Latest Ukraine Headlines

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Insurers Weigh Covering Ukraine Grain Shipments After Deal to Re-open Black Sea Ports

Jul 25 2022 // A number of insurance underwriters are interested in providing cover for grain shipments from Ukraine after an agreement was reached to re-open Black Sea ports, although the first shipments are expected to be weeks away,...

Ukraine, Russia Sign Deal to Reopen Grain Export Ports While War Continues to Rage

Jul 22 2022 // Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion can be eased.The accord crowned...

Ukraine’s Grain Challenge: Clearing Mines, Finding Ships and Insurance, Trusting Putin

Jul 22 2022 // Ukraine finally secured a deal aimed at restarting crucial Black Sea grain exports that have been crippled by Russia’s invasion. But getting them going won’t be easy.Government officials from Kyiv and Moscow on...

Insurers Want Safety Assurances Before Covering Ships Sailing in Ukraine Grain Corridor

Jul 20 2022 // Insurers will only be willing to cover ships sailing through a proposed corridor to get Ukrainian grain out if there are arrangements for international navy escorts and a clear strategy to deal with sea mines, underwriters...

Crashed Ukrainian Cargo Plane Carried Shipment of Ammunition for Bangladesh

Jul 18 2022 // Ukrainian foreign ministry officials on Sunday traveled to inspect the site where a Ukrainian cargo plane crashed overnight in northern Greece, en route from Serbia to Jordan and on to Bangladesh.The envoys will help local...

Progress in Ukraine Grain Export Talks Reported; Sanctions, Insurance Among Issues

Jul 14 2022 // Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul that aim to resume Black Sea grain exports blocked by Russia and ease the risk of starvation faced by millions, but an end to the war remained far...

Ukraine Crop-Handling Port Damaged in Russian Attacks, Adding to Farm Sector Losses

Jun 24 2022 // Infrastructure owned by two major agriculture traders was damaged in Russian attacks at one of the biggest crop-handling ports in Ukraine, adding to the mounting losses suffered by its farm sector.Rocket strikes on the...

Ukraine Grain Shippers Carve Out Alternative Export Routes via Baltic Sea

Jun 17 2022 // Ukrainian grain shippers have carved out a fresh export route — via the Baltic Sea — to send their crops abroad.The country has been hunting for alternative paths for its crops as the war with Russia cuts off...

Ukraine’s Farming Industry Suffers $4.3 Billion in Damage From Russia’s Invasion

Jun 16 2022 // Ukraine has suffered $4.3 billion in damage to farmland, machinery and livestock as a result of Russia’s invasion, according to the Kyiv School of Economics.About half of the “already immense” destruction...

Satellite Images Reveal Extensive Damage at Major Ukraine Crop Port

Jun 16 2022 // The extent of the damage to one of the biggest agricultural complexes in Ukraine earlier this month was confirmed by satellite images.The Nika-Tera complex, which was opened in 2011 was rendered “unusable”...

Black Sea Mine Removal Needed Before Ukraine Grain Can Be Shipped, Insurers Return

Jun 13 2022 // As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines laid along the Black Sea present a practical nightmare that will take months to resolve...

Removing Russian Sea Mines Near Key Ukraine Ports Could Take Months: U.N.

Jun 9 2022 // Removing sea mines near Ukraine’s key ports could take months, and hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in the region following Russia’s invasion of the country, according to the United Nations agency...

Ukraine Relocates Businesses From War Front to Protect Vital Producers

Jun 6 2022 // Oleg Averyanov’s factory produced fire trucks and employed 600 people until it was forced to halt operations and close its doors as a Russian invasion force poured over the border into his region in northeastern...

Insurance Premiums Surging for Ukraine War-Exposed Business: Sources

May 31 2022 // Insurance premiums are doubling or more for some aviation and marine business particularly exposed to the war in Ukraine, increasing costs for airline and shipping firms, industry sources say.Global commercial insurance...

Ukraine’s Richest Man Plans to Sue Russia for Destruction of Steel Plants, Lost Business

May 27 2022 // Ukraine’s richest man says he plans to sue Russia over what he said was $17 billon to $20 billion in losses caused by its bombardment of steel plants he owns in the devastated city of Mariupol.The Azovstal steelworks...

Natural Disasters, Ukraine War Weigh on Q1 Results of Europe’s Major Reinsurers

May 16 2022 // Three out of four of the major European reinsurers reported their profits were negatively affected as a result of elevated natural catastrophe claims and a first round of claims reserves from the Russia-Ukraine war,...

Russia’s War With Ukraine Must Not Derail Climate Action: Envoys Warn

May 12 2022 // The world needs to speed up decarbonization and not let a focus on energy security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine derail the drive to a low-carbon economy to avert disastrous climate change, leading...

Inflation, Ukraine War Seen as Chief Financial Risks

May 10 2022 // High inflation, volatility in stock and commodity markets and the war in Ukraine have emerged as the chief risks to the U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve reported on Monday in a biannual update on financial...

Multiple Marine Insurance Claims Expected From War in Ukraine: Allianz

May 10 2022 // Global insurers are expected to receive multiple marine insurance claims from ships damaged or lost as the conflict in Ukraine spills over into sea lanes, insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) said in a...

Russia-Ukraine a ‘Complex’ Situation for Insurance Industry: AIG CEO Zaffino

May 5 2022 // AIG CEO Peter Zaffino during the company’s most recent earnings call provided analysts with some insight regarding insurance implications from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.“We have not seen a situation...