Coface has appointed Mr James Yau as Head of Commercial, Southeast Asia (SEA) and Head of Mid-Market, APAC.
The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB Group), Africa's leading development finance institution, has approved a $125m equity investment in the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), to help meet rising demand for trade and investment risk mitigation products in Africa.
The Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI) has projected growing demand for export failure insurance products amid rising global geopolitical tensions that are affecting the stability and certainty of international trade for Indonesian exporters.
Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group, has appointed Mr Sebastian Rice as Head of Global Development - Trade Credit, International.
Korea Trade Insurance Corporation has provided its first mutual growth trade finance support to suppliers of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, marking the full-scale launch of a financing programme aimed at boosting the export competitiveness of South Korea's shipbuilding industry.
Moving cargo in and out of countries by air has been impacted by the conflict in the Middle East, even as flights in and out of the region have started to return to normal.
The global commercial insurance market entered 2026 with rare tailwinds for buyers, offering broad capacity, flexible underwriting and competitive pricing across many major lines, but the favourable environment sits alongside rising geopolitical, legal and claims-related risks that could quickly narrow options for organizations that delay action, says a new report from Aon.
The conflict in the Middle East has zeroed in how interconnected global trade is, as well as the New Zealand's reliance on a small number of shipping corridors.
The next one to two years could see expectations of a gradual increase in business interruption-related claims among SMEs, from supply chain disruption.