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Capital and Risk, Insurance

Japan’s LNG Buyers Assess How Insurance Halt Will Affect Supplies

December 27, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

Japan’s buyers of Russian liquefied natural gas are assessing how imminent changes to shipping insurance — triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine — will affect supplies from the key Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East. Three Japanese insurance companies […]


Capital and Risk, Insurance

Lloyd’s Insurer Hiscox to Provide Insurance for Ukraine Grain Shipments

August 3, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

Hiscox is committed to a planned insurance consortium providing cover for ships traveling through a safe passage from Ukraine, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the Lloyd’s of London insurer shares plunged on a first-half loss. The first grain-carrying […]


Capital and Risk, Insurance

Reuters: Russia’s State-Owned RNRC to Reinsure Russian Oil Shipments: Sources

June 10, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

State-controlled Russian National Reinsurance Company (RNRC) is now the main reinsurer of Russian ships, including Sovcomflot’s fleet, after Western insurance firms withdrew cover for Russian shipowners, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Insurance is essential for maritime transport, […]


Capital and Risk, Insurance

European Union Seeks to Coordinate Russian Oil Insurance Ban With G-7 Members

June 2, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

The European Union is working to coordinate a ban on providing the insurance services needed to ship Russian oil anywhere in the world with some Group of Seven members, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that […]


Activity, Insurance

Insurance for Middle East Oil Shipments Soars to More Than $500,000

June 25, 2019

Via: Insurance Journal

The cost of insuring Middle East oil shipments is soaring as tensions mount in a region responsible for about a third of all seaborne petroleum. So-called war risk premiums for a standard oil cargo from the Persian Gulf and the […]


Activity, Insurance

Insurance Rates for Crude Oil Tankers to Jump After Gulf Attacks

June 14, 2019

Via: Insurance Journal

Oil tanker owners are turning increasingly nervous about loading cargoes from the world’s largest export region for crude after the latest round of attacks on vessels. Both owners and the companies that charter their ships paused bookings on Thursday as […]