The Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian war risk exclusion justified earlier differential, but comparative loss records have seen reassessment of risk

Cyber attacks on the global merchant fleet are rising and shipping companies need better defences and bigger insurance policies

Total loss could double rates for cargo war risk across region, sources say

Matter rests with war risk insurers, International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds confirms

Technology and regulation race against – not with – each other, as companies and nations seek to harvest the world’s abyssal plains

New solution address insurance limitations previously hindering advancement of the carbon capture and storage industry

New MGA Novagen will be led by Valeria Del Villano as chief executive

Romie Goedicke, co-lead for nature at the UNEP FI, outlines the concerns surrounding deep-sea mining and the potential risks for re/insurers

Executive succeeds Terry Wood, who is retiring after 22 years at the Bermuda-based carrier 

US commercial lines specialist partners with Acceleration Aviation Underwriters on launch of new programme

Warnings of ‘dark cloud’ over sector as competition for income and market share contribute to an overall softening of the market

The CrowdStrike incident serves as a stark reminder not all cyber or technology loss events are deliberate attacks

Specialist re/insurer’s undiscounted combined ratio improves to 80.5%

Greater public-private action is needed for the development of innovative solutions to close the cyber insurance coverage gap, white paper argues

Privy Council’s decision in Sian Participation Corp (in liquidation) v Halimeda International affirms a party choosing arbitration will not be limited in its choice of future legal remedies

Political violence insurers are facing arguably the greatest level of volatility for decades with an escalation in the number of unexpected events

Nearly three-quarters of respondents say they fear elections will have an impact on their international operations and ability to trade, Beazley survey finds

Supply chains are at increased risk of interruption by hostile actors, with Houthi attacks in the Red Sea forcing shipowners to reroute vessels

With at least 18 elections scheduled to take place this year in Africa, insurers will need to keep an eye on risk dynamics and the profiles of insured assets and policy contracts

Political violence insurers are facing arguably the greatest level of volatility for decades with an escalation in the number of unexpected events

Regardless of who wins the UK election, there will be new duties in relation to the protection of the public, which will have insurance implications

Technology may help propaganda and targeting efforts, but extremists will adopt it slowly, Pool Re report finds

New facility, which is led by Chaucer, has up to $500m limit per policy for terrorism