Announcements
AIG/AIU Holdings becomes Chartis
AIU Holdings Advances Toward Operating Independence	FULL STORY
FCIA`s Major Country Developments Update January 2010
Download the January 2010 update by Byron Shoulton	FULL STORY
Year End 2009 U.S. Credit Insurer Analysis by the IRC Security Team
information that you will find useful when evaluating the financial strength of insurance companies that issue credit insurance policies in the United States.	FULL STORY
General
Does your company spend $10,000 or more a year on credit reports?
Coface, which is currently the third largest credit insurer in the world, also provides credit reports, credit ratings, customized credit decisions, and credit monitoring services. IRC, which is a large insurance producer for Coface, also serves as an extension of Coface’s sales team for its credit information products, and can assist you in developing a competitive Coface quotation.	FULL STORY
What is Trade Credit Insurance?
Credit insurance is a risk mitigation tool that protects companies from customer default on credit obligations due to commercial and/or political reasons. Commercial perils covered are customer insolvency and protracted default, i.e., slow-pay. Political risk coverage can be added to a policy if the customer is located in a foreign market.	FULL STORY
USA’s Economic Recession: Timeline of Events
While many experts now agree that the recession actually started at the end of 2007, this September marked the one year anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis that triggered the sharp market downturn and controversial U.S. government intervention.	FULL STORY
Industry News
Coface's point of view about the crisis
Read the Autumn issue of Coface's Trade Line Magazine	FULL STORY
Webcast
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Some Small Businesses That Grew in 2009
Air Tractor, which manufactures crop dusters and other agricultural aircraft in rural Olney, Tex., has been able to duck much of the current economic turbulence because it sells its specialized planes around the globe.	FULL STORY