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The Joint War Committee (JWC) comprises syndicate members from the ?Lloyd’s Market Association and representatives from the London insurance company market and its guidance influences underwriters’ considerations over insurance premiums. “This week, the JWC has expanded the Black Sea reporting requirements to the whole of the Black Sea area. The coastal waters of Russia and Ukraine were already listed,” Neil Roberts, head of marine and aviation at the LMA and secretary of the Joint War Committee, said on Thursday in a note accompanying the advisory.  “However, voyages within the territorial waters of adjacent countries still do not require notification.” War risk premiums, which are adding hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional costs for every seven-day voyage, have surged in recent weeks as dozens of ships have been attacked in the Black Sea. 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