Consignment export insurance - itakuhanbaiyushutsuhoken

…In a broad sense, it refers to all insurance related to the export of goods, but it usually refers to government export credit insurance that insures against risks that exceed the insured capacity of private insurance companies. Such risks include "emergency risks" in which importers become insolvent due to war, revolution, unrest, earthquakes, floods, or the exercise of national power such as moratoriums (payment postponement orders) or export and import bans in the importing country, "credit risks" such as bankruptcy, default on debt, and delayed payment by importers, or the risk of fluctuations in exchange rates. However, if an accident occurs with credit insurance and insurance payments are made, insurance coverage for exports to that foreign importer is suspended, so claims for insurance payment may be restricted from the perspective of the continuity of export transactions. …

*Some of the terms used in reference to "Consignment Sales Export Insurance" are listed below.

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…広義には貨物の輸出に係るすべての保険を指すが，通常は私企業である保険会社の担保能力を超える危険を付保する政府の輸出信用補償を指す。このような危険には戦争，革命，動乱，地震，洪水あるいは輸入国のモラトリアム(支払猶予令)や輸出入禁止令など国権の発動によって輸入業者が支払不能になる〈非常危険〉や，輸入業者の破産，債務不履行，支払遅延などの〈信用危険〉あるいは為替相場の変動リスクなどがある。ただし信用保険に関し事故が発生して保険金の支払を受けると，その外国輸入業者向けの輸出に係る付保は停止されるため，輸出取引の継続性の観点から保険金の支払申請は制約を受けることがある。…

※「委託販売輸出保険」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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