Protect yourself against unpaid bills with credit insurance

Are you looking to expand your business into a market you’re not very familiar with? Are you worried about a customer defaulting on payment? Or do you simply want to secure financing for a customer receivable? We provide you with expert advice and the clarity you need to choose the credit insurance that best suits your business and your credit management strategy. Our role: to protect your bottom line so you can grow your business.

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What is credit insurance used for?

Growing your business requires listening to your customers’ needs on a daily basis, and offering payment terms is essential. By waiting 30 or 60 days—and sometimes much longer—you run the risk of, at best, late payments and, at worst, non-payment if the debtor defaults. This can threaten your cash flow and negatively impact your company’s bottom line.

In addition to the methods and tools already in place at your company, credit insurance allows you to grow your business with peace of mind by providing services that cover the entire process from invoicing to payment:

  • Protect yourself against the risk of customer non-payment;
  • Analyze and monitor the financial situation of your clients and prospects to support your sales strategy;
  • Support your teams in the event of late payments by taking the most effective actions and following the most effective procedures;
  • Receive compensation in the event of a customer’s failure to pay, whether due to presumed insolvency (late payment) or official insolvency (judicial reorganization, judicial liquidation, or safeguard proceedings), to protect your profit margins.
We were about to sign a major export contract for which we had to place firm, non-modifiable, and non-cancellable orders with our suppliers. This meant we would be “at risk” for a period of 24 months (from the time we placed orders with our suppliers until the final payments from our end customer), and we had a very short window to accept the offer. Verspieren Credit & Finance immediately surveyed the market and negotiated with credit insurers. They provided us with a credit insurance solution that covered the full amount committed, from the moment we placed orders with our suppliers until full payment from our client.
Sale of electronic components,
Revenue: 25 million euros.

Take on more risk with customized credit insurance

Through a comprehensive analysis of your company’s accounts receivable (key ratios, customer segments, accounts receivable balance, aging report, etc.), we provide you with insight into the actual creditworthiness of your current and prospective customers and assess your risk exposure.

 

Our knowledge of the credit insurance and factoring markets enables us to design customized credit insurance solutions and select the insurer best suited to address your business challenges. On a day-to-day basis, our market influence allows us to push the boundaries of credit insurance coverage and secure credit lines for debtors—even those considered high-risk.

What elements are necessary for a study?

  • Your Top 20 Customers: Analyze Their Creditworthiness and Assess Coverage,
  • Analyzing customer losses and uncollectible accounts to adjust the proposal,
  • Your current credit insurance policy, if you are already insured, to review your coverage and ensure an accurate comparison.

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Rising commodity prices have been putting pressure on our cash flow for several months. Financing through our factoring provider was reaching its limits due to limited guarantees from several of our strategic clients in France and overseas. On the advice of Verspieren Credit & Finance, we decided to “outsource” the credit insurance for our factoring agreement and thus secure our own credit insurer. The Risk Management team at Verspieren Credit & Finance optimized our coverage with this new insurer. We immediately secured new lines of financing from our factoring provider.
Industrial metal fabrication,
Revenue: 43 million euros

COVID-19: A Program to Supplement Your Credit Insurance

Given the current context surrounding the COVID-19 crisis and the exceptional financial situation we are facing, insurers are implementing the emergency plan through the CAP/CAP+ France and CAP/CAP+ France & Export programs.

 

This program, which is designed to support supplier credit, supplements your credit insurance policy and provides you with additional coverage for France and international markets.

 

To ensure the continuity of our high-quality service and support, we invite you to use our tool to calculate the cost of your CAP.

 

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We have always supplied restaurants in the Île-de-France region—a clientele we know well. The COVID-19 crisis challenged our business model. We had to find new customers—produce retailers and wholesalers—not only in the Île-de-France region but also in other parts of the country. Verspieren Credit & Finance advised us on how to secure our sales by offering several credit insurance solutions. Today, we’re able to work with peace of mind with this new customer base.
Fruit and vegetable wholesaler,
Revenue: 5 million euros.

Train Your Teams to Make the Most of Your Credit Insurance

To ensure you receive adequate compensation in the event of a customer default and to take full advantage of all the coverage and services included in your credit insurance policy (debt collection assistance, analysis and monitoring of your customers’ creditworthiness, etc.), we train your teams at your offices as soon as the policy takes effect.

Claims reporting, premium payments, obligations, use of the company’s extranet… we cover all the topics that will help you optimize your credit insurance in collaboration with your accounting, finance, credit management, sales, and export teams—for service that makes a difference.

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“As a subsidiary of a foreign group that recently set up operations at the Rungis International Market (MIN), we are in the process of expanding our market share. We were looking for a tool to identify creditworthy customers and spare our sales representatives from wasting time on companies in financial difficulty. We turned to Verspieren Credit & Finance to select a credit insurer capable of helping us manage our risks, collect on our receivables, and receive compensation for them if necessary.”
Fruit and vegetable wholesaler,
Revenue of 11 million euros.

Credit Insurance FAQ

What is the role of credit insurance?

Credit insurance is a form of coverage designed for businesses of all sizes (micro-businesses, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large corporations) to protect against customer defaults. It provides coverage for trade receivables against the risk of customer payment defaults.

Why is it in a company’s best interest to purchase credit insurance?

Credit insurance enables a company to secure its accounts receivable and promotes profitable, long-term growth. It provides you with financial protection, helps you structure your organization and credit management, and ultimately makes it easier to access financing.

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