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Monday, June 23, 2025
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Monday, June 23, 2025
Escalating Hormuz tensions drive up Middle East war risk insurance costs, sources say
War risk insurance premiums for shipments to the Middle East Gulf have jumped to 0.5% from around 0.2-0.3% a week ago after US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and growing risks to the critical Strait of Hormuz, insurance sources say.
The cost of a seven-day voyage is based on the value of the ship and the increase will add tens of thousands of dollars each day in additional costs.
While underwriters typically price risk and rates individually, the current 0.5% level reflected rates on Monday, the sources tell Reuters and The Insurer, which is part of the Thomson Reuters group.
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