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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…

Oil insurance limitations reduced Japan’s Iranian crude imports in April

June 4, 2013June 1, 2013 G. Turner

Compared to a year ago, the shipments have plummeted to a tiny sliver of what they used to be. As oil insurance sanctions from the European Union and the United States against Iranian crude transportation continue to press on, the size of the imports to Japan have shrunken enormously. When compared to what they had been in April 2012, they were 96 percent smaller in April 2013. Year over year, there has been a reduction of 96 percent in the crude imports to Japan from Iran as a direct result…

Oil insurance offered by Iran to India refiners

May 30, 2013May 28, 2013 G. Turner

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…

Oil insurance being prepared by Iran for its tankers

April 24, 2013April 22, 2013 H. Cutner

Still trying to recover from the bans in place by the E.U. and U.S. against the coverage and reinsurance. The president of the Bimeh Markazi (Central Insurance) Company in Iran has just announced that Tehran is now prepared to being providing oil insurance to tankers that are transporting crude from the country. They are taking this step as a preemptive step in case the western government sanctions are tightened. Though there are already oil insurance sanctions imposed by the European Union as well as the United States, the country is…

Insurance news from the pipeline reveals massive $1 billion coverage needed

April 15, 2013April 13, 2013 Julie Campbell

A Canadian federal review has revealed that the Northern Gateway project will require substantial protection. The new proposed endpoint for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project is the Douglas Channel in, and the latest insurance news estimates show that the pipeline will require nearly $1 billion in coverage. A joint federal review has released its 199 draft conditions despite the fact that the pipeline has not yet been approved. The Gateway pipelines have not yet received their approval, but the project is already making insurance news headlines as a joint review…