Insurers Roll Out $400 Million War-Risk Facility for Hormuz Shipping

The world’s largest insurance marketplace is set to break the Strait of Hormuz logjam with a new $400m (£316m) war-risk facility. Lloyd’s of London has launched a new market consortium designed to provide additional marine war risk insurance capacity for vessels and cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Insurer Chubb will serve as lead underwriter, supported by participating Lloyd’s syndicates and specialist market partners, to bring together underwriting expertise with additional Lloyd’s market capacity to “support…