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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>📦 '''Whole-turnover policy''' is a form of [[Definition:Trade credit insurance | trade credit insurance]] that covers all — or substantially all — of a business's receivables rather than insuring individual buyers or transactions on a selective basis. The insurer agrees to protect the policyholder against non-payment by its customers, whether due to [[Definition:Insolvency | insolvency]], protracted default, or political risk in the case of cross-border trade. By requiring the policyholder to declare its entire portfolio of receivables, the insurer achieves a diversified [[Definition:Risk pool | risk pool]] that prevents [[Definition:Adverse selection | adverse selection]], where only the riskiest accounts would otherwise be submitted for coverage.<br />
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🔍 Under a whole-turnover structure, the policyholder periodically reports its sales ledger to the insurer, which assigns [[Definition:Credit limit | credit limits]] to individual buyers based on financial analysis and [[Definition:Credit scoring | credit scoring]]. If a buyer fails to pay within the agreed terms, and the debt meets the policy's definition of loss — typically insolvency or non-payment beyond a specified waiting period — the insurer indemnifies the policyholder for a percentage of the outstanding receivable, usually between 75% and 95%. The [[Definition:Premium | premium]] is typically calculated as a rate applied to total declared turnover, with adjustments at [[Definition:Policy renewal | renewal]] based on [[Definition:Claims experience | claims experience]] and the risk profile of the buyer portfolio. [[Definition:Claims handling | Claims]] management involves close collaboration between the insurer's credit analysts and the policyholder's finance team, often supported by a [[Definition:Loss adjuster | loss adjuster]] for complex cases.<br />
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📊 Whole-turnover policies matter because they give businesses comprehensive protection against the domino effect that a single major default can trigger across their cash flow and operations. For insurers, this product line generates valuable data on commercial credit risk across industries and geographies, informing broader [[Definition:Underwriting | underwriting]] strategies. The whole-turnover model also supports economic stability: banks and lenders frequently accept insured receivables as collateral, improving the policyholder's access to [[Definition:Trade finance | trade finance]]. Major [[Definition:Trade credit insurance | trade credit]] insurers — such as Euler Hermes, Coface, and Atradius — have built global businesses around this product, and [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtech]] entrants are now using [[Definition:Artificial intelligence (AI) | AI]] and real-time financial data to streamline credit limit decisions and accelerate the traditionally manual underwriting process.<br />
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'''Related concepts:'''<br />
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* [[Definition:Trade credit insurance]]<br />
* [[Definition:Adverse selection]]<br />
* [[Definition:Credit limit]]<br />
* [[Definition:Political risk insurance]]<br />
* [[Definition:Accounts receivable insurance]]<br />
* [[Definition:Insolvency]]<br />
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