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2021 Country and Sector Risk Handbook

As a credit insurer, our added value comes from the ability to proactively provide our clients with detailed risk analyses, allowing them to make the right decisions at the right time and prevent credit risks. Our latest Country

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7 credit management tips for export success

In business risk and reward are two sides of the same coin, and that’s especially true when exporting. But while you can’t avoid all risk, you can minimise it and be prepared for it. ...

19 March, 2021

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Trade Credit Insurance Explained – with working examples

Credit insurance protects you against bad debt. So if the worse happens, you still get paid....

18 March, 2021

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Have you got the right risk strategy in place?

With a limited risk strategy managers can find themselves trapped in a holding pattern while their competitors forge ahead....

01 March, 2021

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How to survive a zombie economy with Hans Meijer

While enjoying a morning cuppa’, Floor Stam, VP Marketing at Visma | Onguard, will interview Hans Meijer from Coface. A specialist in Credit Management solutions, specialising in Credit Insurance, credit Ratings and Export B2B...

26 February, 2021

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Think positive: risk insights to help you take the initiative

We all learned from bitter experience not to look too far ahead last year as successive waves of the coronavirus scuppered the permanent lifting of lockdown restrictions. However, the vaccination programme offers a chink of light ...

26 February, 2021

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Coface forecasts China’s GDP

China’s economy grew by 2.3% in 2020 and 6.5% in the fourth quarter, reflecting a further recovery from the pandemic. Both industrial and services activity expanded at a faster pace in Q4 and contributed more to GDP...

27 January, 2021

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What to do if your customers don’t pay?

Non-payments have always been a problem. But unsurprisingly the risk is getting worse since the coronavirus pandemic hit. The question is; what can you do about it? The new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 may have...

20 January, 2021

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Five ways to evaluate the risk of bad debt

Company failures are likely to increase in 2021, exposing suppliers to the risk of bad debt that could threaten their survival. Here are five ways to determine whether your business is at risk....

15 January, 2021

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Adding certainty in uncertain times

Most of us would agree that 2020 has been one of the toughest trading years in living memory. Unfortunately, one of the few things we can be sure of is that this turbulence will continue into the New Year, with two of the darkest ...

21 December, 2020

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