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Mercantile is a market leader in Trade Credit Insurance.
What is Trade Credit Insurance
Trade Credit Insurance provides protection to your aged debtors. There are two triggers to a claim being insolvency or protracted default. In very basic terms if a customer of yours owes you money and becomes insolvent the insurance will cover 90% of the loss minus the excess structure you choose at inception.
Unfortunately we are often contacted by new clients after they have just incurred a major insolvency loss. Either their trusted broker didn’t tell them trade credit insurance existed or the client thought their credit checks would be a safe way to handle credit risk. In many cases a Trade Credit insurance policy could have provided protection.
Stop being an unsecured creditor for amounts that could cripple or destroy your own business. For a very small rate of total turnover you can protect your aged debtors report from bad debts.
This is not a area of insurance for the unsure or inexperienced which is why its worth contact Mercantile Trade Credit division for further information on how Trade Credit Insurance can protect your business.
Industries
Whilst suitable to any industry which is doing sales on credit the following are some industries we regularly see getting benefit from Trade Credit Insurance.
Product Manufacture or Import/Export
Construction
Food & Drink Wholesale / Manufacture
Technology Contractors
Clothing Manufactures
Engineering
Logistics
Labour Hire
Construction Material Suppliers
Farming
Retailing Suppliers
Services to Mining
Electronics
Covers
Annual Total Turnover Coverage
Pre Credit Cover
Single Limits for larger buyer contracts
Auto Limits
Nominated Limits
Insolvency
Protracted Default
Excess Options including thresholds
Buyer Reviews
Insurers
Atradius
QBE
Euler Hermes
Coface
AIG
The Bond and Credit Co.
Claims Examples
- A plumbing wholesaling company provides $500,000 limit for construction material to a plumbing installation company who was contracting to a major builder. The major builder files insolvency leaving the plumber unable to pay for stock already installed. The wholesaler is now exposed to a $450,000 loss due the bad debt of the plumber.
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