Press Release: BU Spring Meeting 2024

Innovation, technology and opportunities in the green transition in focus at BU Spring Meeting in Oslo as members reflect on a prodigious year for new
business in 2023, despite an increasingly fractious risk environment

May BUlletin published

Charting a course forward: Navigating AI, digitalisation, and economic support amidst unprecedented global change

State of the Industry Report 2023 Published

Building on the recovery seen in 2022, 2023 ushered in a surge in new business with a critical shift towards new markets, long-term solutions, and new products. Explore how products are changing, risks are evolving and trade patterns shifting in this report.

Recording of BU90 Stakeholder meeting

Check out the recording of our stakeholder events featuring a panel of BU members and industry partners exploring some of the central themes impacting international trade today, implications for export credit and the role of the BU.

Business Confidence Index H2.24

The Business Confidence Index H2 24 has been published - click below to access the full report.

How credit insurance supports the real economy

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

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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BU Data

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Business Confidence Index H2.24 Published

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty likely to drive sustained demand for risk mitigation in H2; benign projection for claims under longer-tenor cover followin...

Climate Working Group

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Save the Date: Culture Change to Support Climate Change in Organisations Webinar on 3rd September

Registration is open, join our webinar on 3rd September 2024!

Publications

01/08/2024

BU releases 2023 State of the Industry Report

The Berne Union's State of the Industry Report has been released, download your copy here

Member News

30/07/2024

Announcement of new Director General, Dhaman

Mr. Rashed Ahmed Al-Haroun, Director-General of the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman)

Climate Working Group

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Credendo ECA shares insight into its sustainability strategy

Sustainability at the heart of Credendo's strategy encompassing clients, stakeholders and people

Publications

15/07/2024

July BUlletin: Shaping the Future

Transformations in trade finance and risk management

Member News

11/07/2024

LMA publishes new guidance and revised documentation to support the export finance market

The LMA (Loan Market Association) has published a new guidance note on untied ECA financing

Member News

03/06/2024

IfTI Global Symposium 2024: Quo Vadis, Global Trade?

BU is pleased to support the upcoming opportunity to connect with Berne Union members and partners at the IfTI Global Symposium 2024, hosted by the Institute fo...