Political Risk & Trade Credit

With an African focused and experienced team of Underwriters, ASR provides coverage aimed at facilitating trade and investments for Financial Institutions, Traders and Exporters to name a few, transacting in Africa. Our mission is to provide the protection and confidence required to grow, develop and increase business with African counterparties.

Political Risk & Trade Credit Covers

Political Risk

Within our Political Risk offering, we can cover:

  • Arbitration Award Default including breach of contract, Import / Export Restriction
  • Contract Frustration – insure Arbitration Award Default including breach of contract, import/export restriction
  • Contract Frustration – insure against pre and post shipment risks and non-delivery, non-payment, license cancellation, import / export embargos, unfair and fair calling of advance payment and performance guarantees
  • Non-Payment of Sovereign Debt including Moratorium, Protracted Default
  • Confiscation, Expropriation, Nationalisation and Deprivation including goods in transit
  • Non-Honouring of Sovereign Guarantee & Obligation – contracts with sovereign entities & government-owned obligors including central governments, ministries and government agencies.
  • Transfer Restriction & Inconvertibility
  • War & Civil Risks

Tenors:

Maximum 7 Years

Credit Risk

Within our Credit Risk offering, we can cover:

  • Public & Private buyers
  • Insolvency
  • Non-Payment / Default
  • Structured Trade Credit – project finance, asset backed, reverse lending, borrowing base, secured pre export
  • Facultative Reinsurance

Tenors

Maximum 5 years

Industry Segments

  • Multilaterals
  • ECA’s
  • Financial Institutions
  • Trading Companies
  • Manufacturers
  • Service Providers
  • Distributors
  • Local Banks
  • Reinsurance Companies
  • Tenors: Up to seven years

Meet the Team

Genevieve Ahinful

Head of Political Risk & Trade Credit and Deputy Active Underwriter

+44 (0) 7729 120 614 genevieve.ahinful@asr-re.com

Matthew Goodger

Senior Underwriter

+44 (0) 7751 735 023 matthew.goodger@asr-re.com

Alexandre Toussaint

Senior Underwriter

alexandre.toussaint@asr-re.com

Aleluiah Sakaita Savimbi

Senior Underwriter

+44 (0) 7708 483907 aleluiah.sakaita@asr-re.com

Stella Shyamala

Underwriter

+254 743 577 555 stella.shyamala@asr-re.com

Nicola Avraam

Assistant Underwriter

nicola.avraam@asr-re.com

Huguette Dansou

Credit Analyst & Assistant Underwriter

(+33) 75 35 71 285 huguette.dansou@asr-re.com

Haseeb Shaikh

Credit Analyst

haseeb.shaikh@asr-re.com

Jonathan Pascal

Underwriting Assistant