The DFC maritime reinsurance facility is coordinated with US Treasury (Scott Bessent), US Central Command, and uses Chubb as the lead private insurance partner, giving the Trump administration centralized control over which vessels receive insurance and thus effectively an 'on-off switch' for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Captain John ConradEvidence Quote
“the DFC is coordinated not just with Treasury and Scott Bessent, as you I just highlighted, but also in conjunction with US Central Command... if ships are not getting through the Strait of Hormuz, the rest of the world economies are going to suffer”
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