an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message atradius n.v. type trade credit insurer 1954 gerling konzern speziale kreditversicherung gks industry insurance 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 owner cr dito y cauci n 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 atradius is one of the world s largest credit insurers 1 with more than 160 offices in 50 countries 3300 staff and revenues of more than 1.6 billion in 2014 . 2 the company is rated a excellent out look stable by a.m. best 3 and a3 outlook stable by moody s 4 contents 1 history 2 products 3 shareholders 4 management 5 awards 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit trade credit insurance was introduced after world war i by various governments and private insurers as a means of economic stimulus . the roots of atradius can be found in the 2001 acquisition by german insurer gerling konzern speziale kreditversicherung gerling credit of dutch insurer nederlandsche credietverzekering maatschappij ncm . the company was then branded as gerling ncm . before then both gerling credit and ncm had established a strong and long standing reputation in the credit insurance industry . gerling credit was established in 1954 as the credit insurance arm of the gerling konzern insurance group of cologne . in 1962 it opened its first international branch office in switzerland and was the first private credit insurer to offer export credit protection . ncm had been founded in 1925 with the goal of improving trade for companies in the netherlands . from 1932 onwards it also became the arm of the dutch government through which it provided export credit services to dutch companies . atradius still performs this function through its affiliate atradius dutch state business . both gerling credit and ncm had made their own acquisitions before their combination including the acquisition by ncm of the short term arm of the uk government s export credit guarantee department ecgd in 1991 and private insurers such as namur assurances du cr dit s.a. belgium by gerling credit in 1994 both of which have their own histories dating back to the birth of trade credit insurance around 1919 . the now international group was renamed atradius in 2004 the name echoing the group s commitment to support worldwide trade . in 2008 the group was further enhanced by the addition of spanish credit insurer cr dito y cauci n founded in 1928 and subsequently gained an additional foothold in the spanish speaking world . the atradius group today is the amalgamation of a number of international trade credit insurers 5 and affiliated organisations from australia belgium denmark france germany ireland italy mexico the netherlands norway new zealand uk and usa . although now spanish owned the headquarters remains in amsterdam . 6 products edit atradius products and services help manage the payment default risks the risk that a buyer fails to pay for the products of services it buys on trade credit terms . these products include trade credit insurance bonding instalment credit protection reinsurance business and collections shareholders edit grupo compa a espan la de cr dito y cauci n s.l. grupo cyc is a holding company owned 73.84 % by grupo catalana occidente . groupo cyc hold 64.23 % of atradius n.v. grupo catalana occidente s.a. gco is the main shareholder of atradius n.v. with an economic stake of 83.2 % 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 % . groupo catalana occidante is either directly or indirectly the parent company of a group of insurance companies and it listed on the barcelona 7 and madrid 8 stock exchanges . management edit atradius n.v. is a limited company organised under the laws of the netherlands with a management board and a supervisory board . the management board consists of isidoro unda chairman & chief executive officer . as ceo he is responsible for the units strategy and corporate development human resources and facilities legal and compliance internal audit and for the credit insurance operations in spain portugal and brazil . chris van lint chief risk officer . as cro he is responsible for the units group risk management group buyer underwriting risk services and outward reinsurance . andreas tesch chief market officer . as cmo he is responsible for atradius credit insurance worldwide excluding spain portugal and brazil and for the units dutch state business global special products and group communication & commercial development . claus gramlich eicher chief financial officer . as cfo he is responsible for finance financial control and corporate finance . dominique charpentier chief insurance operations officer . as cioo he is responsible for the units bonding collections atradius reinsurance it services and instalment credit protection . awards edit best credit insurance brand in europe 2014 awarded by global brands magazine 9 best credit insurer europe and north america 2014 awarded by global banking & finance review 10 see also edit trade credit insurance collections references edit http siteresources.worldbank.org financialsector resources primer15 tradecreditinsurance final.pdf annual report 2014 atradius n.v. http global.atradius.com images stories annual reports 2014 20150311 atradius annual % 20report 2014.pdf best s news service via bestwire october 03 2014 10 04 am http www3.ambest.com ambv bestnews newscontent.aspx altsrc 108 & refnum 177393 moody s investors service credit opinion atradius nv global credit research 21 august 2014 trade credit insurance atradius 2007 . history . atradius website . atradius . retrieved 2007 11 29 . http www.borsabcn.es ing aspx empresas fichavalor.aspx isin es0116920333 & clvemis 16920 http www.bolsamadrid.es ing aspx empresas fichavalor.aspx isin es0116920333 & clvemis 16920 http www.globalbrandsmagazine.com award winners 2014 http www.globalbankingandfinance.com global banking finance review awards 2014 external links edit atradius v t e present international credit insurance & surety association icisa members ace usa united states acredia versicherung ag ex prisma austria afianzadora latinoamericana argentina amlin bermuda arch re europe ireland argo surety united states askrindo indonesia aspen re europe switzerland atradius netherlands axa assurcredit france axa winterthur switzerland axis re ireland catlin re switzerland cesce spain china national investment & guaranty company china china pacific insurance co. ltd china chubb united states clal israel coface france cosec portugal cgic south africa credimundi ex ducroire delcredere belgium ecics singapore endurance switzerland euler hermes france fianzas atlas mexico garant austria the guarantee company of north america canada groupama assurance cr dit france hannover re worldwide hcc international uk icic israel liberty mutual usa lombard insurance company south africa mitsui sumitomo japan munich re worldwide nationale borg netherlands novae group plc uk partner re worldwide picc china ping an p & c china qatar re qbe insurance australia r v re germany sace bt italy scor global p & c se worldwide seoul guarantee insurance company korea sid first credit slovenia sompo japan japan swiss re worldwide tokio 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