From its very modest origins established more than 80 years ago, the organisation that is now known as the Atradius Group has matured into one of the world’s leading credit insurers, with a 31 percent share of the global credit insurance market. In a year that has critically tested businesses across the globe, the firm has once again proved its value to the business community, through its swift settlement of its valid insurance claims, and by using its underwriting expertise to steer its clients away from potentially committing to sales contracts on credits that are likely to end in default.