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Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 19, 2026 - 9 min read

The UK Just Proposed an Onshore Captive Regime: How It Compares With GIFT City for an Indian Group

The PRA and FCA have proposed a UK onshore captive regime with exemption from UK Solvency II, fronting for compulsory classes, and authorisation targeted at four to six weeks, aiming for launch by summer 2027. For Indian conglomerates already weighing GIFT City against Bermuda and Singapore, a credible London option changes the domicile shortlist.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 18, 2026 - 11 min read

Five P&I Clubs Cancelled Fixed-Premium War Cover on 16 August: What Indian Charterers and Cargo Owners Inherit

Skuld, UK P&I, London P&I, GARD and NorthStandard cancelled war risk cover for fixed-premium assureds across the southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and parts of the Indian Ocean from 00:01 GMT on 16 August 2026. The exposed vessels are the coastal, feeder and small tramp tonnage Indian trade relies on, and the gap lands on their charterers and cargo interests.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 18, 2026 - 10 min read

Rs 27 Crore of Stock Burned in a Tuticorin Godown: Where Marine Cover Ends and Fire Cover Starts

GHCL Textiles has reported an estimated Rs 27 crore stock loss from a warehouse fire near Tuticorin port. Stock in a hired port-side godown sits exactly where a marine open cover's termination clause and a fire policy on rented premises can each assume the other is answering. This post maps the handover.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 17, 2026 - 8 min read

CG 40 47 on Your Global Liability Tower: Finding the AI Exclusion Before Your FY27 Renewal Does

ISO's generative-AI exclusions have been available to US carriers since January 2026, and carrier interest is rising. A mechanical audit of your group's US and global CGL endorsement schedules will find CG 40 47 or CG 40 48 before a claim does.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 10, 2026 - 10 min read

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Bajaj General: Testing the Claim of a Domestic International Programmes Platform

The 6 August 2026 MoU between Bajaj General Insurance and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions promises international programmes for Indian companies from a domestic balance sheet. This piece tests what that would actually deliver, what remains conditional on definitive agreements and IRDAI approval, and what a CFO should ask before waiting for it.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 8, 2026 - 11 min read

The Section 301 Forced-Labour Tariff: Social-Compliance Audits, Cancelled Orders and What Trade Credit Actually Pays

The US placed India in the lower 10% tier of its Section 301 forced-labour tariff in late July 2026, sparing roughly 45% of its exports to the US by value. The rate is the smaller risk. The compliance regime behind it gives US buyers a documented reason to cancel orders, invoke indemnities and hold receivables, and much of that exposure sits outside a standard trade credit policy.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - August 6, 2026 - 11 min read

Seven Blasts at Jebel Ali: The War and Terrorism Exclusions Sitting on Indian Stock in JAFZA

Seven explosions hit Dubai's Jebel Ali industrial area on 5 August 2026, the hub through which many Indian exporters run their Gulf and Africa distribution, and a day later the cause was still contested. What the war, terrorism and SRCC exclusions do to stock sitting in JAFZA, why the Indian terrorism pool does not reach it, and what to do in the first 72 hours.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 31, 2026 - 10 min read

The Joint War Committee Moved the Red Sea Line North: Jeddah, Yanbu and Indian Cargo War Cover

JWC Circular JWLA-034 of 29 July 2026 pushed the Red Sea notification line north, putting Jeddah and Yanbu inside the additional-premium zone and lifting hull war rates from 0.25% to 1% of vessel value within a day. What the listed-area mechanic means for Indian exporters shipping to Saudi Red Sea ports, and the open-cover clauses that decide who pays.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 23, 2026 - 9 min read

Inbound Expatriates in India: The Insurance Compliance Employers Miss

Most expat-insurance guidance is written for Indians going abroad. The mirror problem, insuring foreign nationals working in India, trips up GCCs, MNC subsidiaries, and Indian firms hiring foreign specialists. This guide covers Employees' Compensation Act reach, group versus international medical, and home-country programme conflicts.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 22, 2026 - 9 min read

Insuring Indian Operations in South Asia: Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

For mid-market Indian firms, the first overseas step is usually across a land or sea border into Nepal, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka. Each has its own admitted-market rules, compulsory covers, and mandatory reinsurance cessions that an extended Indian policy cannot satisfy. This guide gives country-specific structure.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 20, 2026 - 10 min read

Air Cargo Insurance for Indian Exporters: High Value, Short Transit, Different Risks

Pharma, electronics, gems, and perishables fly rather than sail, and air cargo carries a risk profile ocean cover was never written for. This guide maps the valuation-density problem, Institute Cargo Clauses (Air), why the Montreal Convention carrier cap is not a substitute for insurance, and cold-chain claims.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 19, 2026 - 10 min read

When Your Overseas Client Dictates Your Insurance: Meeting Contractual Cover Requirements

A US, UK, or EU client contract often runs several pages of insurance requirements: professional indemnity limits in dollars, worldwide jurisdiction, additional-insured status, waiver of subrogation, and 30-day cancellation notice. This guide decodes those clauses and shows Indian vendors what their insurer will and will not deliver.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 18, 2026 - 11 min read

Insurance in Cross-Border Joint Ventures: Allocating Cover Between Indian and Foreign Partners

When an Indian company and a foreign partner build an operating joint venture, the insurance question is not deal cover but who buys which policy for the living business. This guide maps procurement responsibility, cross-liability, global-programme alignment, and the clauses a JV agreement's insurance schedule must fix.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 7, 2026 - 8 min read

India-Oman CEPA Trade and Marine Insurance 2026: Protecting Receivables, Cargo, and the Duqm Energy Corridor

The India-Oman CEPA came into force on 1 June 2026, opening duty-free access on 98 percent of Omani tariff lines. This guide maps the trade credit limits, Sohar and Duqm marine routing, and energy exposures brokers must place for this new corridor.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 6, 2026 - 10 min read

EU PFAS Restrictions Tighten Through 2026: Product Liability and Recall Exposure for Indian Textile and Chemical Exporters

The EU's tightening PFAS restrictions turn a chemicals-compliance question into a cross-border product-liability and recall problem for Indian apparel, footwear, and specialty-chemical exporters. This guide maps consignment-rejection costs, third-party injury claims in EU courts, and the coverage gap between product liability, product recall, and environmental impairment liability wordings.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 5, 2026 - 9 min read

Strategic and Cyber-Enabled Cargo Theft: Protecting Indian Exporters' Overseas Stock and In-Transit Consignments in 2026

Fictitious pickups and freight-broker impersonation now strip Indian exporters of goods held or moving abroad. Here is how marine cargo, stock throughput, fidelity and cyber wordings respond, and where they exclude the loss.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 4, 2026 - 10 min read

Insuring Supply Disruption from China's Rare-Earth and Gallium Export Controls: What Indian EV, Electronics, and Auto Firms Can Cover in 2026

China's 2025 rare-earth and gallium export licensing has exposed a coverage gap for Indian EV, electronics, and auto firms: standard contingent business interruption needs physical damage a regulatory cutoff never causes. Here is where cover actually responds.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - July 3, 2026 - 9 min read

The End of US De Minimis: Customs Surety Bonds, Marine Cargo, and Returns Cover for Indian D2C Exporters in 2026

The US suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment forces Indian D2C and Amazon FBA sellers into formal customs entry, and that rebuilds their insurance stack around continuous surety bonds, higher-value marine cargo, and reverse-logistics cover.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - June 28, 2026 - 6 min read

ATA Carnet Shipments: The Transit and Equipment Cover Gap When Indian Firms Send Gear Abroad for Trials, Fairs and Projects

An ATA Carnet moves your test rigs, instruments and demo units across borders duty-free, but it is a customs document, not an insurance policy. This post explains what the carnet does and does not do for Indian firms, why high-value equipment travelling out and back needs transit and electronic-equipment cover, and how the issuing association's guarantee creates a recovery exposure if goods do not re-import in time.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - June 28, 2026 - 5 min read

FCPA and UK Bribery Act Exposure for Indian Exporters and GCCs: What D&O and Crime Policies Actually Pay For

Indian companies listed or trading in the US or UK, and the Indian GCCs of US and UK groups, sit inside extraterritorial anti-bribery enforcement. The hard truth is that D&O and crime policies pay for defence and investigation costs but not the fines, penalties or disgorgement that follow a finding. This post explains what these wordings cover, where the exclusions bite, and how the UK failure-to-prevent regime and India's own corporate-liability law interact.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - June 28, 2026 - 5 min read

Insuring Aircraft and Ship Leasing out of GIFT City IFSC: Hull, Lessor Contingent Cover and the 2025 Cape Town Act

GIFT City has become India's aircraft leasing hub and an emerging ship leasing centre, where the asset is owned offshore, leased into India and exposed to repossession risk. Brokers must coordinate operator-procured hull and liability cover with the lessor's contingent hull, repossession cover and war wordings, and align insurance interests across the SPV layers. The 2025 Cape Town Act resets the repossession and insolvency calculus.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - June 28, 2026 - 5 min read

Inbound Global Insurance Programmes into India: Placing Local Admitted Policies for Foreign MNC Parents Without Tripping the Fronting Ban

When a foreign-headquartered group needs to bring its Indian risks into a global master programme, the local Indian policy must do real work. India is admitted-only and IRDAI disapproves of pure fronting, so the local admitted policy has to carry genuine retained risk, real local wordings and India-based claims settlement. This post walks brokers through the structure, the DIC and DIL interface, premium allocation and FEMA remittance.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - June 28, 2026 - 6 min read

Shipping Lithium Batteries by Sea: IMDG Amendment 42-24, UN38.3 and the Cargo-Cover Traps for Indian EV and BESS Exporters

Lithium cells and battery packs are Class 9 dangerous goods, and the sea leg carries cover traps that catch Indian EV and BESS exporters. This post walks through IMDG Code Amendment 42-24, the mandatory UN38.3 testing prerequisite, the lithium-battery warranties cargo underwriters attach, and the inherent-vice, packaging and misdeclaration exclusions that have left shippers carrying container-fire losses.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

Global & Cross-Border Insurance - June 28, 2026 - 5 min read

OECD Pillar Two and the Captive Question: Will the 15% Global Minimum Tax Erode the Case for Indian Corporates' Offshore Captives?

The global minimum tax changes the arithmetic of captives domiciled in low-tax centres for in-scope Indian groups. CFOs and brokers need the top-up-tax mechanics, the OECD's insurance-specific guidance and safe harbours, and a clear-eyed view that the captive case now rests on risk, capacity and data rather than tax arbitrage. This post sets out the mechanics and positions GIFT City onshore captives as a substance-rich alternative.

By Sarvada Editorial Team

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