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Global insurers had recently moved away from the ESG push that had dominated the industry earlier in the decade. The Middle East conflict, which turned the world’s lowest‑cost oil and gas producing region into a war zone at the end of February, disrupted upstream project coverage. War‑risk premiums surged, and oil and gas drilling and construction projects faced either delays or significant cost inflation.

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