How shipping insurance rates are rising, as Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb shut down
Insurance rates through Hormuz are currently four times the five-year average.

Insurance rates through Hormuz are currently four times the five-year average.

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Since the 2020 hurricanes, nine insurers became insolvent in the US state of Louisiana within a couple of years.