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2 March 2026Insurance

Insurers cancel war-risk cover as war rages across Persian Gulf

Marine insurers have cancelled war-risk cover in Persian/Arabian Gulf due to reinsurers retrenching war-risk exposure in light of the Iran/US/Israeli war.

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