This session will cover how U.S. companies can utilize credit insurance tools to sell on credit to fuel export growth while protecting their cash flow in an increasingly uncertain international trade landscape. Whether your company is new-to-export or an experienced exporter, you can learn about the different options available to offer extended payment terms to foreign buyers, avoid nonpayment situations and boost working capital financing.
Some of the topics we will discuss include:
Review of International Payment Options
What is Export Credit Insurance?
Federal Government Option (EXIM Bank) and Private Insurance
Qualifying a Foreign Buyer
Case Studies
Role of a Trade Credit Insurance Broker
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to use export finance and insurance to gain a competitive advantage while ensuring a peace of mind! Join us for this practical and informative session to enhance your export success.
Presenter
Jacqueline Meredith Grahn
Principal, Trade Acceptance Group, Ltd.
Jackie is a principal with Trade Acceptance Group, Ltd. (TAG), a leading specialty trade credit insurance brokerage representing the world’s largest trade credit insurers and the U.S. government’s export credit agency, EXIM Bank. TAG is EXIM Bank’s most active broker in the country and a 5-time “Broker of the Year” winner. She has over 25 years of banking and international trade finance experience, helping companies of all sizes in the Midwest to expand both their international and domestic sales by offering trade credit financing to their clients. She has participated in numerous training and speaking engagements over the years to assist small and mid-sized business exporters. Prior to joining TAG, she held positions in banking at U.S. Bank, The Export-Import Bank of the U.S., Northern Trust, and served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism. She is a graduate of The University of Michigan and earned her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Jackie is a member of the Illinois District Export Council (IDEC), an appointed volunteer position where she provides trade education to Illinois businesses to encourage them to export. She is an avid Cubs fan and lives in Chicago with her husband and three children.
