April 25, 2025
Four new Russian companies have sought India’s approval to provide insurance for crude oil tankers docking at ports in the South Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter. India’s shipping ministry is considering applications from Sberbank Insurance, which …
January 23, 2025
India widened backing for Russian insurers as the largest buyer of Moscow’s seaborne crude strives to keep discounted barrels flowing, after the US imposed fresh sanctions earlier this month. As well as extending approvals for some sanctioned providers, India’s Directorate …
January 14, 2025
Russian insurance company Ingosstrakh said on Friday [Jan. 10] that U.S. sanctions against it would increase the risk of environmental disasters. The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions yet targeting Russia’s oil and gas revenues in …
September 18, 2024
Russian insurers are playing a growing role facilitating the country’s oil shipments to India, its biggest buyer, data obtained from trade and shipping sources shows, helping to protect Moscow’s export revenue despite western sanctions. Russian firms provided insurance cover for …
July 9, 2024
A Russian court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.9 billion roubles ($193 million) in damages to Russian carmaker GAZ Group, which had sued the German automaker over lost profits after Volkswagen exited the Russian market. In May 2023, Volkswagen finalized …
April 20, 2023
Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil has bought into insurance company GARDIA, a former subsidiary of AIG, one of the world’s biggest commercial insurers, GARDIA said earlier this week. (Editor’s note: Reuters included a note with this article saying: “This content …
December 6, 2022
Russia’s No. 2 bank VTB was hit by the largest cyber attack in its history, it said on Tuesday, warning of temporary difficulties in accessing its mobile app and website, but assuring customers that their data remained safe. State-owned VTB …
August 5, 2022
MOSCOW – Russian e-commerce company Ozon said on Thursday it was still assessing the economic damage from a huge fire at its warehouse near Moscow, but that there were no significant risks to its liquidity and operational activities. At least …
July 1, 2022
State-controlled Russian National Reinsurance Co. (RNRC) is covering nearly all reinsurance of domestic business, its president said on Friday, as foreign insurance firms withdrew their coverage following Western sanctions. “I can say that of today, nearly all Russian insurance market …
June 28, 2022
Taiwan’s financial regulator said on Tuesday that seven Taiwanese insurance companies have not received interest due on May 27 on Russian Eurobonds after a grace period ended on Sunday evening. Russia defaulted on its international bonds for the first time …