A simmering threat of sanctions against the operator of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks shutting off cover from European insurers for the politically sensitive project to bring Russian gas directly to Germany. Kremlin-backed energy giant Gazprom leads …
OSLO – The world’s first fully electric and self-steering container ship, owned by fertilizer maker Yara, is preparing to navigate Norway’s southern coast and play its part in the country’s plans to clean-up its industry. The Yara Birkeland, an 80-meter-long …
SINGAPORE – More than a dozen shipowners have made payments of about $300,000 apiece to release vessels detained by the Indonesian navy, which said they were anchored illegally in Indonesian waters near Singapore, according to sources with direct knowledge of …
Shipping companies that transport the world’s coal are in the crosshairs of some financial backers who are cleaning up their businesses in the absence of a truly global drive by nations to renounce the dirtiest fossil fuel. In a sign …
Lockton Re Hires Moore, Boon for Non-Marine Retrocession, Property Specialty Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the largest privately held independent insurance broker, announced that Simon Moore and James Boon have joined the Non-Marine Retrocession and Property Specialty division …
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam was seeking more information Thursday about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint last month by Iranian soldiers in the Gulf of Oman, while vowing to ensure the safety and humane treatment of …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at reinsurance broker Lockton Re and two insurers: Atrium Underwriters and MS Amlin Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Re Bermuda Appoints Gallagher Re’s Bousfield as Senior Broker …
LONDON — British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many of those vessels, the people chained below deck sometimes categorized as “perishable goods”, alongside cattle, by the market’s underwriters. Lloyd’s …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Howden and two Lloyd’s insurers: Apollo Syndicate Management and Atrium Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Appoints Swiss Re’s Cochrane as Head of Energy Transformation …
This edition of International People Moves covers London-based appointments at Beazley, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and Marsh. A summary of these promotions and new hires follows here. Insurer Beazley Names Sanchez for Newly Created Global Head of Cyber …
