Your bank finances based on insured debtors, but the limits are too low. What now?

Published on 11/12/2015

The size of your debtor portfolio and creditworthiness of debtors are decisive for banks to determine your credit limit. What are the options for you to still get your working capital financing if a credit limit is too low?

We were asked this question by a client in the automotive industry who only received a limit of EUR 2 million on its main debtor, whereas EUR 4 million was desired.

Our plan of action

Our plan of action initially focused on increasing the limit with the existing insurer. The debtor in question was handled at the credit insurer's 'special management' department so all financial information including forecast and liquidity planning was available. Based on this information, the existing insurer did not want to issue a higher limit.

Regain access to cash

Xolv found the solution by taking out Top-Up credit insurance for this debtor with a second insurer, which allowed our client to regain additional liquidity in a very flexible manner. The advantages of the additional financing (which is often cheaper than traditional financing via a bank) far outweighed the additional costs of the Top-Up insurance.

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