Top reinsurer General Re has paid a relatively modest penalty to the US authorities to settle issues arising out of a claim paid to NITC the big Iranian tanker group.



The reinsurance settlement related to claims NITC made on the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association between mid-1998 and February 2002 but are not otherwise specified.

The reinsured P&I claims that have run foul of OFAC have not so far been identified.

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