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Breeze calls for better battery information

[ September 21, 2026   //   ]

Online cargo insurer Breeze has called for improved access to verified information about battery shipments, warning that data gaps are complicating claims. Chief insurance officer, Patrizia Kern-Ferretti warns that insurers are increasingly cautious about lithium battery risks. Some are restricting capacity or adding exclusions, not because the technology is uninsurable, but because the information needed for a serious risk assessment is often unavailable.

From 18 February 2027, electric vehicle batteries, light means of transport batteries such as those in e-bikes, and industrial batteries with a capacity above two kilowatt hours placed on the European Union market or put into service must have an electronic record, known as a battery passport.

Breeze is calling on manufacturers, supply chain operatives, and standards bodies to agree terms for using battery management system data to enable earlier fault detection while protecting commercially sensitive information.

It stresses the issue is not whether electric vehicles are inherently more dangerous, but whether insurers can access verified information about the risks they are being asked to cover. The IUMI notes that no fire onboard a car carrier has to date been found to be solely attributable to an electric vehicle.

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