Marine Insurance News for Australia

“It’s Madness” – Shock Iranian announcement upends marine insurance

Strait of Hormuz is a claim waiting to happen

Hormuz reopening may not bring immediate relief as marine insurers keep guard up

The agreement signals positive development, but the path back to normality remains unclear

The heat on red meat: What the Hormuz crisis means for ANZ frozen meat exporters

As Middle East shipping routes are redrawn by conflict, frozen meat exporters from Australia and New Zealand face a new set of risks - and their brokers need to keep up

Dire Strait: The cargo premium surge that won’t stop - and what Australian brokers can do

The Strait of Hormuz blockade is weeks old - but the marine insurance story is just hitting its stride, with cargo premiums still climbing and Australian brokers directly in the crosshairs

US launches new strikes on Iran — and adds to insurance market strains

American forces have struck multiple sites putting ‘ceasefire’ in jeopardy

The insurance industry's biggest problem in the Gulf is a misconception

Insurance never disappeared from the Strait of Hormuz

Standard Club faces full $17m P&I hit as High Court shuts door on liability cap

A landmark ruling from Australia's highest court rewrites the risk calculus for every P&I club operating in Australian waters

'The market is behaving as it should': Correcting the record on war risk cover in the gulf

Brokers, P&I executives and the Lloyd's Market Association have spent weeks pushing back against the narrative that marine insurers withdrew from the Strait of Hormuz