Subsidiarity is a statutory prohibition on replacing private-sector providers. In other words, SERV does not insure any risks if there is an adequate market supply of insurance for them (art. 6 (1) d SERVG)
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Confiscation risk insurance
Under confiscation risk insurance, SERV insures goods which have been exported for storage, exhibition or testing against confiscation, loss of power of disposal and destruction or damage. The maximum
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SERV defines unearned premiums as insurance premiums received in the year under review or in a previous year that are not earned until later in the policy term due to the special risk profile of the t
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Contract bond insurance
exporter to the foreign debtor (bid, advance payment, delivery, service, performance or warranty bonds). SERV contract bond insurance covers these guarantees from the risk of being unfairly called.
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Compensation reserve (CR)
with risk-bearing capital (RBC), core capital (CC) and net income (NI), constitutes the capital of SERV. The CR is a risk buffer that absorbs fluctuations in RBC and CC as risk valuations vary over time
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such as whirlwinds, flooding, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flood tides, or nuclear accidents. SERV insures the risk that a force majeure event outside Switzerland will make it impossible or impracticable
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n of the debt burden. In restructuring, outstanding claims are renegotiated in a contract between SERV or the policyholders and the debtor.
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Working capital insurance
capital insurance covers a working capital loan for a Swiss company’s export that can be insured by SERV. It protects the financial institution providing credit against insolvency or unwillingness to pay
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ratio is 90 percent, cover up to the full sum guaranteed is possible in justified, exceptional cases. SERV provides counter guarantees to complement the contract bond.
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Export Risk Guarantee ERG
in 1934 – originally to combat unemployment – and replaced in 2007 by Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV. It was a significant driver of Switzerland’s economic development. In ERG’s peak years, the Swiss
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