Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur

Coface
Company typeSociété anonyme
Euronext: COFA
CAC Mid 60
IndustryCredit Insurance
Founded1946
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Bernardo Sanchez Incera (chairman of the board of directors)
Productscredit insurance, factoring, debt collection, business information, bonding
Revenue1 451 M€ (2020)
82,9 M€ (2020)
Total equity1806 M€ (2018)
OwnerArch Capital Group (29.5%), floating (70.5%)
Number of employees
4,450
Websitecoface.com

Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur (Coface) is a credit insurer that operates worldwide' in addition to offering debt collection services, factoring and business information, and bonds.

Created in 1946, Coface was listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange in 2014. Coface employs 4,100 staff in 66 countries. Each quarter, Coface publishes its assessments of country risk for 160 countries, based on its knowledge of companies' payment behavior and on the expertise of its underwriters.