Credit, Surety & Political Risks

Navigate a changing macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape, reduce volatility, and manage your cost of capital for credit, surety and political risk insurance portfolios.

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Credit & Surety is a global business, done locally. With underwriters around the world and over 200 years of combined underwriting experience, our team has the local knowledge to provide reinsurance across trade credit, surety, political risk insurance globally.

Why Swiss Re?

  • Local expertise, global knowledge

    Our experts are based around the world, connected through one global Credit & Surety Reinsurance team.​

  • Speed & quality

    Experience the efficiency and effectiveness of our excellence services, which have earned us the trust and preference of our valued clients.​

  • Present & responsive

    Whether you're exploring new markets, establishing new products or having conversations on single obligors' treaty limits, our team is here to help.​

  • Credit, surety and political risk insurers underpin the global economy, empowering trade and fostering global resilience. We help you steer your portfolio through an ever-changing marcoeconomic and geopolitical environment.
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    Martin Pfister Head Credit & Surety

Our offer

Discover our comprehensive range of offerings, spanning from traditional trade credit and surety products to innovative solutions. Whether you're a client or broker seeking reinsurance, our globally distributed team provides local collaboration and cultural alignment, ensuring we understand your business at a local level no matter where you operate.

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Trade credit

We support insurers across the trade credit landscape, leveraging our expertise to lead global reinsurance programmes.

Surety

Our surety offering equips insurers with on-the-ground knowledge, empowering you to support local markets.

Political risk

Risks covered typically include expropriation, political violence, currency inconvertibility and non-honouring of financial obligations.

Memberships of Swiss Re

Our memberships

  • The International Credit Insurance & Surety Association (ICISA)
  • Panamerican Surety Association (PASA)
  • The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA)
  • National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP)
  • Surety Association of Canada
  • Forum Cauzioni e Credito
  • Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Garantías, A.C. (AMIG)

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