Insurers from Iran have offered to provide cover for tankers transporting that country’s crude. The latest in the insurance news saga regarding Iranian oil tanker coverage, particularly when it is headed to India, is that Iran is offering to provide the coverage for the ships so that Indian companies will be able to accept it. However, the Indian companies still hold some reluctance as they do not want to expose themselves to sanctions. India has been considering adding an additional state guarantee of $327 million to this insurance news, to…
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Oil insurance offered by Iran to India refiners
In an effort to boost the sales of crude, Tehran is now offering coverage to Indian refineries. Iran has just offered to provide Indian refiners with oil insurance in order to try to increase its sales of crude, as Tehran seeks out new ways to reduce the considerable impact it has suffered from the revenues drop that resulted by strict sanctions from the European Union and the United States. The sanctions from the E.U. and the U.S. have slashed away at Iran’s ability to sell crude. These sanctions were specifically…
Read MoreOil insurance fund to be created in India for Iranian imports
The money reserved will be used to cover the refineries that are processing crude from the Middle Eastern nation. India has announced that it is going to try to solve its own oil insurance problems by creating a fund that will be worth approximately $364 million (20 billion rupees) to provide coverage for the refiners that will be using Iranian crude. The crude from Iran is subject to sanctions from the West, such as the European Union, that has banned coverage. The E.U. has placed a ban on providing oil…
Read MoreInsurance news from India ensures Iran crude coverage
Indian refiners that are running Iranian oil will be able to cover themselves through the government. The Indian government made insurance news on Wednesday that refiners will be able to find coverage for plants that are running crude that was sourced in Iran, helping to assuage some of the concerns that imports made from that Middle Eastern country would need to cease. The worry has been based on the sanctions that have been applied to coverage of Iran’s crude. Hindustan Petroleum Corp, a refiner run by the state in India,…
Read MoreInsurance news from Iran shows oil tankers are bypassing embargoes
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…
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