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).
This website contains information about our organisation, members, industry and activities.
Latest News
Climate Working Group
28/11/2022
Low Carbon Transition: Tracking Green Finance Progress
SINOSURE summarises progress on corporate strategy, green assessment, products and services, and risk management since 2020
Publications
25/11/2022
November BUlletin: Digitalisation as a business leadership imperative
Technology-driven trade and client interaction are nothing new. But increasing investment in digitalisation of fundamental business processes and decision makin...
Press Release
10/11/2022
Sub-Saharan Africa in the spotlight at BU AGM in Rwanda
Sub-Saharan Africa in the spotlight as Berne Union Members weigh solid signs of pandemic recovery against rising political and economic risks
MC Announcement
10/11/2022
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
BU Data
10/11/2022
H1 2022 Data released from BU AGM shows overall positive growth for the industry
BU Data in the first half of 2022 shows solid signs of continuing post-pandemic recovery, with year-on-year growth across business lines in H1 2022, and a parti...
Member News
09/11/2022
New Corporate Office of ECGC Limited, India
ECGC Limited, India shifts to its new Corporate Premises
Outreach
27/10/2022
Finance in Common: BU engagement on how export credit support a green and just transition
Berne Union President Michal Ron contributed a thought piece on how export credit can support a 'green and just transition' as part of a progress reported publi...
Climate Working Group
25/10/2022
Climate Innovation Showcase: Unlocking Off-Grid Power in Africa
MIGA outline a transaction in Africa that includes an equity investor and a non-traditional partnership model on PRI
Climate Working Group
13/10/2022
ECA Net Zero Webinar Recording now available
GFANZ and Berne Union Members discuss Net Zero pathways for export credit
Secretariat Update
25/09/2022
Welcome Jin-Ho SEO to the Secretariat
Jin-Ho is on secondment from BU Member K-SURE and will work to support our research, analysis and project management capabilities over the next 12 months.
Climate Working Group
15/09/2022
ECAs Trajectory Towards Net Zero Webinar
Registration open for the joint Climate Working Group and GFANZ webinar focusing on net zero export credit and the creation of a Net Zero ECA Alliance
Upcoming meetings
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: Virtual MeetUp
Dec 7, 2022
The YP's will wrap up 2022 with a friendly informal discussion, focussing on the highlights of this year and t...
Spring Meeting Brussels 2023
May 8 - May 12, 2023
Brussels, Belgium
The 2023 Spring Meeting will take place in May 2023, in Brussels, Belgium
Annual General Meeting Amman 2023
Oct 29 - Nov 2, 2023
Amman, Jordan
The 2023 AGM will take place in October 2023, in Amman, Jordan