Trump’s Hormuz Assurances Are Only a Partial Fix, Shippers Say March 4, 2026 By Weilun Soon, Ruth Liao and Serene Cheong President Donald Trump says the US will ensure the free flow of energy through the Persian Gulf with insurance guarantees...
Trump Orders Oil Tanker Insurance Support, Says Navy Could Escort Ships in Gulf March 4, 2026 By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner The U.S. Navy could begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, President Donald Trump said on...
London Marine Insurers Widen High-Risk Zone in Mideast Gulf as Conflict Escalates March 3, 2026 London’s marine insurance market has widened the area in the Gulf it deems as high risk as the conflict in...
‘Black Swan’ Risks Stalk Container Carriers in Avoiding Iran War March 3, 2026 By Laura Curtis The Iran conflict has thrust container shipping from an industry bracing for a capacity glut to another potential “black swan”...
Insurance Gaps Leave Airlines Exposed as Iran Conflict Widens March 3, 2026 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Manya Saini As the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran widened on Monday with no end in sight, focus shifted to the impact...
Iran Conflict Disrupts Global Shipping as Tankers Are Stranded, Damaged March 3, 2026 By Jonathan Saul, Emily Chow and Jeslyn Lerh Insurance companies are canceling war risk coverage for vessels in the Middle East Gulf as the widening Iran conflict disrupts...
Drone Strikes Damage Amazon Data Centers in the UAE and Bahrain March 3, 2026 By Aaron Clark Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit warned of prolonged disruptions to its services after revealing that drone strikes damaged three of its...
Iran War Poses New Risk to US Economic Resilience March 3, 2026 A U.S. economy that has weathered a year of trade, immigration and other shocks now faces a new test likely...
Amazon’s AWS Reports Outage After UAE Data Center Struck by ‘Objects’ March 2, 2026 By Shubham Kalia and Aditya Soni Amazon’s cloud-computing facilities in the Middle East faced power and connectivity issues on Monday after unidentified “objects” struck its data...
Hedge Funds, Insurers Rush to Gauge Exposure as Iran Spirals March 2, 2026 By Bei Hu, Betty Hou and Cathy Chan Hedge funds, banks and insurers rushed to size up their exposure to the Middle East after weekend attacks on Iran...