Global Shipping Insurance May Shift if Sanctions End, BIMCO Says March 25, 2025 By Weilun Soon The global shipping industry should be open to working with a new group of insurers that emerged to support Russia’s...
Lloyd’s Insurers Don’t Expect Large Claims From Baltimore Bridge Collapse May 2, 2024 Lloyd’s of London insurers Hiscox and Lancashire do not expect large insurance claims from the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott...
Insurance Industry Readies for Historic Losses From Baltimore Bridge Tragedy March 29, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson It’s very early in the recovery process and already the numbers are large. Insured losses for the tragic collapse of...
Russia Still Uses Western Insurance for Half of Tanker Fleet That Exports Its Oil March 30, 2023 By Bloomberg News Russia still relies on Western insurers to cover more than half of the tanker fleet that exports its oil, according...
London Market Insurers Publish Guidelines for Marine Casualty Claims March 17, 2023 New guidelines have been agreed by marine insurers in the London Market to help improve collaboration in the handling of...
Ship Insurers’ Exodus From Russia-Ukraine Risks Gathers Momentum December 29, 2022 By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale A host of shipping insurers altered their policies for 2023 to exclude claims linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, a...
Ship Insurers to Cancel War Risk Cover for Russia, Ukraine Following Reinsurer Exit December 28, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul Ship insurers said they are canceling war risk cover across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, following an exit from the region...
Insurance (or Lack of It) Is Russian Oil’s Achilles’ Heel May 25, 2022 By Jonathan Saul, Nidhi Verma, Yuka Obayashi and Carolyn Cohn Russia has so far deflected much of the impact of sanctions on its oil trade but the insurance industry threatens...
Russia’s Leading Shipping Firm Sovcomflot Plans to Sell Part of Its Fleet: Report May 6, 2022 Russia’s leading shipping company Sovcomflot plans to sell part of its fleet, it said on Friday, as it grapples with...
Western Ship Insurers Terminate Cover for Russia’s Sovcomflot as Sanctions Expand May 4, 2022 By Jonathan Saul Western ship insurers are terminating cover for Russia’s leading shipping company Sovcomflot as multiple sanctions start to bite, companies involved...