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You can use this service to apply for export credit insurance from UK Export Finance (UKEF).

Credit insurance protects you if your buyer doesn鈥檛 pay you. It doesn鈥檛 insure the products or services you鈥檙e exporting.

Who is this service for?

You can use this service to apply for a single contract or multiple (revolving) contracts to the same buyer. You cannot complete this application if you鈥檙e a broker.聽

There are also trading restrictions on certain countries and territories. Before you apply, it鈥檚 worth checking if the country or territory you鈥檙e exporting to is exempt or high risk.听听

We may also ask you if you鈥檝e tried to get export credit insurance through the private market. This is because we鈥檙e not in competition with the private insurance market but are here to help when they cannot.

Get an instant quote

Get an instant online quote聽for your credit insurance premium before you apply. The quote is an estimate and is non binding.

What you鈥檒l need to apply

During your application, you鈥檒l be asked to provide information about your:聽

• company and finances聽
• buyer鈥檚 details聽聽
• trading history with the buyer, if you鈥檝e worked together before聽
• anti-bribery code of conduct, if you have one

Find a complete list of what information and documentation you鈥檒l need for your application.

Check if you鈥檙e eligible

Before you apply, we need to ask you a few questions to see if you鈥檙e eligible. You鈥檒l find out if you are immediately and you can start your application right away.

Find out more about UKEF export insurance if you want to know who鈥檚 eligible and what鈥檚 covered. If you鈥檙e unsure, speak to an export finance manager.

Small Export Builder

If you are applying for a multiple contracts policy, you may be eligible for the Small Export Builder.

This covers export contracts with your buyer and has an initial credit limit of 拢25,000. Once the policy is in place, if you can show that you鈥檝e been paid an outstanding balance of at least 拢25,000 due at any one time (from one or more invoices, 拢25,000 of which was insured under the policy) and other relevant conditions are met, you can notify UKEF of a 50% increase in your credit limit, to cover subsequent contracts with the same buyer up to the new amount.

You can keep doing this聽incrementally up to a maximum credit limit of 拢100,000, letting you access increased cover based on your positive trading history with the buyer. The Small Export Builder covers you against the same risks of loss as our standard export insurance policies.

The initial application process is the same, and UKEF will let you know you if you are eligible. To increase your credit limit you will need to notify UKEF.

Find out more about how the Small Export Builder works.

Create an account

Once you鈥檝e completed the eligibility check, you can create an account. This will save your progress automatically, so you do not need to complete all answers in one session.

What happens next?聽聽

We鈥檒l usually let you know our decision within 7 working days. However, it can take us 2 to 3 weeks to process applications if we need more information.听听

This could be because we have questions, or because the export could have a negative impact on the environment.听听