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Experts Differ on Loss Figures for Queens Air Tragedy
Dec 3 2001 // The crash on Nov. 12 of American Airlines (AA) Flight 587, an Airbus A-300-600, with the loss of all 260 people on board and 5 on the ground, shocked New Yorkers and the rest of the nation. Coming almost two months to the...
American Airlines Crash Another Blow to Insurers
Nov 14 2001 // Insurance companies reportedly face $200 million in claims from the New York City plane crash on Nov. 12, an unwelcome blow for insurers still struggling with major losses from the Sept. 11 attacks. According to Reuters...
NYC Plane Crash Tragedy Preliminary Loss Estimates $600 to $800 Million
Nov 13 2001 // Yesterday’s crash of an American Airlines A-300-600 into a residential neighborhood in Queens is likely to result in claims totaling between $600 and $800 million according to preliminary estimates. While it’s...
S&P: Company Ratings Could Suffer in Federal-State Squeeze on Terrorism Risk
Nov 13 2001 // Commercial insurers face a potentially untenable situation if the federal government fails to pass legislation that would help cushion terrorism costs to the industry by the end of November, and if state insurance...
Arizona Airport Sees Possible Rate Increases
Nov 13 2001 // Unless the government intercedes, Tucson International Airport could face large increases in liability and property insurance rates because of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Associated Press reported the airport could see its...
Concorde Flies Again
Nov 8 2001 // 15 Months after a fiery crash in a Paris suburb brought its flights to an abrupt halt, Concorde, the world’s only supersonic commercial aircraft, took to the skies again on two celebrity flights from London’s...
Will Reinsurance Rebound from Terrorist Strikes in the U.S.’
Oct 29 2001 // If the nautical term best applied to the reinsurance industry last year this time would have been “Steady as she goes,” after the catastrophe that struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, the French term “sauve qui...
LIMITED LIABILITY FOR LOST ITEMS
Oct 29 2001 // After security workers at San Jose International Airport allegedly lost a carry-on bag containing more than $100,000 in jewelry, the bag’s owner attempted to sue for damages. However, a split panel of the 9th U.S....
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
Oct 22 2001 // As the nation was reeling from tragedy, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), was moving ahead with other industry representatives to ensure that the important role of independent...
Concorde Set to Resume Service Nov. 7
Oct 17 2001 // More than a year after the crash near Paris which killed 113 people, Concorde, the world’s only supersonic passenger jet, is set to resume its transatlantic service on November 7. British Airways and Air France...
Airline Has Limited Liability for Lost Jewelry, SF Court Rules
Oct 15 2001 // After security workers at San Jose International Airport allegedly lost a carry-on bag containing more than $100,000 in jewelry, the bag’s owner attempted to sue for damages. However, a split panel of the 9th U.S....
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
Oct 15 2001 // As the nation was reeling from tragedy, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), was moving ahead with other industry representatives to ensure that the important role of independent...
118 Die in Plane Crash at Milan Airport
Oct 9 2001 // All 110 persons aboard a Scandinavian Airlines flight bound for Copenhagen died when the airplane collided with a private plane at Milan’s fog-shrouded Linate airport, veered off the runway into a baggage hangar,...
Some Asian Airlines Still Seeking Help for War
Oct 8 2001 // While most Asian National Flag carriers have been able to obtain government assistance to meet new insurance demands for war and terrorist risk cover, smaller airlines are still seeking solutions, heightened by increased...
AIG Member Companies Complete Placement of Aviation War Risk and Hijacking Liability Coverage Octob
Oct 8 2001 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has announced that its member companies have completed the placement, on behalf of the co-insurance market, of aviation war risk and hijacking liability coverage that makes available...
AIG Completes Package for Airlines
Oct 5 2001 // American International Group Inc. has finalized a package to provide $1 billion of coverage per airline for war risk and hijacking liability. Airlines and insurers have been stunned by the Sept. 11 attacks on the United...
AMR Corp. Notes Insurers Canceling Coverage
Sep 27 2001 // AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, said on Tuesday that insurers are canceling its coverage for claims caused by acts of war, terrorism, sabotage, hijacking and other similar events effective Sept. 26. According...
AIG To Offer War, Hijack Coverage to Airlines
Sep 26 2001 // American International Group announced its intention to offer coverage to airlines for war and hijacking (terrorist) risks through its member companies with total limits up to $1 billion. The decision comes in response to...
Sept. 11, 2001: Terrorist Attacks Strike America
Sep 24 2001 // Terrorists crashed two hijacked planes into the World Trade Center this morning, causing countless deaths and untold damage as the twin 110-story towers collapsed. The crashes occurred minutes apart just before 9 a.m., and...
True Loss from Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks on U.S. is Immeasurable, As Estimates of Potential Insured
Sep 24 2001 // “The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace, his belief in cooperation of men and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” —Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1987),...
