Latest Ukraine Headlines
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Ukraine Holds Online Talks With Partners on Grain Export Deal Extension: Source
Mar 7 2023 // Ukraine has started online talks with partners on extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative aimed at ensuring Kyiv can keep shipping grain to global markets, a senior Ukrainian government source said on Tuesday. The source...
Insurers to Pay Bangladesh Shipping Corp. $22.48M for Vessel Hit by Missile in Ukraine
Mar 1 2023 // Insurers are about to pay state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corp. (BSC) $22.48 million for its vessel that was hit by a missile during fighting in Ukraine, two officials involved said on Tuesday. The expected settlement is...
Insurers Face $500M in Claims for Ships Stuck in Ukraine – a Year After Start of War
Feb 24 2023 // Insurers are facing half a billion dollars in claims for up to 60 commercial ships still stuck in Ukraine a year after the start of the war with Russia, industry sources said. When the conflict started, more than 90...
Ukraine to Set Up $500M Insurance Fund for Cargo Ships Entering Ports
Feb 24 2023 // Ukraine will offer compensation for possible damages to civilian vessels entering its ports, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Friday, as Kyiv tries to boost exports that are vital for its war-hit...
Shipping Industry Intensifies Calls to Free Seafarers Still Trapped by Russia-Ukraine War
Feb 24 2023 // The global shipping industry is stepping up calls for the United Nations and aid groups to help evacuate hundreds of seafarers on more than 60 merchant vessels that are still stuck in Ukrainian ports a year after...
Cinematographer’s Ukrainian Relatives Sue Baldwin over New Mexico Set Shooting
Feb 10 2023 // The Ukraine-based relatives of a slain cinematographer are seeking damages in her death from actor Alec Baldwin in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of a Western movie, under a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in Los...
Major Aviation Insurer AXA Pulls Back on War Coverage After Ukraine Losses: Reuters
Jan 19 2023 // The commercial arm of French insurer AXA is reducing cover offered to aviation companies as it seeks to protect the multibillion-euro business after heavy Ukraine-related losses, two underwriting and broking sources told...
Ship Insurers’ Exodus From Russia-Ukraine Risks Gathers Momentum
Dec 29 2022 // A host of shipping insurers altered their policies for 2023 to exclude claims linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, a further sign of the industry’s growing concerns about losses stemming from the conflict. At...
Ship Insurers to Cancel War Risk Cover for Russia, Ukraine Following Reinsurer Exit
Dec 28 2022 // Ship insurers said they are canceling war risk cover across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, following an exit from the region by reinsurers in the face of steep losses. Reinsurers, who insure the insurers, typically renew...
Insurance Rates to Stay Flat for Shipments of Ukraine Grain: Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot
Dec 22 2022 // A cargo insurance facility providing cover for shipments via Ukraine’s grain export corridor will continue next year with no rate increases, an underwriter with Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on...
Insurers May Refuse to Cover Planes, Ships Exposed to Ukraine Conflict: Sources
Dec 19 2022 // Insurers may refuse to cover planes flying to Ukraine or ships sailing through the Black Sea as reinsurers – who insure the insurers – propose excluding the region from policies from next month, four industry...
Ship Reinsurers to Cease Covering War-Related Risks Related to Conflict in Ukraine
Dec 16 2022 // Some of the biggest names in ship reinsurance are days away from ceasing to cover key war-related risks for vessels going to Russia and Ukraine, a potential source of alarm for shipping firms moving everything from oil to...
Ukraine War, Geopolitics Fuel Cyber Attacks: EU Agency
Nov 4 2022 // Geopolitics such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to more damaging and widespread cybersecurity attacks in the year to July, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA said in its annual report on Thursday. ENISA’s...
Russia Says it Will Resume Participation in Ukraine Grain Deal
Nov 2 2022 // Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger. Moscow announced the...
Insurers Stop Offering Cargo Insurance for Ukraine Grains Shipments: Sources
Nov 2 2022 // Insurers are no longer offering new cargo insurance cover for shipments out of Ukraine through a U.N.-backed safe corridor after Russia suspended its participation, industry sources said on Tuesday. An export deal, agreed...
Update: Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot Pauses Writing New Cover for Ukrainian Grain Shipments
Oct 31 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is suspending writing cover for new shipments using the Ukrainian grains corridor in the Black Sea until it has more clarity about the situation there, a senior official said on...
Grain Ships Sail From Ukraine Despite Moscow Exit From Deal; Insurance Cover Paused
Oct 31 2022 // Ships brought grain from Ukrainian ports on Monday, suggesting Moscow had stopped short of reimposing a blockade that might have caused world hunger, despite suspending its participation in a U.N. program to safely export...
Ukraine Insurance Pricier, Harder to Organize Than During Iraq War: Sources
Oct 21 2022 // Insurance for humanitarian workers, journalists, engineers and others heading to Ukraine is now more expensive and harder to organize than during the Iraq war. While initially nervous about providing cover in the immediate...
Extreme Weather Poses as Big a Threat to Global Energy Security as Ukraine War: WMO
Oct 12 2022 // Energy infrastructure will become more vulnerable to extreme weather such as heatwaves and hurricanes, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Tuesday, with a senior official saying that climate change poses as big...
Cyber Attacks on Western European Firms on the Rise Since Ukraine War: Italy Minister
Sep 2 2022 // Italy’s foreign minister said cyber attacks on western European companies have risen following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Rome deals with the fallout from hacker actions targeting energy companies earlier...
