COFACE SOUTH AFRICA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD
Insurance in Sandton

For 70 years, Coface has helped companies trade safely around the world. With 4,200 employees located in 67 countries, Coface has the global coverage and the on-the-ground knowledge to make thousands of credit decisions each day. We work in partnership with our clients at every stage of their business life cycle, helping them to anticipate and evaluate risks in order to make the right credit decisions. You will be ideally placed to take the right decisions at the right time. We also hold Country Risk conferences in a large number of countries. These conferences are open to all, with guaranteed access for our clients. Since its founding, Coface Group has contributed to the smooth operation and growth of companies of all sizes around the world and has helped to promote a climate of trust amongst market participants. Our Group, which is fully international, is organised to support your growth everywhere around the world. Preventing and resolving the problem of unpaid invoices by your partners: such is the task Coface undertakes on behalf of our client companies. At Coface South Africa, we value the role of the broker channel in the business community. Brokers can add value to the relationship they have with their clients, by educating them on credit management issues such as how to avoid the problems of bad debt and late payment, thereby giving clients an opportunity to secure and grow their business. We respect this broker-client partnership and believe it is the route through which we can best make companies aware of our services. Since peaking in 2011, the growth rate (hit by lower commodity prices and power supply problems) has continued to slow. Coface is present directly or via strategic partnerships in 98 countries, with the ability to provide cover for its clients in approximately 200 countries. Coface relies on its own international network, the CreditAlliance network of international partners and other partners brought in as needed. For nearly 70 years Coface, a world leader in credit insurance, has been helping to make businesses durable and contributing to the creation of sustainable wealth worldwide. In close partnership with them, they advise at every stage of their business life cycle, helping to anticipate and evaluate their risks and helping them make the right decisions. Coface is a subsidiary of Natixis, the corporate, investment management and financial services arm of BPCE, the second-largest banking institution in France. That of adviser and guide, supporting them and securing their transactions by protecting them against the risk of their clients defaulting. For our clients, choosing Coface means lining up the odds on their side for taking the right decisions and optimising their chances of success by protecting against the financial risks inherent in their business as early as possible. TO BE WELL INFORMED: detailed analyses of the sector risks, geographical risks, tools that really work for monitoring and evaluating the risk of your clients defaulting. TO TAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS: advice and assistance from high-level experts well-versed in techniques for obtaining information, underwriting risks and recovering debts. TO BE WELL SUPPORTED: strong capacity for dialogue and advice, particularly on the part of the sales staff, the underwriters and credit analysts.