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Credit & Surety Week 2026

Date & Time

Mar 9, 2026 10:00 AM - Mar 12, 2026 3:00 PM

Status

Past Event

About 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.

Register here to attend.

Topics Covered:

Credit Insurance
Development Finance
Risk Management
Sureties and Bonds
Trade Finance

Featured Speakers

Christel Delberghe

Christel Delberghe

Director General

EuroCommerce

Simonas Kauzona

Simonas Kauzona

Trade Risk AI

Audrius Rosinas

Audrius Rosinas

Trade Risk AI

Olivier Placca

Olivier Placca

Founder & CEO

Langano Technologies

Edgar Walk

Edgar Walk

Chief Economist

Bankhaus Metzler

Isidra Vásquez

Isidra Vásquez

Senior Risk Underwriter

Munich Re

Christian Gloessner

Christian Gloessner

Senior Manager Bonding

Atradius

Florian Huebner

Florian Huebner

Senior Risk Underwriter

Munich Re

Jim Parker

Jim Parker

Senior Underwriter

Axis Capital

Hatice Ürkmez

Hatice Ürkmez

Director of Financial Institutions

Turk Eximbank

Programme

10:00
60 min
MONDAY

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.

15:00
60min

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.

10:00
60 min
TUESDAY

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.

15:00
60 min

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.

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WEDNESDAY

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.

TBC
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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.

TBC
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THURSDAY

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.

TBC
TBC

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

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