Markets/Coverages: MS Amlin Binds Reinsurance Facility to Cover Ukraine’s SMEs March 21, 2025 MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer, has bound a reinsurance scheme that could provide up to €1 billion (US$1.1 billion)...
Germany Confiscates Tanker in Russian ‘Shadow Fleet,’ Spiegel Reports March 21, 2025 By Rachel More and Friederike Heine Germany seized a decrepit tanker found adrift off its northern coast in January that is believed to be part of...
Finland Ranks World’s Happiest Again With US at Worst-Ever Level March 19, 2025 By Kati Pohjanpalo Finland’s unbroken streak as the world’s happiest country continued for an eighth year while the US fell to 24th place,...
AerCap CEO Sees No Quick Return to Russia if Market Reopens, on Insurance Concerns February 27, 2025 By Tim Hepher, Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries The head of the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, AerCap, said on Wednesday that Russia may look to buy used...
Damage to Baltic Sea Telecoms Cable May Have Occurred in January, Operator Says February 24, 2025 Finland’s telecoms operator said on Monday that the damage reported last week to its C-Lion1 telecoms cable in the Baltic...
Finland, Sweden Investigate Suspected Sabotage of Baltic Sea Telecoms Cable February 21, 2025 Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea,...
Pro-Russian Hackers Attack Italian Websites After President’s Comments About Ukraine February 21, 2025 A pro-Russian hacker group attacked Italian government websites on Tuesday [Feb. 18] in what it said was a reaction to...
Oil Tankers Rocked by Mystery Blasts After Trips to Russia February 20, 2025 By Alex Longley At least four oil tankers have been hit with explosions so far this year — all of them having visited...
India Is Building a Sanctions-Proof Supply Chain for Russian Oil February 13, 2025 By Rakesh Sharma and Jack Farchy Oil refiners in India — eager to keep importing cheap crude from Russia — are working with merchants, shippers and...
Russia’s Rostelecom Says Baltic Sea Cable Damaged, Tass Reports February 10, 2025 A Russian underwater cable in the Baltic Sea has been damaged by an unspecified external impact, Tass reported on Saturday,...