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Guarantees

Guaranteed payment for you and your customers

What are guarantees?

Give your customers valuable reassurance and develop your business with confidence. A guarantee from Euler Hermes lets your customers know that you can meet your contractual commitments. If you can't longer fulfill your contractual commitments, your customers could recover the damage by claiming the guarantee.

Create a competitive advantage by using our guarantees. As part of Allianz Group and with a AA rating from Standard & Poor's, our guarantees are better than the ones you can receive from the banks. We offer you more flexibility by tailoring the guarantee in function of your needs.
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What is the difference between guarantees and sureties?

Guarantees and sureties have two different legal entities, each with its own rights and obligations for the involved parties. We wrote an article about this, in which we explain the differences.

How it works

  1. Identify the need
    You need to set up a guarantee or other form of security to secure a contract.
  2. Risk analysis
    Provide complete information for review and assessment. Our team of specialists will share insight and advice.
  3. Set up of the guarantee
    We act as completely independent guarantor for your contract. Your client can deal contracts with you with confidence.
  4. Limit the damages
    If you can't fulfill your contractual commitments, the damages caused to your client will be covered by the guarantee.

Benefits of Guarantees

Security

Our AA rating from Standard & Poor's provides your financial partners and beneficiaries with the confidence to trade at home or overseas.

Liquidity

Use our bonds and take the pressure off your bank credit line. The additional liquidity will be available for other calls on cash facilities.

 

Reach

Extend your business into new markets. Benefit from our global insights, local presence and in-depth expertise to meet your need for guarantees.

What you should know about Guarantees

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Why choose an insurer for your sureties and guarantees?

Sureties and guarantees are core business for a credit insurer. That is not the case for a bank. If you choose for a guarantee from an insurer, you choose for more financial breathing space, more flexibility, more customization.... But there are more advantages. We list the five most important ones for you.

  1. Your credit lines remain free
  2. No hard guarantee needed
  3. Specialized warranty managers
  4. Bespoke sureties and guarantees
  5. Performing technology and experienced specialists

Choose the guarantee that you need

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Guarantees for real-estate projects

We provide 100% completion guarantees under the Breyne Act and offer the highest possible security for your customers.
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Guarantees for
international trades

We tailor guarantees that comply with local laws and regulations to support your business.
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Guarantees for construction & installation

Make deals with confidence. We have the financial strength and the experience to support your deals.
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Guarantees for capital goods producers

Offer your business partners a financial security. You can rely on our experts and global network to find the best solution for Belgium and overseas.
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Our customer’s story

Antwerp-based shipping company Portmade has a longstanding tradition in customs representation. With over 1 million transactions a year and a presence in the 3 largest ports in the Benelux, Portmade is a major player in the customs world.

“All our activities are bond-related. This requires a relatively large surety package, with the necessary flexibility. We found that flexibility at Euler Hermes.” Portmade Director, Guio Veraart.

Read Portmade's full story

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We would like to tell you how a guarantee
gives your commercial partners trust to trade with you.
Your business partners may request guarantees before they will trade with you. You can rely on us to help you build lasting and successful business partnerships with confidence. When you take our bonding cover, we are an independent guarantor and take on the liability for you. Our bonds and guarantees have a high standing based on an AA- rating from Standard & Poor's. Our correspondents around the world will use their market knowledge to help you analyse risks and put in place the protection you need. We will propose the best bond or guarantee after careful analysis and consideration of your business and the requirements of any contract you are bidding for. You can rely on us to establish the guarantees your business trading requires for international markets and to gain the trust of your business partners in markets around the world.