Atradius
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| Company type | Trade credit insurer |
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| Industry | Insurance |
| Founded | 1925 Nederlandsche Credietverzekering Maatschappij (NCM), 1954 Gerling-Konzern Speziale Kreditversicherung (GKS) |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam , Netherlands |
Area served | Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, Oceania, South America |
Key people | Isidoro Unda, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2008) |
| Products | Export Credit Insurance, Bonding, Instalment Credit Protection (ICP), Reinsurance Business, Collections |
| Revenue | € 1,554 million (2011) |
| Owner | Crédito y Caución (64.23%), Grupo Catalana Occidente (35.77%) (2012) |
Number of employees | 3,300 FTEs |
| Divisions | Atradius Collections Holding B.V. (NL), Atradius Credit Insurance Agency, Inc (USA), Atradius Insurance Holding N.V. (NL), Atradius Finance B.V. (NL), Atradius Participations Holding B.V. (NL) |
| Website | www.atradius.com |
With an estimated 31% global market share, Atradius is one of the world’s largest trade credit insurers. The company, rated A- (outlook stable) by Standard and Poor (March 2011) turned over €1554 million in 2011.
Atradius insures an estimated €465 billion of trade around the globe each year. Atradius holds information on over 100 million businesses used to make over 20,000 credit limit decisions each day.
History
Trade credit insurance was created after World War I by various governments and private insurers as a means of economic stimulus. Atradius’ roots are to be found in these early organisations.
The core of Atradius came from the 2001 acquisition of Dutch insurer NCM (founded 1925) by German insurer Gerling (founded 1954).
Each had made their own acquisitions prior to this including government ECAs (e.g. 1991, the UK’s ECGD) and private insurers (e.g. 1994 Namur Assurances du Crédit S.A., Belgium) who themselves dated back to the birth of trade credit insurance around 1919. The Atradius group today is the amalgamation of a number of international trade credit insurers and affiliated organisations from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, UK and USA.
In addition, Atradius remains the official Export Credit Agency of the Dutch Government, a role it has held since 1932.
The now highly international group was rebranded as Atradius in 2004. This new name was created to reflect support for trade around the radius of the globe. In 2008 the group was further augmented with the addition of Spanish insurer Crédito y Caución and subsequently brought additional footholds in the Spanish speaking world.
Today, though largely Spanish owned, the business is headquartered in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1]
Products
Today, Atradius has 3,300 staff based in 45 countries and providing products and services to businesses to assist them in managing trade credit risks, particularly those involved in trading with new partners or in new territories. These include Trade Credit Insurance, Bonding, Instalment Credit Protection, Reinsurance Business, Collections and Business Information Services.
Shareholders
Grupo Compañía Espanõla de Crédito y Caución, S.L. (Grupo CyC) is a holding company majority owned, 73.84%,by Grupo Catalana Occidente.
Grupo Catalana Occidente S.A. (CO) is, either directly or indirectly, the parent company of a group of insurance � companies. GCO is listed on the Barcelona and Madrid stock exchanges. Grupo Catalana Occidente has an economic� stake in Atradius N.V. of 83.20%, of which 35.77% is directly owned and 47.43% is owned indirectly through Grupo CyC holding company. GCO holds a controlling stake of Atradius of 100%.
Management
The executive board, a distinct entity from the board of directors, includes:
- Isidoro Unda, Chairman & CEO
- Delfin Rueda, CFO & CRO
- David Capdevila, Chief Market Officer (Responsible for Credit Insurance in Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Italy, and Brazil and for business units Collections, Bonding, Instalment Credit Protection, and Atradius Re.)
- Andreas Tesch, Chief Market Officer (Responsible for Atradius Credit Insurance in North Western and Central Europe including Greece and Turkey (excluding France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and Brazil), NAFTA,Asia Pacific & New Markets, and business units Dutch State Business, Global, Special Products, and Group Communication & Commercial Development.)
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