From conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East to emerging threats from China and the US, few underwriters have faced a geopolitical landscape as dynamic as it is now

Co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations addresses risk managers on the geopolitical tensions they face

Insurers fear there might be a deliberate shift toward targeting merchant vessels

Neal says corporate leaders are listening anew to insurers and says Lloyd’s has no ‘specific concern’ about US elections

A windfall worth hundreds of millions of dollars to marine underwriters is being used to keep prices down in other lines, brokers contend

Underwriters’ confidence boosted by enhanced Ukrainian command of waterways and state subsidies to reduce marine insurance premiums

QBE Asia’s head of marine, Rama Chandran, says converting to new fuels and technology will ignite strong growth for the sector

Some 3.3m barrels per day of crude, fuel oil, diesel and gasoline were exported from Russian Baltic ports through the Danish Straits over the past 12 months, with at least 37% of tankers sailing through the region having unknown insurance

Russian insurance giant insists it operates ‘in strict compliance with all applicable legislation and follows all due compliance procedures’

New $50m reinsurance facility will enable US International Development Finance Corporation to reinsure war-related risks and advance insurance capacity in Ukraine

The new wording intends to address confusion caused by ‘rapid amendments’ driven by legislative changes

Russian insurer providing cover for crude exports insists it is fully compliant with sanctions