Latest Ukraine Headlines
All the headlines from our Ukraine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Major Aviation Insurer AXA Pulls Back on War Coverage After Ukraine Losses: Reuters
Jan 19 2023 // The commercial arm of French insurer AXA is reducing cover offered to aviation companies as it seeks to protect the multibillion-euro business after heavy Ukraine-related losses, two underwriting and broking sources told...
Ship Insurers’ Exodus From Russia-Ukraine Risks Gathers Momentum
Dec 29 2022 // A host of shipping insurers altered their policies for 2023 to exclude claims linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, a further sign of the industry’s growing concerns about losses stemming from the conflict. At...
Ship Insurers to Cancel War Risk Cover for Russia, Ukraine Following Reinsurer Exit
Dec 28 2022 // Ship insurers said they are canceling war risk cover across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, following an exit from the region by reinsurers in the face of steep losses. Reinsurers, who insure the insurers, typically renew...
Insurance Rates to Stay Flat for Shipments of Ukraine Grain: Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot
Dec 22 2022 // A cargo insurance facility providing cover for shipments via Ukraine’s grain export corridor will continue next year with no rate increases, an underwriter with Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on...
Insurers May Refuse to Cover Planes, Ships Exposed to Ukraine Conflict: Sources
Dec 19 2022 // Insurers may refuse to cover planes flying to Ukraine or ships sailing through the Black Sea as reinsurers – who insure the insurers – propose excluding the region from policies from next month, four industry...
Ship Reinsurers to Cease Covering War-Related Risks Related to Conflict in Ukraine
Dec 16 2022 // Some of the biggest names in ship reinsurance are days away from ceasing to cover key war-related risks for vessels going to Russia and Ukraine, a potential source of alarm for shipping firms moving everything from oil to...
Ukraine War, Geopolitics Fuel Cyber Attacks: EU Agency
Nov 4 2022 // Geopolitics such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to more damaging and widespread cybersecurity attacks in the year to July, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA said in its annual report on Thursday. ENISA’s...
Russia Says it Will Resume Participation in Ukraine Grain Deal
Nov 2 2022 // Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger. Moscow announced the...
Insurers Stop Offering Cargo Insurance for Ukraine Grains Shipments: Sources
Nov 2 2022 // Insurers are no longer offering new cargo insurance cover for shipments out of Ukraine through a U.N.-backed safe corridor after Russia suspended its participation, industry sources said on Tuesday. An export deal, agreed...
Update: Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot Pauses Writing New Cover for Ukrainian Grain Shipments
Oct 31 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is suspending writing cover for new shipments using the Ukrainian grains corridor in the Black Sea until it has more clarity about the situation there, a senior official said on...
Grain Ships Sail From Ukraine Despite Moscow Exit From Deal; Insurance Cover Paused
Oct 31 2022 // Ships brought grain from Ukrainian ports on Monday, suggesting Moscow had stopped short of reimposing a blockade that might have caused world hunger, despite suspending its participation in a U.N. program to safely export...
Ukraine Insurance Pricier, Harder to Organize Than During Iraq War: Sources
Oct 21 2022 // Insurance for humanitarian workers, journalists, engineers and others heading to Ukraine is now more expensive and harder to organize than during the Iraq war. While initially nervous about providing cover in the immediate...
Extreme Weather Poses as Big a Threat to Global Energy Security as Ukraine War: WMO
Oct 12 2022 // Energy infrastructure will become more vulnerable to extreme weather such as heatwaves and hurricanes, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Tuesday, with a senior official saying that climate change poses as big...
Cyber Attacks on Western European Firms on the Rise Since Ukraine War: Italy Minister
Sep 2 2022 // Italy’s foreign minister said cyber attacks on western European companies have risen following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Rome deals with the fallout from hacker actions targeting energy companies earlier...
Zelenskiy Says Crisis Averted as Russian-Held Ukraine Nuclear Plant Regains Power
Aug 29 2022 // President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster on Thursday as the last regular line supplying electricity to Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was restored...
Ukraine Grain Corridors Need More Ships, Affordable Insurance to Accelerate Exports
Aug 24 2022 // Ukraine’s first shipments of grain since being invaded by Russia are a harbinger of relief for squeezed global markets, but many challenges remain before the millions of tons of food stuck in the country can be...
Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot, Marsh Provide Coverage for Grain Ship Sailing From Ukraine
Aug 23 2022 // Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a vessel carrying grain and food products from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports under its new marine cargo and war...
War-Damaged Ukraine Nuclear Plant Could Threaten Europe’s Energy Grid
Aug 19 2022 // Diplomats concerned about an atomic accident at a war-damaged nuclear power plant in Ukraine should also turn their attention to a larger and looming danger, according to engineers who study critical...
Insurers Get Safety Assurances for Ships Exporting Ukraine Grain Through Black Sea
Aug 9 2022 // Ships exporting Ukraine grain through the Black Sea will be protected by a 10 nautical mile buffer zone, according to long-awaited procedures agreed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations on Monday and seen by...
More Grain Ships Safely Depart From Ukrainian Black Sea Ports
Aug 8 2022 // Two more ships, carrying corn and soybeans, departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Monday, Turkey and Ukraine said, taking the total to ten since the first ship sailed last week under a deal with Russia to unblock...
