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- February 26 2025
Markel continues marine expansion with Singapore hull, war lead hire
Galvin Hu, who will report to head of Singapore Wanshi Lin, will be responsible for spearheading the specialty carrier's underwriting strategy in APAC.
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- January 23 2025
Gard expands Japan product portfolio with marine & energy risks
The P&I club will offer hull and machinery, war risk and loss of hire covers as well as builders’ risk to shipyards and offshore wind risk.
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- September 19 2024
Global marine insurers bet on Asia amid growing geopolitical concerns
The International Union of Marine Insurance sees the region accounting for almost a third of the premium as an opportunity to grow its membership as war risks, sanctions and embargoes are affecting global shipping.
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- May 24 2024
South-East Asia accounts for a third of global ship losses in 2023: Allianz Commercial
South China, Indochina, Indonesia and the Philippines, is the main ship loss hotspot globally last year.
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- May 9 2024
Red Sea crisis has created new breed of maritime risks: Howden’s Morley
The broker's dedicated war cargo cover, the first for an active conflict zone, has seen significant response from Asian cargo owners and manufacturers, associate director Ellis Morley tells IAN.
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- February 21 2024
More IG P&I clubs introduce buyback for Red Sea war risks from February 20
Some of the clubs will have the Red Sea and the Russia, Ukraine, Belarus excluded areas combined under the same structure with the new reinsurance panel.
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- February 14 2024
Skuld cancels Red Sea war cover following notice by reinsurers
The notice of cancellation will come into force on February 20, following which the war risk cover for assureds will be terminated automatically for trading or being within Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea and other specified areas.
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- January 22 2024
Escalating Red Sea crisis puts inflation, supply chain risks in focus
As the immediate impact of the attacks on insurance becomes clearer, underwriters are turning their attention to broader risks that could emerge should the attacks continue.
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- December 5 2023
Japanese trade insurer to cover US$680m loan for LNG purchases
In its first policy, the state-owned Nippon Export and Investment Insurance will cover a domestic credit facility to secure the country's energy supplies.
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- November 13 2023
BOC Aviation gets US$208m settlement for jets stranded in Russia
The lessor would reportedly abandon legal claims after Russian airline Aeroflot clinched a deal with insurer NSK to pay off the Chinese company.
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- November 10 2023
Marine war premiums climb after fatal strike on Philippines-owned bulk carrier: report
Premiums have risen to 3% of the value of the vessel from around 1% before the attack on the vessel, which was insured for US$15m and damages seen at US$4m without liabilities for the crew, the report said.
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- October 23 2023
Strait of Hormuz in spotlight as Middle East war risks rise
With a huge amount of oil and gas passing through the strait everyday, Asia's marine (re)insurance market on high alert as regional tensions escalate and premiums rise.
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- October 13 2023
Asian aviation, marine markets react to war risk peril as Israel conflict breaks out
A senior market source tells IAN that airlines are unlikely to be able to gain cover as Israeli government steps in with US$6bn to support home carriers.
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- October 3 2023
P&I: “With port infrastructure under strain, there can also be disconnects between international operators and local authorities, especially when incidents or accidents occur.”
Claims from collisions, sinkings and groundings grow more frequent amid complex conditions, with more ships set to travel on the river due to the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
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- September 27 2023
Miller teams up with tech firm and Ukrainian authorities for Black Sea war risks cover
Clearwater Dynamics to provide vessel tracking with Lloyd's players set to offer capacity.
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- September 11 2023
US sanctions jet-fuel shipments to Myanmar: IGP&I
While restrictions apply only to fuel for military purposes, in practice, it may be impossible to prove that shipments are only for civil aviation, which may lead to exclusions in P&I cover.
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- September 1 2023
Asian dark fleet operators’ future in question after Gabon coup
A safe haven for shadow fleet and the fastest growing flag for sanctioned oil shipments, the country’s political situation could have implications for entities in India and Hong Kong.
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- August 25 2023
War risk premiums for Russian oil shipments on the rise: report
Rates have gone up from around 1% of the cargo's cost to some 1.20-1.25% hurting Asian importers who are the biggest importers of Russian crude.
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- July 27 2023
Marine (re)insurers in a lurch with rise of ‘dark fleets’ in APAC
Carriers feel they are left on the margins while unscrupulous actors in the region side-step Western sanctions on Russian shipments.
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- July 20 2023
Update: Insurers take ‘wait-and-see’ approach to Russia’s Black Sea threat
As the situation escalates with Russia targeting port facilities and destroying grains and the US warning that Moscow may have mined the sea corridor, there is uncertainty if terms can be held for non-Russia, Ukraine, Belarus ports.
