Mystery Crashes Spawn Deadliest Year for Air Travel in Nearly a Decade January 8, 2015 By Chris Jasper Three crashes which have yet to be fully explained, involving the most modern airliners in the safest phase of flight,...
Qatar Re Appoints Speare-Cole Chief Underwriting Officer January 8, 2015 Qatar Re announced the appointment of Alastair Speare-Cole as Chief Underwriting Officer, effective, January 12, 2015. He joins from JLT...
Paris Killings Seen Fueling Anti-Islam Movements in Europe January 8, 2015 By Patrick Donahue The killing of at least 12 people at a French magazine that received threats because of its depiction of Islam...
ANALYSIS: AirAsia Crash Makes Case for Ejectable Black Boxes January 8, 2015 By Allison Lampert and Allison Martell A long-delayed proposal to outfit commercial airliners with ejectable “black box” recorders may have a better chance of being adopted...
Marsh Acquires Trade Insure NV in Belgium January 7, 2015 Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, announced it has acquired Trade Insure NV, a distributor of...
Renewals See Lower Pricing, Broader Coverage, Reports Guy Carpenter January 7, 2015 Guy Carpenter & Company reports reinsurance pricing fell at the January 1, 2015 renewals in many segments, affecting almost all...
Australian Firefighters Containing Sprawling Wildfire January 7, 2015 Firefighters in southern Australia were winning the battle on Tuesday to contain a sprawling wildfire raging on a 240-kilometer (150-mile)...
Divers Hunt for AirAsia Black Box after Finding Part of Jet Tail in Ocean January 7, 2015 Divers looking for the crashed AirAsia Bhd. jetliner found part of the plane´s tail, putting them a step closer to...
UN Aviation Agency to Propose 15-Minute Flight Tracking Standard January 7, 2015 By Allison Martell The United Nations aviation agency will propose a new standard that requires commercial aircraft to report their position every 15...
Catalina Holdings Irish Sub to Take Over Quinn Insurance Liabilities January 7, 2015 Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. announced that it has entered into an agreement through its subsidiary company Catalina Insurance Ireland Limited,...