The Compagnie française d'assurance pour le commerce extérieur (Coface) is established by the French government. Coface is tasked with providing insurance for political, monetary, and exceptional commercial risks.
Developing international trade
Drawing on more than 75 years of expertise and a vast international network, Coface stands as a prominent global figure in the fields of credit insurance, risk management, and the delivery of business insights.
Since 1995, Coface has been an active participant in Switzerland, swiftly becoming a significant presence in the market. The company maintains a presence in both Lausanne (head office) and Zurich (branch). Our teams of experts (sales, risk assessment, information...) offer local counsel to foster your business growth within Switzerland and across the globe. We consistently enhance our range of products to empower you with informed decisions for business expansion.
Through our worldwide reach, we are equipped to assist Swiss enterprises with inquiries concerning their export markets, providing enduring credit and risk management solutions.
Good reasons to choose us
The combination of historical expertise valued by numerous clients, international proficiency, and an exclusive database is what positions Coface as a global frontrunner in risk management
- +75years of experience
- ~100kclient companies
- 195mcompanies listed in our database
- ~200markets covered worldwide
A global leading player in Trade Credit Insurance
- Our core business for over 75 years
- Protect your company against customer insolvency, late payments and political risks, allowing you to grant payment periods to your customers with confidence.
- Grow your business: optimize your cash flow and safeguard your balance sheets, so you can reassure your financial partners, and easier access to financing.
- Face up economic uncertainties: Coface indemnifies your guaranteed receivables regardless of how the recovery process turns out.
- Cover your commercial and political risks for complex and one-off operations with our Single Risk solution.
Business Information: bring confidence to every decision
- Exclusive insights to trade smarter
We help you find reliable business partners, monitor their financial health and spot weak signals. From Big Data to smart data: gain exclusive insights to make better, more informed decisions at every level. - High-value data enriched by human expertise
As global in trade credit insurance, we can generate exclusive and valuable information, enhanced by our +400 risk experts. You benefit from descriptive data to understand of a company’s situation, (scores, financial information, company links), prescriptive insights (credit recommendations) to mitigate risk exposure and predictive solutions to forecast companies’ creditworthiness (models, algorithms). - A powerful decision-making solution
Best-in-class data, advanced analytics, predictive scoring, models, algorithms: we combine our global expertise and unique data with cutting-edge technology (AI, Data science) to help you steer your bustiness development. Limit risks and open up new growth opportunities! - BI services: Anytime, Anywhere with ease
Access risk analyses and key indicators 24/7 with URBA360, an intuitive digital platform which offers seamless API integration.
Single Risk
- Safeguard your complex and unique transactions against commercial and political risks, starting from a minimum of CHF 5 million.
- Mitigate investment or contract-related risks with dedicated contract analyses covering each transaction.
To better manage your risks
Debt Collection: Limit your losses with our solution
- Coface provides a fast and efficient debt collection service whether you are insured or not.
- Our +300 experts collect your unpaid invoices across the world, acting within the local jurisdiction and with our ~200 international partners, so you can safeguard your relationship with your business partners.
Why should you opt for Coface risk management?
Our mission is to safeguard businesses against underestimated risks, particularly non-payment
- 80%of companies suffer from overdue payments
- 1 in 4companies going out of business is due to non-payment by customers
- 12Kcredit decisions taken by Coface every day
Informed Decision-Making: Coface's Economic Research
Coface boasts recognized expertise in the field of economic research. Every day, in collaboration with our risks and business experts, our economists around the world analyse the dynamics of the global economy.
We offer our clients solid insights through publications and economic studies to help them better assess risks and make the right decisions at the right time: Macro-economic analyses, Country risk assessments, Sectorial assessments, Thematic reports…
Our history
1946
1992
Coface starts to expand internationally: Italy (1992), United Kingdom (1994), Germany (1996), Austria (1997), United States (2002) … and now in 100 countries across the globe!
2006
Following its delisting in 2004, Coface becomes a subsidiary of Natixis, the financial, management, and financial services bank, which is a part of the BPCE Group.
2014
Coface is listed on the French stock exchange on compartment A of the regulated Euronext Paris market.
2020
The strategic initiative "Build to Lead" is initiated, focusing on solidifying the Group's leadership in the credit insurance sector and expanding into related areas such as information services, debt collection, guarantees, factoring, and individual risk insurance.
Through the acquisition of GIEK Kredittforsikring AS, Coface enhances its presence in the Nordic market, solidifying its position.
2021
Coface incorporates its strategy into the global framework of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Natixis sells part of the capital of Coface SA to the Arch Capital Group Ltd, which now holds 29.5% of the shares.
2023
Coface is enhancing its databases with the acquisition of Rel8ed, a North American data analytics company, and strengthening its analytical capabilities to benefit its credit insurance and business information clients.
2024
Launch of our Power the Core 2024-2027 strategic plan, which aims to expand and strengthen Coface's franchises, with the ambition of developing a benchmark global credit risk management ecosystem.
Online services for customers and brokers
- Customer Portal - Cofanet
Customer Portal - CofaNet
Coface online platform for managing your trade receivables. Full monitoring of your risks. Direct access to all tools according to your contracts.
- Broker Portal
Broker Portal
Platform dedicated to brokers for monitoring your business and managing your customer portfolio (in all countries where legally available).
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ICON
Icon is the business information solution designed to help you better understand risk. Learn how to identify the financial situation of your partners and customers.
Innovative and digital solutions
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ICON
Icon is the business information solution designed to help you better understand risk. Learn how to identify the financial situation of your partners and customers.
- API Portal
API Portal
Stop juggling between software applications. Explore Coface API Catalogue and Integrated Solutions for Icon by Coface and trade credit insurance.