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...
Dubai Aerospace Files Insurance Claims of $1B for Aircraft Stranded in Russia May 6, 2022 By Shaji Mathew The Middle East’s biggest plane-leasing firm wrote off half-a-billion dollars for aircraft stranded in Russia, after the Kremlin issued a...
Russia-Ukraine a ‘Complex’ Situation for Insurance Industry: AIG CEO Zaffino May 5, 2022 By Chad Hemenway AIG CEO Peter Zaffino during the company’s most recent earnings call provided analysts with some insight regarding insurance implications from...
EU Regulator Warns of Increased Risk to Airlines as Result of Ukraine War May 5, 2022 The European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulator warned on Thursday of increased risks to airlines due to the war...
Swiss Re Reports Q1 Loss as Ukraine War, Natural Disasters and COVID Take Their Toll May 5, 2022 By L.S. Howard Swiss Re reported a group net loss of $248 million during the first quarter, as a result of headwinds such...
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...
EU Seeks to Target Russia’s Global Oil Exports With Insurance, Services Ban May 4, 2022 By Nikos Chrysoloras, Alberto Nardelli, Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale The European Union is seeking to go beyond an import ban on Russian crude, targeting insurers in a move that...
Lessor Avolon Reports $304M Impairment Over Seized Russian Aircraft May 4, 2022 Major aircraft lessor Avolon recorded a first-quarter impairment of $304 million to cover the full financial impact of having 10...
Global Shipping Industry Pushes to Rescue Seafarers Trapped in Ukraine May 2, 2022 By Jonathan Saul Just under 500 seafarers remain stuck onboard 109 ships at Ukrainian ports – skeleton crews who were left on board...
EasyJet Cancels Leases on Russia-Owned Jets in Rare Sanctions Anomaly April 29, 2022 By Siddharth Philip EasyJet Plc terminated rental contracts on six Airbus SE jets owned by a Russian state leasing company in a rare...