Use Insurance to Improve Your Bank Financing

Use Insurance to Improve Your Bank Financing

Use Insurance to Improve Your Bank Financing     In the fuel world, it’s not uncommon to have a line of credit secured by receivables. While lines of credit can help with cash flow and allow you to take advantage of opportunities, they often have...
Insured vs. Uninsured Assets

Insured vs. Uninsured Assets

Insured vs. Uninsured Assets       For many companies, the chart above shows a typical commercial balance sheet.  Companies don’t think twice when insuring their buildings, equipment, and inventories; however, they often fail to insure their accounts...
A Replacement For Credit Insurance?

A Replacement For Credit Insurance?

A Replacement For Credit Insurance?   While many of our articles focus on companies not using credit insurance, today I’d like to speak to the companies that are currently insuring their receivables. Whether it be Allianz (formally Euler Hermes), Coface, or...
Leverage Insurance to Make Money

Leverage Insurance to Make Money

Leverage Insurance to Make Money   Indulge me for a moment. Imagine if your largest customer didn’t pay you. Maybe they filed bankruptcy or maybe they just couldn’t afford to pay you. Either scenario would have a dramatic impact on your business today and...
Sleep Insurance??

Sleep Insurance??

Sleep Insurance?? Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night worrying about an existing outstanding receivable? They say they are going to pay but have yet to make good on their promise. Might you be second guessing that second load of fuel you sold them when...