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SHIPPINGFORUM APRIL 2016 IRAN-SANKSJONER OG P&I FORSIKRINGSIMPLIKASJ ONER JONATHAN HARE
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THE PROBLEM
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US PRIMARY SANCTIONS Implementation Day 16 January 2016 Secondary sanctions lifted Primary sanctions remain US persons US owned or controlled foreign entities
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US reinsurers Non-US subsidiaries of US companies P&I INSURANCE General Excess Loss 2016
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IG REINSURANCE PROGRAMME EXCESS USD 80 m. 90+ REINSURERS
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IG REINSURANCE PROGRAMME EXCESS USD 80 m. US Domicile d US Parent
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IG REINSURANCE PROGRAMME EXCESS USD 80 m. US Domicile d US Parent Retrocessio n
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NON-CERTIFIED Clubs protected by chicken rule CERTIFIED Blue cards issued by Club IMO Conventions Pollution Wreck removal Passenger death/injury Club directly liable to third party claimants TWO TYPES OF CLAIM
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WHICH SHIPOWNERS ARE AFFECTED? Iranian shipowners Non-Iranian shipowners trading with Iran Non-Iranian shipowners who face a claim involving Iranian interests
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THE SOLUTION
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IG RESPONSE Meeting with OFAC 30 January 2016 General License H American Club Underlying aims of JCPOA
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«FACILITATION» FEARS OFAC Comfort Letter 26 February 2016 LIMITED CAPACITY NET LINES €70 million any one event and annual aggregate One reinstatement ENOUGH TO COVER SHORTFALL FOR CLAIM UP TO USD 500 million FALL-BACK COVER
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A SHORT TERM SOLUTION Cover exhausted by single very large claim/multiple large claims reinstatement used Single claim exceeds cover Supplemental pooling
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THE FUTURE
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LONG TERM SOLUTION OFAC LICENSE US REINSURERS ELIMINATE OR REDUCE US PARTICIPATION
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THE FUTURE US Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew Evolution of Sanctions and Lessons for the Future Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 30 March 2016 Seventy-five years ago, one day after Nazi Germany invaded Norway and Denmark, President Roosevelt established an office within the Treasury Department to freeze U.S.-held assets of the governments of Norway and Denmark. The Executive Order he signed on that spring day in 1940 prevented the Nazis from seizing those assets as terror spread across Europe.
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THE FUTURE The risk that sanctions overreach will ultimately drive business activity from the U.S. financial system If foreign jurisdictions and companies feel that we will deploy sanctions without sufficient justification or for inappropriate reasons—secondary sanctions in particular—we should not be surprised if they look for ways to avoid doing business in the United States or in U.S. dollars We must maintain a high bar for imposing sanctions, so that they are used only to address significant threats to our national security, foreign policy, or economy.
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THE FUTURE The risk that sanctions overreach will ultimately drive business activity from the U.S. financial system If foreign jurisdictions and companies feel that we will deploy sanctions without sufficient justification or for inappropriate reasons—secondary sanctions in particular—we should not be surprised if they look for ways to avoid doing business in the United States or in U.S. dollars We must maintain a high bar for imposing sanctions, so that they are used only to address significant threats to our national security, foreign policy, or economy.
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SHIPPINGFORUM APRIL 2016 IRAN-SANKSJONER OG P&I FORSIKRINGSIMPLIKASJ ONER JONATHAN HARE
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