BPL Global, the leading credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, today announced the appointment of Lucia Petry as Directeur of its French subsidiary, Berry Palmer & Lyle SA. Since joining BPL Paris in 2014, Petry has immersed herself in helping exporters and investors effectively use CPRI products to minimise risks abroad. In her role […]
Global Reach
Our offices in London, Paris, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and Geneva provide us with access to all major international insurance markets and enable us to service our clients’ global needs, wherever they do business.
Sian Aspinall
Managing Director
Sian is well-placed to advise clients on the full spectrum of issues which can arise with cross-border insurance placements.
Our offices
BPL Global’s headquarters are in London, where the company was founded in 1983. In London, we have the largest broking team in the CPRI market and count amongst our clients many of the world’s leading financial institutions, exporters, commodity traders and corporate investors.
Our Paris office was established in 2001 and is led by Paul Torrington, who has over 30 years’ experience in the CPRI market and has worked with clients throughout Europe, particularly in France, Germany and Italy.
In 2011, we opened a branch office in Hong Kong in response to the growing demand for CPRI in the Asia Pacific region. The following year we established a subsidiary company in Singapore. Peter Gilbert is Chief Executive of BPL Global Singapore and oversees our business across Asia Pacific, where our client base includes the region’s major financial institutions, exporters and commodity traders, as well as the subsidiaries of our multinational clients.
In 2015, we established an office in Dubai, which is located within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and is headed-up by Harriet Smith.
2018 marked the opening of our Geneva office, established to provide local support for our Swiss-based clients and develop new relationships in this globally renowned trading hub. The office is led by Philippine de Villèle, who works closely with commodity traders, banks and exporters.
BPL Global is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, by ORIAS in France, by the Confederation of Insurance Brokers in Hong Kong, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in Singapore, by FINMA in Switzerland and by the Dubai Financial Services Authority in the DIFC.
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Our compliance department is solely focused on CPRI and can provide clients with bespoke guidance on regulatory and licensing issues that can arise from conducting cross-border business around the world.
Serving clients globally
We can service clients’ global needs wherever they are located.
Our office network and worldwide contacts give us broad geographical reach to service clients across multiple jurisdictions. In addition, we also have in-depth knowledge of the regulatory environment which applies to global, cross-border insurance placements. Unlike other brokers, our compliance department is solely focused on CPRI and so can provide clients with bespoke guidance on regulatory and licensing considerations that can arise with such insurance business.
In many instances, we are able to place business directly for clients in jurisdictions where we do not have a physical presence, such as Canada and South Africa, and certain countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Malaysia and Australia.
In other instances, we can advise on fronting arrangements whereby a local insurer issues the insurance policy and we source corresponding reinsurance coverage from overseas insurers. Jurisdictions where we have supported clients in this way range from Mexico, Chile and Argentina through to China and Japan as well as countries throughout the Middle East.
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In the news
BPL Global, the leading credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, has created a team dedicated to excess of loss (XOL) trade credit insurance with a specific focus on the trade finance sector. XOL traditionally supports strong credit management within large multinational corporates. Recent product and technological developments, coupled with new underwriter entrants, now mean […]
On Wednesday 4th July, we were delighted to host a reception at the Natural History Museum to celebrate 35 years of BPL Global. From our beginnings in 1983 with four staff, we have grown to become the largest specialist broking team in the credit and political risk insurance market. We could not have done this […]
BPL Global has established, via its French subsidiary BPL S.A., a branch office in Geneva. The new Geneva branch will focus on developing new relationships with Swiss-based banks, traders, NGOs and other potential clients, as well as being a local point of contact for the broker’s existing clients. Philippine de Villèle joins from UBS to […]
BPL Global, the leading credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, today announced the appointment of Sam Evans as Director. He joined BPL Global in 2004, and has extensive experience of helping European-based corporates, banks and commodity traders effectively use the CPRI product, with a strong focus on and extensive experience of the African market. […]
