
Credit & Surety Week 2026
Date & Time
Mar 9, 2026 10:00 AM - Mar 12, 2026 3:00 PM
Status
Past EventAbout the Event
Credit & Surety Week 2026 brings together the global credit insurance and surety communities for a unified week of insight, dialogue, and collaboration.
Evolving from the separate Credit Insurance Week and Surety Week formats, the combined programme creates a broader platform to examine shared challenges, market developments, and emerging opportunities across the credit and surety ecosystem.
All events in 2026 will take place under the umbrella of ICISA’s 100-year anniversary, marking a significant industry milestone while maintaining a clear focus on the issues shaping risk, capacity, and innovation today and in the years ahead.
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Programme
Keynote - The State of Retail and Wholesale Today
Christel Delberghe, Director General of Eurocommerce joins ICISA Executive Director, Richard Wulff to discuss the state of Retail and Wholesale in Europe today. Commerce today is marked by a challenging global trade environment, technological developments, and a renewed push for innovation from governments.
This discussion provides essential insights into how retail and wholesale businesses are approaching these important topics and what the credit and surety sector can do to support them.
Practical use of AI in TCI
This webinar explores the practical use of AI in TCI, focusing on real world applications that improve efficiency, decision-making, and operational performance for insurers and for policy holders. Participants will gain actionable insights and examples they can apply immediately in their own TCI environments.
Learning from crises - what can Brexit tell us about major events
Trade wars and tariffs have dominated headlines in recent times. But understanding their impact can be complicated. Using Brexit as an example of how events unfold over time, this webinar explores the effect of such events and their long-term economic impacts.
Beyond the balance sheet: The risk ecosystem of project finance
Step inside the architecture of project finance through the eyes of banking, reinsurance, and surety specialists. This session explores how each discipline evaluates risk, safeguards capital, and navigates uncertainty across the lifecycle of complex infrastructure and energy projects.
TF COP - Boosting penetration in emerging and developing markets
Insurance has an important role to play in supporting resilience in trade around the world. With the trade finance gap globally hitting USD 2.5 trillion in 2023, credit insurance can also support the closing of this. In this discussion, we address the question of how to boost penetration in emerging and developing markets to achieve these goals.
Everything you need to know about insolvencies today
Insolvencies have risen around the world in the last year driven by
continued uncertainty and disruption in global trade and geopolitics.
Allianz Trade will provide an overview of their latest insolvency
research covering the final picture for 2025 and the latest forecasts
for 2026/2027.
Managing Supply Chains – the growing importance of KYB (Know Your Business)
This webinar organised in partnership with BIIA will cover the emerging supply chain risks and the use of new technology and the ways in which trust data is being developed and used to help businesses get a better understanding of their business with both customers and suppliers.
Developments in the housing and construction sector
Governments around the world have targeted growth in construction and housing sectors for a number of years. But
challenges remain for the sector. We hear from experts in the construction and home improvement industry to describe the challenges and opportunities and discuss the perspective of the surety industry on the path ahead









