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Pangea Risk

Pangea Risk

Meet our team at the event

Robert Besseling

Robert Besseling

CEO
Pangea Risk
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Thibaut Van de Werve

Thibaut Van de Werve

Head of Client Relations
PANGEA-RISK
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Sessions we are speaking at

Saraca C

Invitation Only: Credit and Asset Distribution Forum

Baldev Bhinder
Managing Director,
Blackstone & Gold
Alexander Klepp
Underwriting Manager Single Risk,
Credendo
Ted Low
Head of Portfolio and Collateral Management,
Clifford Capital
Katarzyna Kowalska
Deputy CEO, CRO,
KUKE - Export Credit Insurance Corporation Joint Stock Company
Ashish Makhija
Director, Credit Sales, Global Markets,
Barclays Bank
Gregory FORTI
Head of Resource Portfolio Management - Asia Pacific,
BNP Paribas
Michal Ron
Chief International Relations Officer,
SACE
Flavio Castri
Head of South-East Asia & Oceania,
SACE
Armel Castets
Deputy director,
French Treasury
Tim Warren
Head of Structured Credit & Political Risk,
RedRay
Robert Besseling
CEO,
Pangea Risk
Darren Chua
General Manager - M&A & Commercial,
Asian Bulk Logistics
Moderator
Katharine Morton
Head of Export, Project and Development Finance,
TXF

The discussion then goes to the heart of the matter with a practical walk-through of how credit insurance is being used across the deal lifecycle in Asia, from origination and balance sheet management through to default, claims, recoveries and final payout. The focus will be on what is working, what is not, and where friction still sits between banks, brokers, insurers and reinsurers.

  • How banks in Asia are embedding credit insurance alongside syndication, distribution and SRT from origination to unlock lending headroom
  • Where CPRI is proving most useful across Asian trade, export, commodity, infrastructure and project finance portfolios
  • Whether Singapore is becoming the natural hub for regional insurance distribution, placement and portfolio management
  • If banks centralise insurance operations globally, what is the benefit of dedicated insurance distribution desks in key Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo or Sydney?
  • Is there enough insurance and reinsurance capacity for large, complex or emerging market Asian risks, including Indonesia, Vietnam, India, the Philippines and frontier ASEAN markets?
  • What is working, and what is not, in current policy wordings, structures, pricing and placement speed for Asian bank risk?
  • How insurers are responding to longer-tenor infrastructure, energy transition, ECA-backed and sovereign-linked exposures in the region
Exile Stage: Project & Export Finance, Heliconia Ballroom

Risk, guarantees & insurance: making bankable deals in volatile markets

Robert Besseling
CEO,
Pangea Risk
Alexander Klepp
Underwriting Manager Single Risk,
Credendo
Ashish Makhija
Director, Credit Sales, Global Markets,
Barclays Bank
Warren Rixon
Director, Global Credit Insurance Group,
Standard Chartered
Sun-Young Kim
Representative for the German Export Credit Agency, ASEAN and Bangladesh,
German Export Credit Agency
Tim Warren
Head of Structured Credit & Political Risk,
RedRay
Moderator
Katharine Morton
Head of Export, Project and Development Finance,
TXF
  • Analysing how political risk is allocated between ECAs, insurers, lenders, and sponsors.
  • Exploring credit risk structuring tools and when each fits best.
  • Identifying best-practice playbooks from recent Asia deals for faster close and smoother distribution.
  • Examining how CPRI is being used alongside ECA guarantees to fill coverage gaps, improve lender appetite, and support distribution in more volatile markets.
  • Assessing where private insurers can add flexibility on tenor, country risk, capacity, and syndication, particularly when ECA cover alone is not sufficient.
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