Market/Coverages: Willis Launches $200M Cargo Facility for Rising Geopolitical Risks July 8, 2025 Willis, a WTW business, has launched ‘Undercover,’ a new $200 million facility, combining coverage for a range of geopolitical exposures...
Mexico Criminals Rob Truck Full of Gold, Silver Concentrate July 8, 2025 By Scott Squires Armed thieves robbed a truck carrying 33 tons of gold and silver concentrate belonging to Grupo Minero Bacis, costing the...
Markets/Coverages: Hiscox Offers Digital Cover for Small Cargo, Stock Throughput Risks July 2, 2025 Hiscox, the Bermuda-based global specialist insurer, has launched a new Cargo API (application programming interface)-based solution, available through broker partners...
Highway Robberies Are Now Just Part of Doing Business in Mexico July 2, 2025 By Andrea Navarro and Maya Averbuch Late one Friday night, a truck carrying sound equipment for legendary cumbia band Los Angeles Azules was pulled over along...
Captain of Container Ship That Crashed Near UK Was Russian March 13, 2025 By Alex Longley, Jack Wittels and Alex Wickham The captain of the Solong container ship that crashed near the UK is a Russian national, the ship’s owner said....
Unexplained Ship Collision off UK Coast Triggers Race for Clues March 12, 2025 By Jonathan Saul A collision involving a tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military and a container ship off Britain’s coast is...
Stricken Oil Tanker in North Sea Smolders With Hole in Side March 11, 2025 By Alex Longley and Jack Wittels A US oil tanker that was struck by a container ship in the North Sea on Monday was smoldering with...
Toxic Waste That Set Off Global Outcry Seized by Albania’s Prosecutors October 30, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Albanian prosecutors ordered that containers filled with suspected hazardous industrial waste be seized after the cargo was forced to return...
Viewpoint: East Coast Port Strike: Insurance and Risk Management Implications October 1, 2024 By Tom Ptacek, JD and Zoi Fanourgiakis As it has many times before, the International Longshore Association (ILA) threatened a strike, beginning October 1, that would shut...
Toxic Waste Bound for Thailand on Maersk, MSC Cargo Vessels to Return to Europe August 16, 2024 By K. Oanh Ha Shipping containers bound for Thailand allegedly filled with tons of hazardous industrial waste from Albania are now slated to return...