Trade Credit and Political Risk

Providing innovative Credit and Political Risk solutions to exporters and lenders

We offer a market-leading range of product capabilities with limits and tenors that are among the largest in the industry. These capabilities, coupled with the financial strength of Everest and our entrepreneurial, agile and solutions-oriented culture, allow our team of experts to meet the unique coverage needs of our broker, bank, corporate and public agency partners.

• Credit insurance

  • Tenors up to 7 years
  • Trade receivables
  • Pre-export finance
  • Confirmation of Letters of Credit
  • Buyer non-payment or non-performance
  • Bank-to-bank loans
  • Buyer finance 
  • Working capital financing
  • Non-trade structures 
  • Project finance (non-payment by an SPV)

• Political risk insurance

  • Tenors up to 15 years
  • Contract frustration and sovereign non-honoring
    • Including sub-sovereign and state-owned enterprises 
  • Equity and lenders political risk:
    • Expropriation
    • Political violence
    • Currency inconvertibility 
    • Arbitration award default 
    • Denial of justice
    • Business interruption 
    • Forced abandonment
    • Selected discrimination
  • Forced divestiture

• Capacity

  • Limits up to $50 million for Credit Insurance
  • Limits up to $150 million for Political Risk Insurance

Key contact

Jim Thomas
Senior Vice President, Head of Credit and Political Risk

• (202) 236-5708
• Contact via email