BPL Global wins Best Insurance Broker award
For the second successive year BPL Global has won the Best Insurance Broker in Trade award by the readers of Trade Finance magazine.
Read moreBPL Global defends the PRI market’s claims record
This article, published in GTR eNews, reports comments by BPL Global Deputy Chairman, Anthony Palmer, at an export finance seminar hosted by Denton Wilde Sapte emphasising that the political risk insurance market...
Read moreBPL Global wins GTR award
Following a poll by readers of Global Trade Review in its Leaders in Trade awards, 2009, BPL Global was voted Best Trade Credit and Political Risk Insurance Broker. Read article
Read moreGlobal crisis fails to derail political risk market
In this article, published by Insider Quarterly, BPL Global Chairman, Charles Berry, indicates that market-wide PRI losses of an estimated USD2.5bn could be reduced by half as recoveries are made.
Read moreWhen the going got tough…
At the invitation of EMEA Finance, BPL Global Chairman, Charles Berry, participated in a discussion between brokers and insurers about the impact of the economic downturn on claims in the trade credit and political risk insurance markets and how their industry dealt with the perfect storm...
Read moreThe impact of mounting credit losses
In this article, published by Insider Quarterly, Charles Berry predicts a contraction in the capacity of the structured trade credit insurance market in 2010, and a hardening of rates. Read...
Read moreChristmas charity initiative
BPL Global supports the work of Tusk Trust promoting education in Africa by making a donation towards the cost of constructing two schools in Kenya. More details
Read moreThe effect of recoveries on political risk losses
In this article, published by the Insurance Insider, Charles Berry suggests that the impact of the estimated USD2.5bn of claims in the political risk insurance market may not be as severe as many think. The effects of recoveries and rescheduling – where reported claims might never crystallise because...
Read moreThe Future of Structured Trade Credit Insurance
In this article, published in Trade Finance magazine, Charles Berry reiterates that the insurance market for large and complex risks, centred in London, Bermuda and other international centres, has functioned normally thoughout the international financial crisis, and that its fundamentals have never been stronger.
Read moreBPL Global wins award from Trade & Forfaiting Review
BPL Global is pleased to learn that it has been voted Best Trade Credit and Political Risk Insurance Broker by readers of Trade & Forfaiting Review. Commenting on the award, BPL Global Deputy Chairman, Anthony Palmer, said “we are delighted to have won this award and are grateful for the unsolicited support of the clients and trading partners who voted for...
Read moreBPL Global wins Best Insurance Broker in Trade award
At the Euromoney Trade Finance magazine awards dinner on 25th June 2009 BPL Global won the award for Best Insurance Broker in Trade. Commenting on the award, Charles Berry, chairman of BPL Global said: “We are delighted to have won the Trade Finance magazine award for Best Insurance Broker in Trade. We would like to thank Trade Finance and its readership for...
Read moreInvestments and Fixed Assets in Emerging Markets: how the gaps in conventional terrorism and investment insurance can be filled
Many clients have recognised that conventional investment and terrorism insurances fail to provide adequate protection for investments and tangible assets in emerging markets. War risk exclusions render occurrences such as rebellion, civil war, revolution, insurgency and asymmetrical warfare likely to be excluded causes of loss; conventional investment insurance also fails to protect...
Read moreAcquisition of the business of IFB Global, Austria
The owners of Industriefinancierungs- und Export- Beratungsgesellschaft m.b.H. (IFB Global) and Berry Palmer & Lyle Limited (BPL Global) today announce that terms have been agreed for the sale of IFB Global’s international insurance broking business to BPL Global. The servicing of IFB Global’s current policies will be provided by BPL Global and any new enquiries should be...
Read moreThe Political Risk Insurance (PRI) Market and the Current Crisis
In this article, published in the PRI newsletter of Robert Wray PLLC, Charles Berry argues that at a time of global economic crisis the fundamentals of the property/casualty insurance market – and in particular the PRI market – are sound, that the market is functioning properly, and that it is presented with great opportunity.
Read moreThe syndication of political risk insurance between public sector and private market insurers: a discussion paper
Charles Berry, chairman of BPL Global, explains the competitive dynamics of the subscription market and asks what is best practice when public sector insurers seek facultative reinsurance from the private market. Open discussion paper
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