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Entries in Put options (2)

Thursday
Jan062011

Getting the credit insurance you want and need: Reliable tactics for multi-buyer receivable policies

By Rob Downey

In previous blogs posts on the topic of Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) policy administration, we heard from a West Virginia hitchhiker on the necessity of changing tactics, and from the Roman gods Apollo and Daphne on the benefits of changing thinking to suit the demands of the day.  Today add Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones to the list of those who took up other careers, but might have been great Treasurers, Chief Financial Officers or Credit Managers by virtue of their abilities to retain the essential flexibility of mind and openness to tactical change necessary to use trade credit insurance products wisely.

You can't always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need."

With the dawning of 2011, I address all insureds holding Multi-Buyer (MB) receivables policies: If you are concerned about gaps in your MB coverage or restrictions that keep certain credits outside your insured portfolio, think about your situation anew.

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Monday
Jun222009

Using put options successfully as bankruptcy protection

Excerpt from ICBA Advantage Issue 3 - Spring 2009

Businesses want solutions that provide protection against the results of distressed customers going bankrupt. The ICBA member for Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong, China and the U.S. gets client requests for creative and sound solutions to this problem. Yet, credit insurance is not always an available option.

An alternative that works to good effect is an Accounts Receivable Put Option (A/R Put)

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