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Are war-related risk premiums creating a growth opportunity for emerging market insurance sectors?
The Iran war and its consequences for maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz have laid bare structural weaknesses in global insurance markets that were present long before the first strikes. Within days of the outbreak of conflict in late February 2026, war risk premium across the Gulf surged 500%, making transit economically unviable for most commercial operators...
Moutaz Al Khayyat, Group Chairman, Power International
On challenges and investment opportunties
Digital trade corridors are emerging as a strategic hedge against physical supply chain disruption
The disruption to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz reinforces a strategic argument that has been gaining traction among policymakers in emerging markets: that digital trade infrastructure offers a form of connectivity that is less exposed to physical chokepoints than conventional supply chains. Whereas goods move through ports and straits, data and payments move...
Salman bin Yousef Al-Dossary, Minister of Media, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gmedia
On advancing Saudi Arabia’s media ecosystem under Vision 2030
How the Strait of Hormuz disruption is accelerating ASEAN's supply chain transformation
The reconfiguration of Asia-Pacific supply chains was well under way before the current disruption to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to ASEAN countries reached a record $226bn in 2024, an 8% annual increase, even as global FDI fell by an estimated 11% and ASEAN overtook China as the preferred destination for...
