When a Red Sea or Strait of Hormuz incident hits the wire, war-risk insurance premia move first — Brent doesn't reprice the disruption until day 2.

↳ Shipping insurance rates lead Brent by 36 hours.

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Mechanism

Logistics-cost gap before commodity reprice

Affected assets

Brent crude · Tankers (FRO, EURN) · Shippers (ZIM, MAERSK-B.CO) · Gold

Front-run window

Insurance: <12h · Brent: 24–48h · Equities: 48–72h

Confirmer

Lloyd's war-risk premium for Persian Gulf jumps >20%

Invalidator

Incident classified as accidental within 24h

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