should the product you sell
be proved faulty or fail to comply withappropriate regulations.
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Stringent rules and regulations of government.
Restriction on the Exports of Items.
Market dynamics.
Unavailability of common platform to get views,trade ethics and practice.
Lack of know how of export procedure anddocumentation.
Poor relation between production sector and servicesector.
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Higher volume of domestic consumption.
Quality does not meet international parameters.
Higher MSP of food grains announced by
government of India.
Tough competition from China on quality andcost.
Red Tapism.
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