April 1, 2022
LVIV, Ukraine –– Ukraine, a major producer of grain, oilseeds and steel products, will guarantee insurance payments to cargo vessels damaged in hostilities on its stretch of the Danube, according to the government decision published on Friday. Ukraine exports almost …
March 31, 2022
LONDON –– Insurers face potential multi-billion dollar claims for cyber attacks related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite policy wording designed to get them off the hook for war, industry sources say. Following the Feb. 24 attack on Ukraine and …
March 31, 2022
LONDON — S&P Global sees losses in the speciality insurance market of $16-35 billion from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the ratings agency said on Thursday. This includes possible aviation insurance losses totalling $6-15 billion, S&P said in a report. Other speciality …
March 30, 2022
DUBLIN –– The world’s top aircraft lessor AerCap has submitted a $3.5 billion insurance claim for more than 100 jets stuck in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, setting the stage for a lengthy legal wrangle between lessors and insurers. …
March 29, 2022
Russian tankers carrying oil chemicals and oil products are increasingly concealing their movements, a phenomenon that some maritime experts warn could signal attempts to evade unprecedented sanctions prompted by the invasion of Ukraine. In the week ended March 25, there …
March 28, 2022
As the clock runs down to Monday’s sanctions deadline for Russian airlines to hand back more than 400 leased planes worth almost $10 billion, foreign lessors are fast losing hope that they will get their aircraft back. Most of the …
March 25, 2022
WASHINGTON —U.S. and British officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of running a years-long campaign to hack into critical infrastructure, including an American nuclear plant and a Saudi oil refinery. The announcement was paired with the unsealing of criminal …
March 24, 2022
Lloyd’s of London faces major claims this year from the conflict in Ukraine, but this will not create solvency difficulties, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday. Lloyd’s is talking to its market partners to understand their exposure related to …
March 24, 2022
Hundreds of companies have said they are withdrawing or suspending operations in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, from energy producer Shell Plc to carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. to PwC, a global professional services firm. The following is a look …
March 17, 2022
A new Russian law on leased aircraft showed Moscow could “confiscate” planes and such a move might help it claiminsurance, Air Lease Corp AL.N said at a time when leasing firms risk writing off jets stranded in the sanction-hit country. …