ABOUT THIS EPISODE
The cost of shipping insurance in the Strait of Hormuz has surged over the last four months. Even after the US and Iran lifted their mutual blockade last week, insurers and ship operators are wary of safety in the narrow passageway and the stability of any agreement. The protracted riskiness will delay energy market normalization and push up the cost of oil transportation. In this episode, we talk with Michelle Bockmann, Senior Maritime Intelligence Analyst with Windward, about how the shipping insurance market prices war risk and how insurers view the fragile US-Iran peace agreement.
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