Milestones

April 2020

SERV supports Swiss exporters during the COVID-19 pandemic

On 17 April, Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV takes measures to support the Swiss export industry due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, it temporarily sets aside its subsidiarity rules for certain operations and simplifies its internal processes to enable it to process transactions more rapidly. On 1 September, SERV also relaxes its content requirements and raises its cover ratios for certain products.

June 2020

Awards for Europe’s largest energy-from-waste plant

SERV wins two awards for a deal in Turkey. It receives the “Environmental Enhancement ECA-backed Deal of the Year” award from TXF and is featured in Global Trade Review’s “Best Deal of the Year” category. The deal is for the construction of Europe’s largest energy-from-waste plant, which will convert up to 1 million tonnes of waste per year into around 70 MW of electrical energy for feeding into the city of Istanbul’s grid.

October 2020

SERV’s Lausanne office celebrates its ten-year anniversary

SERV celebrates the tenth anniversary of its Lausanne office, which was set up by Dominique Aubert and has since been advising exporters in French-speaking Switzerland in their region. The office was opened on 5 October 2010 with an official opening ceremony at the Olympic Museum. The aim was to better support exporters from French-speaking Switzerland. SERV succeeded in its aim and will continue to uphold its commitment to ensuring that companies in French-speaking Switzerland have a reliable export promotion tool at their disposal.