Perishables to Plane Parts Stranded as Middle East Conflict Hits Air Cargo March 5, 2026 By Allison Lampert , Lisa Baertlein, Julie Zhu and Tim Hepher Shipments ranging from fresh produce to airplane parts are in limbo as Middle East conflict squeezes cargo capacity and pushes...
Oil Tanker Suffers Explosion as Risks Spread Wider Into Gulf March 5, 2026 By Weilun Soon, Alex Longley and Rakteem Katakey An oil tanker suffered an explosion off the coast of Iraq which damaged a tank that is losing water, signaling...
London Marine Insurers Still Offering Middle East Cover as War Risk Rates Rise: Broker March 5, 2026 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Manya Saini Marine insurers in the London market continue to offer cover in the Middle East, despite rising war risk premiums driven...
Travelers Stranded by War Learn Insurance Won’t Cover Flight Cancellations March 5, 2026 By K. Oanh Ha As the war in Iran grounds flights worldwide, hundreds of thousands of travelers scrambling to get home are discovering a...
Marsh, Aon in Talks With US on Insuring Tankers in Hormuz March 5, 2026 By Leonard Kehnscherper and Alexandre Rajbhandari Marsh and Aon Plc, two of the world’s largest insurance brokers, are in talks with the US government on a...
AmFam Reports Underwriting Profit, Top-Line Decline for 2025 March 5, 2026 American Family Insurance reported $2 billion more underwriting profit in 2025, compared with 2024—pointing to “deliberate customer-driven strategic actions and...
Bayer’s $7.25B Roundup Settlement Gets Initial OK From Judge March 5, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A state court judge in Missouri gave an initial green light on Wednesday to a proposed $7.25 billion settlement to...
How State Farm, USAA Boost Customer Retention: Historic Dividends March 5, 2026 While competition in personal auto insurance is rising to levels high enough to dent customer retention at GEICO, a giant...
Viewpoint: Business Interruption Insurance Must Catch Up With Climate Volatility March 5, 2026 By Ross Sinclair In the wake of recent weather events around the world, whether it’s the bomb cyclone that hit the US from...
Banks on High Alert for Cyberattacks as Iran War Escalates March 5, 2026 By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price The U.S. financial services industry is on heightened alert for potential cyberattacks amid the unfolding U.S. war in Iran, with...