Around the world, the Coface Group facilitates the development of trade by providing companies with a full range of services and guarantees.
business credit rating, credit reports, commercial and business information, credit risk in international markets, information emerging countries, consulting debt recovery claims
Shared Risk System, credit rating company, credit risk rating, Globalliance, Intercredit, Eurogate, international risk management, risk and management, credit information services, export credit insurance, international debt collection, foreign bad debt collection, bad debt collection
Coface offers some 78,000 clients in 99 countries solutions that combine its expertise in domestic and international credit insurance, investment insurance, prospection and credit information, and receivables management. The Group also offers access to two global networks, CreditAlliance and InfoAlliance, which are structured around the shared management of credit risks (the Shared Risk System) and common products.
Rated AA by Fitch IBCA, the Coface Group is the world leader in export credit insurance, France's leading source of credit information and the manager of French government export guarantees.
The Coface Group service and guarantee offering is built around three core business lines :
- private market credit insurance : in an environment where businesses are constantly faced with the risk of bad debts, the Coface Group is the world's leading supplier of export credit insurance, present in 49 countries, and a key player in the domestic credit insurance and guarantee markets;
- credit and financial information and receivables management : the Group is the number 1 French player in these markets. Present in 70 countries, it is also the largest provider of credit information in emerging countries;
- management of public procedures to support the development of French exports : on behalf of the French government, Coface manages State guarantees of risks which are not insurable in the private market. It is the leading player in this niche market, in terms of the broad spectrum of State guarantees managed, including market survey cover, trade fair cover, medium and long-term credit insurance, exchange risk cover and foreign investment insurance.
The Coface Group offers businesses access to two global networks : CreditAlliance and InfoAlliance - which share information on credit risks via the Common Risk System and also offer common products. This offering, supported by leading edge technologies, allows international trade risks to be managed on a comprehensive basis, in real time.