Insurers Review Middle East Events Policies After War Leads to Cancellations November 8, 2023 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain Some insurers are excluding Israel, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries from their event cancellation policies after the Israel-Hamas war...
Aviation War Insurers Cancel Cover for Airlines Domiciled in Israel, Lebanon: Sources October 19, 2023 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Steven Scheer Aviation war insurers have given notice to cancel cover for some airlines domiciled in Israel and Lebanon because of the...
Major Aviation Insurer AXA Pulls Back on War Coverage After Ukraine Losses: Reuters January 19, 2023 By Carolyn Cohn, Jonathan Saul and Noor Zainab Hussain The commercial arm of French insurer AXA is reducing cover offered to aviation companies as it seeks to protect the...
Insurers Denying Coverage to FTX-Linked Crypto Firms as Contagion Risk Mounts December 19, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Insurers are denying or limiting coverage to clients with exposure to bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, leaving digital currency traders and...
Climate Activists’ Attacks on Paintings Add to Insurers’ Worries About Threats to Art November 28, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Barbara Lewis Climate activists’ attacks on some of the world’s most precious paintings have added to insurers’ worries about the threat to...
Ukraine Insurance Pricier, Harder to Organize Than During Iraq War: Sources October 21, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain Insurance for humanitarian workers, journalists, engineers and others heading to Ukraine is now more expensive and harder to organize than...
AXIS to Stop Insuring Energy, Mining Without Backing of Indigenous Communities October 17, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Simon Jessop Reinsurer AXIS Capital said it would refuse to underwrite energy, mining and other projects that did not have the backing...
Low Rate of Flood Insurance Cover Spells Danger as Climate Crisis Deepens September 2, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Insured losses from floods doubled to $80 billion globally during 2011-2020 compared to the previous decade, while insurance penetration lingered...
Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot, Marsh Provide Coverage for Grain Ship Sailing From Ukraine August 23, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a vessel carrying grain...
Mass Shooting Insurance Rates Jump as Incidents Rise July 18, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain The cost of buying insurance protection against mass shootings has spiked more than 10% in the United States this year...