Credit insurance covers commercial risks such as insolvency and protracted default. Export credit insurance will usually add political risk coverage including: cancellation of import/export licenses, a foreign governments intervention, transfer risk, embargo, a state of war or civil violence, and the non-payment of a valid trade obligation by a sovereign buyer.
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