Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIG Offers Corporate Flight Workers’ Comp Coverage
Aug 24 2004 // AIG Aviation Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced that it is now offering Specialty Workers’ Compensation coverage to meet the growing need of employers who place separate...
While Others Flee Dangerous Charley, Crews from MacDill Air Force Base Head Directly for the Storm
Aug 13 2004 // Mother Nature is poised to unleash hurricane-force winds and torrential downpours near Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Bay Friday, Aug. 13 from Hurricane Charley. While most people at MacDill have battened...
Trusted Choice Ads to Return to Airwaves
Jul 29 2004 // Trusted Choice television ads return to the national airwaves next month when the fourth of six advertising flights in 2004 kicks off Aug. 9, according to Trusted Choice Board Chairman Ronald Smith, president of Smith...
Seeking Insurance Coverage, Peru Airline Transfers Ownership to Employees
Jul 22 2004 // Peru’s transportation minister said the country’s largest airline, grounded because of its reputed ties to cocaine trafficking, has transferred ownership to its employees in a bid to obtain an insurance policy...
Another Soft Market Creates a Hard Reality
Jul 5 2004 // Like a commercial airline scrambling to squeeze out a profit in the face of increased competition and skyrocketing fuel prices, many insurance agents find themselves caught in the downward spiral of another soft market...
Paris Airport Collapse Insurance Recoveries Unclear
Jul 5 2004 // International News •June 1, 2004 De Gaulle Airport Collapse – Vive la Stupidité. The punishment fits the crime. The collapse (punishment) is a direct result of the egomania (crime) of its Architect-Designer Paul...
Paris Airport Collapse Insurance Recoveries Unclear
Jul 5 2004 // International News •June 1, 2004 De Gaulle Airport Collapse—Vive la Stupidité. The punishment fits the crime. The collapse (punishment) is a direct result of the egomania (crime) of its Architect-Designer Paul Andreu....
Paris Airport Collapse Insurance Recoveries Unclear
Jun 1 2004 // A portion of the newly constructed Terminal 2E at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport collapsed on Sunday May 23, killing four people, and sending shock waves throughout France. Over a week later the cause of the...
Tornadoes Rip Through Storm-Weary Midwest
Jun 1 2004 // Powerful storms again swept across the Midwest, downing trees and power lines and spawning twisters that leveled houses and barns and sent mobile homes hurtling through the air. In Marengo, Ind., a town of 800 about 35...
N.Y. Jury Denies Drug Convict’s Med-Mal Claim
Apr 29 2004 // A federal jury in New York has ruled against a convicted drug mule who claimed he was improperly forced to undergo surgery to remove heroin-filled condoms he had ingested. William Meequaye Kanyi filed suit against doctors,...
MetLife Receives Approval for China Joint Venture
Mar 26 2004 // Chinese regulators have approved plans for a joint venture between U.S. life insurer MetLife Inc. and the owner of the Beijing International Airport, MetLife said Thursday. The U.S. company has a 50 percent stake in the...
GE ERC Announces Global Appointments
Feb 26 2004 // GE ERC announced four key appointments, which it indicated, were “aimed at strengthening its connection with customers.” GE Global Asset Protection Named Dane Lopes Vice President, Sales. GE Frankona Re...
148 Die in Red Sea Plane Crash
Jan 5 2004 // A chartered Boeing 737 with 148 people on board crashed into the Red Sea shortly after taking off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik early Saturday morning. There were no survivors. The plane, operated by Egyptian...
Terrorist Threats Disrupt Holiday Flights
Jan 2 2004 // The elevated terrorist threat levels decreed by the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, coupled with repeated warnings from the FBI, combined to disrupt trans-Atlantic air...
Dan DeHart and Kai Stratmann Join SalvageSale
Oct 21 2003 // Houston-based SalvageSale Inc., which provides full-service salvage recovery, salvor services and loss mitigation for the commercial salvage markets, announced that senior insurance industry veteran Dan DeHart has joined...
RISConsulting Announces New Models for Aircraft Risk
Sep 23 2003 // The Boston-based RISConsulting Group LLC (RISC), a transactional consulting firm specializing in complex risk, announced the introduction of two new models to its Web site – (www.aircraftrisk.com), for the aircraft...
Wellstone Crash Families Settle With Airline’s Insurer
Aug 29 2003 // Aviation Charter Inc. has agreed to a $25 million insurance settlement with the family members of Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone and five other passengers as compensation for the October plane crash which killed them,...
NYMAGIC to Take Over Southern Marine and Aviation Program
Aug 22 2003 // NYMAGIC, Inc. announced that its insurance subsidiary, New York Marine And General Insurance Company, would assume the new and renewal business written under a primary marine cargo program managed by Southern Marine &...
(Reader’s Choice) The Top 10 Golf Resorts
Aug 4 2003 // Looking for a great course to woo your next client on the fairway? Insurance Journal readers voted for their favorite golf resort…. And the results are in! We gathered reader comments as to why they voted for their...
Oklahoma Agency Placed in Conservatorship
Jul 29 2003 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that former Oklahoma County District Court Judge Leamon Freeman ordered increased supervision by the insurance department over Aviation Insurance Group Agency Inc. of Bethany....
