Crédit Agricole CIB accelerating its Credit Risk Insurance business growth in APAC

The Bank is building its CRI franchise in different Asian markets

Crédit Agricole CIB hosted its inaugural APAC Credit Risk Insurance (CRI) Seminar in Singapore on 15 October 2026, welcoming close to 50 external senior executives from top-tier insurance companies, to discuss the growing adoption of credit risk insurance among the Bank’s financing Business Lines as a distribution tool.

CRI covers the failure, refusal or inability of a borrower to pay amounts due under a loan financing. CRI is a distribution tool sitting alongside cash distribution and other synthetic solutions.

Sebastien Pietryk, Global Head of CRI and Global Head of Secondary Loan Trading, Crédit Agricole CIB, highlighted the Bank's CRI business significant expansion since inception. Within the global franchise, the APAC market has emerged as a growth catalyst, experiencing a tenfold surge in deal volume between 2021 and 2025, reflecting the region's growth potential as well as the quality of our origination and the strength of our relationships with the insurance community.

Sebastien noted that this robust growth spanned across multiple sectors in APAC including corporate, telecom and real estate.

The conference featured several key presentations addressing current market dynamics:

-    Economic outlook: trends, risks and opportunities ahead with David Forrester, Senior FX Strategist, Crédit Agricole CIB

 

-    Beyond the headlines: India’s financing opportunities with Chiranjeev Kumar, Head of Corporate and Sponsor Loan Origination South & Southeast Asia, Crédit Agricole CIB; Sarah Gulston, Director at Texel; and Jonathan Ngan, Vice-President, Crédit Agricole CIB

-    Powering the digital economy: TMT growth and infrastructure with Jasmine Zhang, Head of TMT Finance for Asia Pacific, Crédit Agricole CIB; and David Maisant, Head of Distribution Asset Rotation APAC, Crédit Agricole CIB

 

-    Understanding APAC’s real estate specificities: with Irys See, Senior Underwriter at Chubb; and Yan Dar Lee, Vice-President, Real Estate & Hotel Group, Crédit Agricole CIB

The seminar served as an effective platform for the Bank to further strengthen its relationship with our insurance partners, while promoting its key capabilities to support CRI activities. Looking ahead, the Bank is building its CRI franchise in different Asian markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India, Japan and Taiwan, to serve our clients wherever they need and support the Bank’s overall financing activities.