Hedging instead of waiting: insurance strategies in modern credit risk management


 
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Recording of the VDT online event "Hedging instead of waiting: insurance strategies in modern credit risk management"

Sabine Paulus
2 calls -
21 May 2026

Volatile markets and complex global supply chains present companies with enormous challenges - forward-looking credit risk management is therefore essential to ensure financial stability and planning security. Our online event offers exclusive insights into the latest developments and strategies for securing receivables and optimising your risk structure.

In the first part of the event, Tobias Heidemann, Chief Information Security Officer and speaker at Gesamtverband der versicherungsnehmenden Wirtschaft e.V. (GVNW), will provide an up-to-date overview of the credit insurance market and discuss cover, sanctions and news. Matthias Beck, Head of Group Insurance/Risk Management at the Würth Group and member of the GVNW Board of Directors, will report on the implementation of credit insurance in a captive - a current project of the Würth Group.

In the second part, Dr Johannes Rosner, Head of Group Treasury at Prinzhorn Holding, will shed light on how the Austrian group of companies, which manufactures paper and packaging materials, has implemented external hedging solutions for high volumes of trade receivables, manages a multinational programme and efficiently outsources credit assessment processes for large receivables to trade credit insurers. Verena Westrup-Alfermann, member of the VDT Risk Management department, will moderate the event.

 

The presentation documents for this online event can be found here in the library.

 

We would like to thank all those involved for the successful realisation of the events and the participants for their positive feedback.