September 22, 2023
Europe’s top copper producer Aurubis AG said a massive scam involving shipments of scrap metal cost it €185 million. Aurubis said last month that it had discovered a significant metal shortfall, adding that it believed some of its suppliers had …
August 25, 2023
Another trading house has been stung after buying a cargo supposedly containing nickel that turned out to be full of near-worthless rubble. The latest example, detailed in lawsuits in London and Singapore, is separate from the $600 million alleged fraud …
July 21, 2023
Insurtech Loadsure announced the launch of digital ocean cargo and stock throughput insurance products: “Danube – Dynamic Ocean Cargo Insurance” and “Huron.” Loadsure described the products as “powerful tools for brokers, who will be able to quote cost-effective annual cover …
June 19, 2023
Trafigura Group is being sued by the billionaire Reuben brothers, as the fallout of a massive nickel fraud reverberates through global metal markets and ensnares some of the industry’s best-known figures. Legal filings seen by Bloomberg News shed new light …
April 5, 2023
Parsyl, the Denver-based insurer of essential supply chains, announced the launch of its new Essential Consortium at Lloyd’s of London. The multi-year arrangement initially will bring $20 million in new capacity to the perishable cargo market and will leverage Parsyl’s …
February 28, 2023
In a dispute over artwork lost in transit, a New York federal judge has ruled that FedEx Ground was liable to the artist for the lost works but that federal law caps its damages at the value placed on the …
February 10, 2023
Commodity trader Trafigura Group is facing more than half a billion dollars in losses after discovering metal cargoes it bought didn’t contain the nickel they were supposed to. nickel fraud Trafigura has spent the past two months uncovering what it …
November 28, 2022
More than 400 groups on Monday called on Congress to intervene in an ongoing railroad labor standoff that threatens to idle shipments of food and fuel and strand rail travelers while inflicting billions of dollars of economic damage. The U.S. …
October 13, 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, announced the launch of a new Lloyd’s facility for the London market. The Liberty Project Cargo Consortium (LPCC) underwrites global project-related cargo risks. The facility, Consortium 7763, …
October 4, 2022
After many years working as a freight and logistics broker in the London market, Johnny McCord understood where the freight industry’s “pain points” were and thought technology and artificial intelligence (AI) could solve some of the underinsurance problems facing SMBs. …