The export credit insurance scheme is administered by the Insurance Corporation of Ireland plc (ICI) as agent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce. Export credit insurance is available for all countries listed on a published country grading schedule which is provided to all policy holders. Applications for insurance for exports to countries not on the schedule are considered on a case by case basis.
There are no restrictions governing the type of Irish products which may be covered by the scheme.
It is not the practice to disclose the names of companies availing of the export credit insurance scheme or to give details of the amount of cover they have individually received. This is confidential information relating to the commercial operation of the companies concerned. Its disclosure would be inappropriate and would not be in the best interests of the companies concerned or of the scheme. I can, however, say that at present there are about 400 companies covered by the scheme involving exports to 20,000 buyers in over 90 countries.