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The Insurance Weapon: How Commercial Risk Logic Became an Irregular Warfare Tool at Hormuz
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- Insider: Short of War
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- Mar 24, 2026
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- 1364
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Summary
This article analyzes the 2026 Hormuz crisis as the clearest case of weaponized maritime insurance. It details the ”Anatomy of the Weapon System”—including the gating function of insurance and the institutional triggers of the Lloyd’s Joint War Committee—that can effectively block global chokepoints through market logic rather than physical force.