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In the most recent edition of GTR’s series about inspirational women in trade finance, Sanne Wass talks to Sian Aspinall, BPL Global’s Managing Director, about her career success and how the industry can best tackle any gender bias. Having worked within credit and political risk insurance for almost 30 years – starting as a political risk broker at Investment Insurance International,...
Read moreFollowing the announcement last week that BPL Global is to open a joint venture with EIA Global in New York, James Esdaile, Managing Director, assesses what the CPRI product can offer US financial institutions and exporters in an article in ExCred New York's supplement for its inaugural conference this week. Esdaile breaks down the claims figures in this comprehensive look at CPRI to discuss...
Read moreBPL Global is delighted to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with EIA Global to form a joint venture insurance broking company in New York. The joint venture will focus on global financial institutions which will benefit from its globally-integrated specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broking services. As client demand for such services dictates, the...
Read moreIn a “60 second interview” with Trade & Forfaiting Review, Sian Aspinall, Managing Director, says that the CPRI market is growing in strength, with significant demand from banks using the product as a credit mitigation tool under the Basel framework. Meanwhile, Aspinall suggests that the private market has established itself as a credible and respected alternative,...
Read moreThe leading credit and political risk insurance broker has obtained a brokerage license to allow it to undertake insurance intermediation in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). London/Dubai. 4th September 2017. BPL Global, the leading specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, has been granted a brokerage license by the Dubai Financial Services...
Read moreIn an opinion article for Trade & Forfaiting Review, James Esdaile, BPL Global’s joint Managing Director, explains that heightened political instability and banking capital regulations have driven exponential growth in the specialist Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) over the past few decades. However, to...
Read moreAfter 27 successful years in London, ExCred will also take place in New York this year for the first time, providing a forum for brokers, corporates, banks, insurers, ECAs and MDBs to discuss how credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) can best support international trade and investment. BPL Global has been announced as the gold sponsor of the event, which takes place on 17-18 October. The...
Read moreRe-brand marks the specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker’s progression and reiterates its determination to build on its market-leading position. London, UK. 5th June 2017. BPL Global, the leading specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, has unveiled a new logo and website. James Esdaile, Joint Managing...
Read moreBPL Global has, for the seventh year running, 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. Sian Aspinall, Managing Director of BPL Global, comments: “We are delighted to once again be recognised by GTR...
Read moreIn 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...
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