Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Travelers Adds Workers’ Compensation to Aviation Unit
Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments. Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage...
AIR Assesses Damages from European Windstorm Emma
Mar 4 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide is assessing the damages caused by windstorm Emma, which swept across Western and Southern Germany, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic on Saturday, March 1. No damage estimates have yet...
Experimental Planes Collide at Fla. Airfield East of Orlando
Mar 3 2008 // An experimental plane that may have been having trouble landing struck another that was taxiing at an airfield March 1, setting both on fire and killing two people, authorities said. Two people were critically injured. The...
NationAir Now Aviation Insurance Provider for Parade of Pistons
Feb 28 2008 // Chicago-based NationAir Aviation Insurance recently announced that it has joined with Parade of Pistons as the expo’s exclusive aviation insurance partner. Parade of Pistons is a series of regional aircraft expos...
Aon Review Sees Harder Aviation Market
Feb 27 2008 // Aon’s “Airline Insurance Market Review of 2007” cites the “high level of hull and liability claims, at US$1.7 billion, coupled with the lowest amount of lead hull and liability premium since 2000...
Aviation Officials Say Kentucky Ruling Could Jeopardize Safety Reporting
Feb 22 2008 // A judge’s controversial ruling in a Kentucky plane crash liability case has sparked concern across the aviation industry about the long-term survival of a popular program that allows air travel workers to privately...
Willis to Broker Airbus China Assembly Plant
Jan 28 2008 // EADS, the European consortium that designs and builds the Airbus coimmercial aircraft, has selected Willis Group Holdings as the insurance broker for a new Airbus A320 final assembly line in Tianjin, China – the...
Heathrow Crash Won’t Raise Aviation Rates Says Lloyd’s
Jan 25 2008 // The recent “incident” at London’s Heathrow Airport (a British Airways Boeing 777 lost power just before landing and nearly crashed injuring several passengers) is not going to cause any significant rise...
Former N.H. Flight Attendant Settles Claim Over Sept. 11 Firing
Jan 18 2008 // A former United Airlines flight attendant has settled a suit claiming she was wrongfully fired after close friends and colleagues were killed on a jet hijacked during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Deborah Jackson...
Fla. Family and Aviation Underwriters Reach Settlement in Plane Crash
Jan 17 2008 // NASCAR’s insurance company has settled with the family of a Florida woman and infant killed last year when a plane owned by the racing organization slammed into their home, the family’s attorney said...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Midwest
Dec 31 2007 // From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007...
Lloyd’s Insurers Consider Coverage for Commercial Space Flights
Dec 28 2007 // A bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that the State of New Mexico and Virgin Galactic recently announced plans to construct a “multi-million pound spaceport.” As a result...
Ice Storms Across Plains, Midwest Ground Airliners, Turn Deadly
Dec 23 2007 // Ice storms slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands beginning Dec. 9 as the storms swept across the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes. The wintry weather continued...
Despite Firefighting Prowess, the Russians Aren’t Coming
Dec 23 2007 // Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burn While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square...
Airline Insurance Market to Post Loss for Year; First Since 2000
Dec 20 2007 // The airline insurance market this year is expected to post its first loss since 2000, according to preliminary data collected by the Aviation & Aerospace division of Aon Corporation. Aon reported that forecasts...
Ice Storms in Plains, Midwest Ground Airliners, Blamed for 6 Deaths
Dec 11 2007 // An ice storm slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands Sunday in a swath from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as even colder weather threatened. The wintry...
11 Killed in Okla. Ice Storm; Hundreds of Thousands Without Power
Dec 11 2007 // A winter storm coated much of Oklahoma in ice on Monday, Dec. 10, knocking out power to more than 300,000 homes and businesses, disrupting flight operations and leading to traffic accidents that killed 11 people. Most of...
56 Die in Turkish Plane Crash
Nov 30 2007 // A McDonnell Douglas 83 operated by Atlasjet, a low-cost Turkish airline, crashed around 1:30 A.M. local time this morning, killing all on board. The plane was carrying 49 passengers and a crew of seven on a domestic flight...
NYMAGIC Ends Program Management Pact with Southern Marine & Aviation
Nov 29 2007 // NYMAGIC, Inc. said it is terminating its program management agreement with Southern Marine & Aviation (SM&A) on Jan. 1, 2008. Under the program management agreement, which commenced in August, 2003, SM&A...
Houston Group to Handle Marine Cargo Business for OneBeacon Sub
Nov 27 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group announced an agreement with Houston-based Southern Marine & Aviation Inc. to represent OneBeacon’s International Marine Underwriters (IMU) division. Under the agreement, IMU will assume...
