COMMERCIAL & POLITICAL RISK MITIGATION SOLUTIONS

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1 ICIEC Headquarters P.O.Box 57 Jeddah 454 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel.: (+966) Fax: (+966) ICIEC Representative Office in Dubai Office 50, Sobha Sapphire Al Khaleej Al Tejari Street, Business Bay P.O. Box: 446 Dubai, UAE Tel: (+97) / / ICIEC Representative in Africa IsDB Group Regional Office 8 Boulevard de Republique, P.O. Box:65 Dakar Etoile Senegal Tel: (+) Ext: 775 ICIEC Representative in Turkey & CIS Countries IsDB Group Country Gateway Office NO:, Kat: Daire: Maslak, Sariyer, Istanbul-Turkey Tel: (+90) COMMERCIAL & POLITICAL RISK MITIGATION SOLUTIONS ICIEC Representative Office in Jakarta, Indonesia IsDB Country Gateway Office 5C, Office 8, Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav 5/5 Senopati, Jakarta 90 Indonesia Tel: +6 () Ext 565 iciec-communication@isdb.org iciec.com Member of the Islamic Development Bank Group

2 EXPANDING EXPORT AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR MEMBER COUNTRIES

3 BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CREDIT INSURANCE SOLUTIONS Insurance of Confirmed Letters of Credit / Buyer Credit Insurance BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVESTMENT INSURANCE SOLUTIONS Non-Honoring of Sovereign Financial Obligations / Political Risk Insurance of Cross-Border Loans 7 Insolvency of the obligor Failure or refusal of the obligor to pay on due date Currency inconvertibility and transfer restrictions imposed by the obligor's country Expropriation, confiscation or government intervention in the business of the obligor War or civil disturbance in the obligor's country Protects balance sheet against losses due to non-commercial risks Reflects capital adequacy. Minimizes non-performing assets Enhances business volume Helps in structuring Shariah compliant financial facilities Reflects better Bank of International Settlement (BIS) insolvency ratio Banks/Financial Institutions domiciled in Member Countries Banks/Financial Institutions domiciled in Non-Member Countries Owned not less than 50% by the IsDB or by Member Country Goods having at least 0% value added from one or more Member Countries Banks/Financial Institutions offering Shariah compatible products CREDIT INSURANCE PRODUCTS Documentary Credit Insurance Policy (DCIP) Bank Master Policy (BMP) Documentary Credit Insurance Policy (DCIP) Importer Issuing Bank Exporter Exporter s Bank. Importer arranges issuance of L/C. The issuing bank issues an LC to the exporter's banks. The exporter's bank applies to ICIEC to insure the LC 4. In case of non-payment by issuing bank, the exporter's bank submits claim and ICIEC pays compensation (90% loss) 5. ICIEC recovers from the issuing bank and pays 0% back to the exporter s bank Non-Honoring of Sovereign Financial Obligations Non-Honoring of Financial Obligations by the sovereign / sub-sovereign Political Risk Insurance of Cross-Border Loans Currency inconvertibility and transfer restrictions Expropriation War or civil disturbance Breach of Contract Protects balance sheet against losses due to non-commercial risks Attracts additional project capital Enables to penetrate high-risk markets New investments or expansion of existing investments/projects Investment not prohibited by Shariah Investments being undertaken in a Member Country INVESTMENT INSURANCE PRODUCTS Non-Honoring of Sovereign Financial Obligations Foreign Investment Insurance Policy (FIIP) for Financing Facility. Investor submits a preliminary application to ICIEC, ICIEC gives its initial 'in-principle' approval and requests a full detailed application. On the basis of the detailed application, ICIEC will assess the project/country risks. ICIEC will obtain the non-objection of the government of the host country 4. Should ICIEC management approve the insurance, ICIEC will then make an offer of insurance to the investor 5. In the case of risk occurrence, the investor submits a claim to ICIEC and ICIEC pays a compensation BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Bank Master Policy (BMP). The exporter's bank concludes an insurance contract with ICIEC and pays premium. The bank provides Islamic financing to the exporter with the purchase contract as a security. In case the buyer fails to pay, the bank files a claim with ICIEC, which indemnifies the bank up to 90% of the loss 4. ICIEC recovers from the buyer and returns the 0% share to the bank Exporter s Bank 5 Exporter Buyer Investor 4 5 Host Country Government Project

4 CORPORATES CORPORATES CREDIT INSURANCE SOLUTIONS INVESTMENT INSURANCE SOLUTIONS Insurance of Supplier Credit Political Risk Insurance for Equity Investment / Projects Insolvency of the buyer/ Issuing bank Failure or refusal of the buyer to pay Refusal of the buyer to accept goods after shipment Cancellation of the contract arbitrarily by the buyer Currency transfer restrictions of the buyer's country / issuing bank's country Expropriation by the government of the buyer War or civil disturbance in the buyer/ issuing bank's country Protects balance sheet against non-payment of export receivables Enhances the competitiveness Increases international sales by offering flexible payment terms to overseas customers Offers to customers open account credit terms while protecting the insured against credit risk Accesses increased working capital facilities from banks by assigning the insurance policy to the banks as security Currency inconvertibility and transfer restrictions Expropriation War and civil disturbance Breach of Contract Protects balance sheet against losses due to non-commercial risks Attracts additional project capital Enables to penetrate high-risk markets Involvement in project of a multilateral institution (such as ICIEC) is itself a risk mitigant 7 Nationals of a Member Country Corporations or other juridical entities located in ICIEC member countries or owned at least 50% by the IsDB or by a Member Country if located in Non- Member countries Goods should have at least 0-0% value added from one or more Member Countries In case of capital goods or strategic commodities, the above criteria are not applicable. However, the buyer should be in a member country Goods not prohibited by Islamic Shariah CREDIT INSURANCE PRODUCTS 0 Foreign investment/project in Member Countries New investment or expansion of existing investments/projects Investments should not be prohibited by the Islamic Shariah INVESTMENT INSURANCE PRODUCTS Foreign Investment Insurance Policy (FIIP) for Equity CORPORATES Comprehensive Short Term Policy (CSTP) Specific Transaction Policy (STP) Specific Transaction Policy (STP) (Contract Frustration). Exporter enters into a sale contract with importers. The exporter includes an insurance contract with ICIEC and pays premium. The exporter ships the goods to the buyers and declares the shipments to ICIEC 4. In case one of the buyers fail to pay, the exporter submits a claim to ICIEC which indemnifies the exporter up to 90% of the contract value 5. ICIEC recovers from the buyer and pays 0% share to the exporter. Investor submits a preliminary application to ICIEC and ICIEC provides its initial 'in-principle' approval and requests a full detailed application. On the basis of the detailed application, ICIEC will assess the project/country risks. ICIEC will obtain the non-objection of the government of the host country 4. Should ICIEC management approve the insurance, ICIEC will then make an offer of insurance to the investor 5. In the case of risk occurrence, the investor submits a claim to ICIEC and ICIEC pays a compensation Exporter Importer Investor Host Country Government Project

5 EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES (ECAs) / INSURERS EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES (ECAs) / INSURERS EXPORT CREDIT AND INVESTMENT REINSURANCE Reinsurance / Co-insurance / Fronting 7 0 YEAR (SHORT TERM) (MEDIUM TERM) (FOREIGN INVESTMENT) Commercial / Political Risks. Provide capacity building support for ECAs in Member Countries. Provide technical assistance in the establishment of ECAs in Member Countries. Provide credit information services. Joint marketing and technical assistance to the existent ECAs of Member Countries. Help ECAs in non-member Countries to cover projects in Member Countries. Exports from ICIEC Member Countries to the rest of the World. Inflow of capital and investments from the World into ICIEC Member Countries. Domestic sales of exporters in ICIEC Member Countries. Import of strategic and capital goods from the rest of the world to ICIEC Member Countries. Insured goods should not be prohibited by Islamic Shariah and should have at least 0% value added. PRODUCTS Quota Share Treaty Reinsurance of Domestic Business Excess of Loss Reinsurance Facultative Agreement EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES (ECAs) / INSURERS Refer to the specific products

6 FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES MAKING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS LESS RISKY & MORE COMPETITIVE Aa rating is indicative of ICIEC s risk management strength Central Asia & Europe Albania, Kazakhstan, Turkey Southeast Asia Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan Arab Asian Countries Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, is a pioneer in the field of Shariah compliant credit and political risk insurance and reinsurance. Its shareholders include IsDB, an AAA rated multilateral institution, and 44 Member Countries which are also members of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Since 008, ICIEC has been consistently assigned a standalone rating of Aa by Moody s. ICIEC was established with the objective of increasing the scope of trade transactions of its Member Countries, and to facilitate foreign direct investments (FDI) into the same countries. ICIEC fulfills these objectives by providing appropriate Islamic Shariah compatible credit and country risk insurance and reinsurance solutions. East & Central Africa Cameron, Chad, Comores, Djibouti, Gabon, Mozambique, Uganda North Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia West Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal OUR VISION To be recognized as the preferred enabler of trade and investment for sustainable economic development in Member Countries OUR MISSION To facilitate trade and investment between member countries and the world through Shariah compliant risk mitigation tools

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