Company type | International Trade Association |
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Industry | Insurance |
Founded | 1934, Bern, Switzerland |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Maëlia Dufour, President; Benjamin Mugisha, Vice-President; Paul Heaney, Secretary General |
Website | http://www.berneunion.org |
The Berne Union, also known as The International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers, is an international non-profit association and community for the global export credit and investment insurance industry.
The association provides a forum for professional exchange among members, as well as promoting constructive engagement in collaborative projects with external stakeholders from across the wider trade finance industry, including banks and financiers, regulators and policy setters, traders, academics and other associations. Its mission is to actively facilitate cross-border trade by supporting international acceptance of sound principles in export credit and foreign investment.[1]