Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante
Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante
Speaker
Senior Manager - Global Head for Co-Investor Solutions

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

United States
Uxolo Development Stage

Risk Architecture for Development Finance: Insurance & Reinsurance Insights

Christian Kleboth
Head of Debt Mobilisation,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Erick Soto
Senior Underwriter,
Vantage Risk
Pizzaro Lukhanda
Senior Underwriter,
African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI)
Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante
Senior Manager - Global Head for Co-Investor Solutions,
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

This session explores how private insurance and reinsurance are expanding risk-bearing capacity across development finance. We examine the latest innovations in credit and political risk insurance, partial risk guarantees, climate-linked products, and portfolio-level syndication and reinsurance platforms. The discussion highlights how these tools are enabling MDBs, DFIs, and private lenders to manage concentration limits, scale exposure in frontier markets, and structure more bankable transactions.