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Insurance news watchers wonder if new Iran President will promote improvements

June 19, 2013June 17, 2013 G. Turner

Many are hopeful about changes from President-elect Hassan Rowhani, but others caution against wishful thinking. Iran has made insurance news headlines for over a year, since the world started preparing for the oil sanctions that were implemented in July 2012 prohibiting the coverage of Iranian crude. These headlines continued to be made as some countries found alternatives and while others found new oil sources. The insurance news that was from some of the country’s largest importers, such as India, China and Japan. Though some governments were able to create their…

International insurance company formed by Iran for oil tanker coverage

December 28, 2012April 30, 2013

The country has launched the new coverage as its latest step to overcome Western sanctions. The European Union and the United States had placed sanctions against Iranian oil, including bans on coverage of oil tankers carrying crude from the country, but the nation is now expanding the protection that it is offering for these ships through the launch of its own international insurance company. This insurer will be providing coverage for the tankers that transport Iran crude worldwide. Rostam Qassemi, the Iranian Oil Minister, explained that the creation of its…

International insurance news from Iran includes update on sanctions impact

December 27, 2012December 27, 2012 Julie Campbell

The Middle Eastern country is indicating that the worst outcomes of the bans have now passed. The latest international insurance news out of Iran has shown that the sanctions that have been placed on the country’s shipping and energy sectors by Western nations, and which had been causing significant struggles for its oil industry earlier in the year, are not having the impact they had earlier in the year. The Iranian Oil Minister, Rostam Qasemi, explained that the country has all but overcome the impact. Although it is standard procedure…

Insurance news from Iran shows oil tankers are bypassing embargoes

September 19, 2012April 30, 2013

Iranian vessels are now easily skirting around the E.U. sanctions. Though the sanctions from the E.U. against Iranian oil tanker coverage had been making insurance news with their efficacy when they were first set into place in July, the Middle Eastern country has since shown that it is no longer struggling with those bans. The coverage embargoes are no longer in the way of Iran’s crude shipments. According to the Central Insurance of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s deputy head for planning and development, Rahim Mosaddeq, “Most of the sanctions…

Iran offers insurance to sidestep EU sanctions

August 13, 2012August 13, 2012 S.Vagus

Iran begins taking matters into its own hands concerning insurance coverage Iran continues to struggle with strict sanctions enacted against it by the European Union concerning the country’s controversial nuclear program. As the sanctions begin to take their toll on the transportation of oil from the country, Iran is looking to take matters into its own hands. The country has entered into the insurance business, offering shipping companies coverage as a means to sidestep the sanctions imposed by the EU. The insurance coverage being offered by Iran would not only…