2022 Yearbook: The Marriage of Resilience and Efficiency

International trade is both a consequence and a cause of economic stability. How do we adapt to this new world of uncertainty where we must seemingly redraw our maps at the same time as we chart a course forward?

Maëlia Dufour (Bpifrance) elected President of the Berne Union

Maëlia is joined by Benjamin Mugisha (ATI) as her Vice President, along with new officials elected to lead the Berne Union's ST and MLT Committees

Vantage Risk join as new Observer Members

Vantage have been voted in as the latest Observers and Members of the BU MLT Committee

Business Confidence Index Q4.22

Demand for credit and political risk cover continues to grow amidst a gloomy economic outlook for 2023. Risk appetite among underwriters remains tight, with the biggest impact expected for ST risks, in line with anticipated increases in claims paid during the fourth quarter

November BUlletin: Digitalisation as a business leadership imperative

Increasing investment in digitalisation of fundamental business processes and decision making is driving a new way of looking at trade finance and risk underwriting

How credit insurance supports the real economy

New informational report outlining the function and impact of credit insurance in delivering economic and development impact

2021 State of the Industry Report

Annual BU report on the State of the export credit insurance industry at the end of 2021

14% of world cross border trade...

US$ 2.6 trillion of payment risk protection provided by Berne Union members in 2021

The Berne Union is the leading global association for the export credit and investment insurance industry

Our members include government-backed official export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions, and private credit insurers from right across the globe...

Annually, Berne Union members provide around USD 2.5 trillion of payment risk protection to banks, exporters and investors - equivalent to 13% of world cross border trade for goods and services (calculated with respect to WTO statistics).

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Latest News

Climate Working Group

01/02/2023

Atradius DSB shares insight into its Green Products Development

New financial products to support energy transition through innovation

Climate Working Group

24/01/2023

Climate Working Group representatives share highlights from the UN COP27

Debrief from the participants of the UN COP27 in Egypt

Member News

23/01/2023

New Management Board of HBOR

Hrvoje Čuvalo Appointed as the President, Josip Pavković and Alan Herjavec as Members of the Management Board

Publications

19/01/2023

BU Publications 2023: Call for submissions on international trade finance and investment

Are you interested in submitting an article or thought-piece for the Berne Union's publications in 2023? Contact us with your synopsis

Secretariat Update

19/01/2023

Departure of Vinco David as Secretary General

The Berne Union wishes to announce that after almost 6 years in the role of Secretary General and several other roles before, Vinco David is leaving the Berne U...

Secretariat Update

16/01/2023

Emily Kate Gray joins the BU Secretariat as MLT Committee Manager

EK joins from EDC Canada, and as MLT Manager will be supporting the dialogue between public and private BU members active in MLT cross-border credit and investm...

Member News

13/01/2023

Change of Board of EXIMBANKA SR

EXIMBANKA SR announces changes in their Management Board

Publications

19/12/2022

2022 Berne Union Yearbook: The Marriage of Resilience and Efficiency

Featuring leading voices from across international trade and investment reflect on the key themes of 2022, and expectations for the coming year

Member News

09/12/2022

New Observer Member: Vantage Risk

Vantage have been voted in as new Observer Members of the Berne Union's MLT Committee

Secretariat Update

08/12/2022

Joshua Koehler and Lewis Evans join the BU Secretariat Team

We are delighted to welcome two new hires to the BU Secretariat, Joshua Koehler and Lewis Evans who are joining to support our data analysis and economic resear...

BU Data

05/12/2022

Business Confidence Index Q4.22 Published

Demand for credit and political risk cover continues to grow amidst a gloomy economic outlook for 2023. Risk appetite among underwriters remains tight, with the...