{ "slug": "signal-no-8-insurers-pull-gulf-war-risk-cover-europes-second-energy-corridor-sealed-3-march-2026", "title": "Signal No. 8 · Insurers pull Gulf war-risk cover: Europe’s second energy corridor sealed · 3 March 2026", "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/signal-no-8-insurers-pull-gulf-war-risk-cover-europes-second-energy-corridor-sealed-3-march-2026/", "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/signal-no-8-insurers-pull-gulf-war-risk-cover-europes-second-energy-corridor-sealed-3-march-2026/", "type": "signal", "published": "2026-03-03T23:05:06.000+01:00", "updated": "2026-03-03T23:05:06.000+01:00", "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGroßwald Signal · No. 8\n\n\nTuesday, 3 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaritime insurers cancel Gulf war risk cover — Hormuz closure shifts from military to commercial mechanism\n\n\n\nSEA\nDIN\nAl Jazeera, 3 Mar 2026\n\n\n\nFive of the world's largest maritime insurers — Norway's Gard and Skuld, Britain's NorthStandard, the London P&I Club, and the American Club — announced cancellation of war risk cover for vessels in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, effective 5 March. 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