Latest news from the marine insurance sector
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- Beazley plans new marine war insurance consortium April 17, 2026Specialty insurer Beazley plans to establish a new Marine War insurance consortium which it said would increase available coverage within the ....
- CENTCOM says 14 vessels have been turned back in Gulf of Oman April 17, 2026The US military said Wednesday that it had successfully turned back 10 vessels that tried to sail out of Iranian ports during the first 48 hours of a naval blockade against the Islamic Republic ....
- Two months’ blockade necessary before Iran runs out of storage space April 17, 2026Iran would be able to cope with a complete halt in oil exports for two months before it would have to reduce production, analysts have said. The US earlier this week began blocking the ....
- US close to being a net exporter of crude April 17, 2026The US last week nearly became a net exporter of crude oil last week for the first time since World War Two. Demand from Asian and European buyers soared as the countries sought to replace .....
- MSC Cruises proposes evacuation of stranded seafarers from Persian Gulf April 17, 2026MSC Cruises has proposed that seafarers stuck on commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf could be ferried to safety by cruise ships which are also stranded in the region. MSC Cruises announced ....
- Canadian LNG becomes attractive to European importers April 17, 2026Energy routes worldwide are being rearranged as a result of the Middle East crisis. European buyers, facing significant price rises for purchase and transport of crude oil, as well as limits ....
- GNSS disruption an increasing threat to shipping, UK Club warns April 17, 2026International Group Club UK Club has warned that GNSS disruption had become an increasingly common feature of the modern operating environment. It said that safe navigation in these ....
- Cefor says claims costs rising in ocean hull – several causes April 17, 2026In its report on Ocean hull claim trends, Cefor (the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers) has noted that ocean hull claims costs had remained elevated in 2024/25, with the claims cost per ....
- UK finally names salvor to remove masts from World War II wreck April 17, 2026The wheels on the bus at the UK Department for Transport (DfT) may go round an (#hull #liability)d round, but they do not tend to do so at any great speed. After six years of planning ....
- Syndicate Results 2025 #16 Hartford Underwriting Agency 1221 April 17, 2026The Lloyd’s syndicates have now published their results for 2025 and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2026. Some have stuck to the bare bones. As in the previous few years ....