In the week before he becomes a non-executive director, Anthony Palmer speaks to GTR magazine about his 41 years in the credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) industry, exploring the market’s evolution in terms of the number of players, the products and the types of clients. Looking to the future, Anthony describes the likely continuation of a healthy balance of supply and...
Read moreAnthony Palmer, Deputy Chairman of BPL Global, joined the credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) market in 1975 a time when, in most countries, it often comprised of just one export credit agency (ECA) and one domestic insurer. The Lloyd’s market offered limited pure political risk cover, while export cover against pre-shipment risks was in its infancy. Things have come a long...
Read moreEmma Ashworth joins as a company Director, having spent the past 29 years at Willis, with 16 of those years as an Executive Director in its Credit and Political Risks division. London, 8th November 2016. Market-leading credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, BPL Global, has hired Emma Ashworth as a Director. Ashworth has 29 years’ experience at Willis,...
Read moreWriting for the Berne Union’s 2016 Yearbook, Charles Berry, Chairman of BPL Global, discusses the increasing competition between government export credit agencies (ECAs) and the specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) market. In the article, Berry suggests that such competition is inevitable and appropriate given that both now often cover the same type of risks, and should be...
Read moreBPL Global has received the “Best Credit & Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) Broker” award from leading trade and export finance magazine, TXF – at the publication’s Export, Agency & Project Finance event in Rome. The Best in Class award winners were voted for by TXF subscribers and industry participants. Charles Berry, Chairman of BPL Global, said: “It’s an honour...
Read moreBPL Global and EIA Global have made significant hires in response to increased demand for credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) from clients engaged in international trade, investment and lending. US-based EIA Global has announced that John Lavelle will join as Senior Managing Director for Trade Credit, Structured Trade and Political Risk Insurance. Al Giandomenico, President...
Read moreBPL Global reiterated its commitment to serving the French market as it celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its French subsidiary at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris. “Our industry is, of course, faced with major political uncertainty in the form of the upcoming UK referendum on whether to remain in the European Union,” said Charles Berry, Chairman of BPL Global....
Read moreWe have today announced the appointment of James Esdaile and Sian Aspinall as Joint Managing Directors of Berry Palmer & Lyle Limited. They succeed Robin Harper, who continues as a director of the BPL group after 20 years as Managing Director. James joined BPL Global in 1997 as a graduate trainee, while Sian returned to the company in 2014 after working as a senior political risk...
Read moreBPL Global has once again been recognised as the industry’s leading specialist insurance broker after being voted “Best Trade Credit and Political Risk Insurance Broker” by the readers of Global Trade Review magazine in its annual Leaders in Trade awards . It is the sixth year in a row that BPL Global has picked up the accolade, this time beating Marsh into second place.
Read moreBPL Global has opened a representative office in Dubai. The opening takes the number of BPL Global offices to five. The office, based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is headed up by Harriet Smith. Smith joined BPL Global in February 2011 and in recent years has focused mainly on medium- and long-term business for European corporate and banking clients.
Read moreBPL Global has been crowned “Best Trade Credit Broker” in the Trade & Forfaiting Review awards and “Best Insurance Broker in Trade” in the Trade Finance...
Read moreBPL Global is delighted to announce that Peter von Guretzky-Cornitz has agreed to act as an introducer and representative in Germany on a part-time basis working alongside Gina Fitzgerald, to develop credit insurance business involving exporters, banks, Hermes and the CPRI market. He will be focusing particularly on transactions where private insurers can provide coinsurance or reinsurance for...
Read morePeter Gilbert has been confirmed as the new chief executive of BPL Global’s Singapore subsidiary, while Margaret Ho has been appointed chief executive of its Hong Kong branch. Anthony Palmer will relocate to the UK and will remain responsible for BPL Global’s activities throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Read moreBPL Global has once again been recognised as the industry’s leading specialist insurance broker after being crowned “Best Trade Credit and Political Risk Insurance Broker” for the fifth year running in the 2014 GTR Leaders in...
Read moreInterviewed by London insurance market journal, Insurance Day, senior directors James Esdaile and Sian Aspinall give their perspectives on the PRI market and highlight a new generation of partners at BPL Global. Read article (pages 6 & 7)
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