Insurance Prices Soar for Ships in the Persian Gulf
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:39.5 | Insurance prices for cargo ships in the Persian Gulf are soaring due to the risk of Iranian attacks. |
| 0:45.1 | Broker Ayan says insurers are quoting 5 to 10% of a ship's value for war risk coverage. During peacetime, |
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| 0:55.7 | Meanwhile, Apollo Global Management shares slipped in morning trading after one of its private credit |
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| 1:05.9 | rising, and some asset managers have limited investors' ability to withdraw funds this year. |
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