US Warns on Bab El-Mandeb Strait After Iran Shipping Threat March 27, 2026 By Iain Marlow The US warned that Iran-backed Houthi militants could start firing on vessels in the Bab El-Mandeb Strait after Tehran raised...
Bessent Says Hormuz Ships Insurance Program to Start Soon March 27, 2026 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Skylar Woodhouse Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a US insurance program meant to boost shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will begin...
Energy Fallout From Iran War Signals Global Wake-Up Call for Renewable Energy March 27, 2026 By Aniruddha Ghosal, Anton L. Delgado and Allan Olingo The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening...
Odey Allegedly Told Staffer He Could ‘Attack’ Her After Alcohol-Fueled Lunch March 27, 2026 By Liza Tetley and Jonathan Browning Ex-hedge fund boss Crispin Odey cornered a female receptionist after an alcohol-fueled lunch and told her “I could attack you...
People Moves: Everest Appoints Busti From AXIS as Head of North America Treaty Re; AXA XL Taps Lockton’s Reynolds as Head of Marine, UK & Lloyd’s, Global CUO for Hull March 26, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Group and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires...
UK Car Insurer First Central Is Said to Tap Banks for London IPO March 26, 2026 By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Swetha Gopinath and Leonard Kehnscherper First Central Group Ltd., the UK vehicle and home insurer, has appointed investment banks as it prepares for a potential...
Britain to Intercept Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ships in UK Waters March 26, 2026 By Jon Herskovitz The UK will interdict and board Russian “shadow fleet” vessels in its waters, increasing European pressure on Moscow over tankers...
Uber, Autonomous Mobility Firms to Launch Europe’s First Commercial Robotaxis March 26, 2026 Uber Technologies and autonomous mobility companies Verne and Pony.ai have partnered up to launch Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service in...
Iran Sees US Peace Plan as ‘One-Sided’ as Trump Presses for Deal March 26, 2026 By Parisa Hafezi, Steve Holland and Alexander Cornwell A U.S. proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is “one-sided and unfair,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters...
Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program March 26, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard, Alastair Marsh and Gautam Naik It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to...