Credit Guarantee Scheme

Credit risk - credit insurance - UK.

(CGS).

A former UK Treasury scheme under which banks and other financial institutions could obtain credit insurance effectively backed by the government, in return for a fee (designed to be calculated on a full commercial basis).

The UK CGS was launched in 2008 and closed in 2012.

See also

• Asset Purchase Facility
• Export Credits Guarantee Department
• Credit guarantee scheme
• Credit insurance
• Credit risk
• Treasury