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AIG’s Zaffino Sees COVID-19 Creating Beneficial ‘Flight to Quality’
Aug 6 2020 // AIG President and Chief Operating Officer Peter Zaffino said that the insurer has seen accelerated rate improvements and other gains as clients react to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “We believe that COVID has...
Aviation Sector Carries Biggest Risk of Corporate Default from Pandemic: Gallagher
Aug 4 2020 // The aviation sector carries the biggest risk of corporate default as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey of insurers published by broker Gallagher on Tuesday. Only 29% of credit and political risk...
Boeing 737 Likely to Remain Grounded by FAA Until October: Reuters
Jul 22 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it plans to issue a proposed airworthiness directive for the Boeing 737 MAX in the “near future” to address changes made since the plane was grounded in...
Aviation Firm Denies Negligence in Fatal Wyoming Glider Accident
Jul 20 2020 // An aviation company disputes a claim it is responsible for the death of a glider passenger in response to a lawsuit filed by the family of a victim in a Wyoming crash. Teton Aviation was named in a wrongful death case...
Aviation Broker Piiq Risk Partners Receives License to Operate in France
Jul 20 2020 // Piiq Risk Partners, the global aerospace re/insurance broker, announces that it has received regulatory approval to operate in France. Piiq’s French operation will act as a base for expanding its services across the...
Insurers Score a Win in Texas Air Ambulance Fee Dispute
Jul 16 2020 // State law prevails in disputes between insurers and an air ambulance service over reimbursements under the Texas workers’ compensation system, the state’s highest court recently ruled. In Texas Mutual Insurance...
Safety Probe Cites Mistakes by First Officer, Pilot in 2019 Amazon Cargo Plane Crash
Jul 15 2020 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited cockpit mistakes by the first officer and pilot in a February 2019 fatal crash of an Atlas Air cargo plane. The Atlas Air Boeing 767 jet transporting cargo for...
Connecticut Mayor Sues Delta Airlines Over Dog Bite
Jul 13 2020 // Bridgeport’s mayor is suing Delta Airlines over a dog bite he says he suffered on a flight. A suit filed in state Superior Court alleges Mayor Joe Ganim was sitting in his seat on a Delta flight in November 2018 when...
13 Hawaiian Airlines Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
Jul 9 2020 // Hawaiian Airlines Inc. says 13 of its employees have tested positive for the coronavirus following an annual training course. The employees who tested positive for COVID-19 took part in flight attendant training at the...
Kristopher Parsons Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services to Grow Aviation Business
Jul 9 2020 // Atlanta, GA, July 9, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to welcome Kristopher Parsons to the wholesale brokerage and binding firm. Parsons joins the organization as a senior vice president, senior broker...
FAA, Boeing Complete Certification Test Flights on 737 MAX, in Key Milestone
Jul 2 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co have completed certification test flights on the 737 MAX, a key milestone toward the plane’s return to service, the U.S. regulator said on Wednesday. The MAX has been...
Textron Aviation Cited for 2019 Explosion at Kansas Site
Jul 1 2020 // Federal regulators have cited aircraft maker Textron Aviation for a December 2019 explosion that injured 15 workers at its Wichita, Kansas, manufacturing plant. U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...
Boeing Withheld Facts on Flight-Control System Blamed for 2 Fatal Crashes: Probe
Jul 1 2020 // Boeing Co. provided only “limited information” on the flight-control software later implicated in two fatal crashes on the 737 Max as it was being approved by federal regulators, a government watchdog report...
RKH Specialty Appoints 14 New Aviation Experts in London and Colombia
Jun 29 2020 // RKH Specialty, the London-headquartered wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the appointment of 14 new senior Aviation experts in London and Colombia, as part of RKH’s wider plan of building the...
FAA Issues Final Directive on Boeing 737 MAX Airplane Inspections
Jun 25 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday finalized a directive requiring airlines to complete inspections of a key component of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes that, if faulty, could result in a loss of power to the...
More Than 10,000 People Join Lawsuit Against EasyJet for Massive Data Breach
Jun 24 2020 // EasyJet Plc faces a lawsuit over a data breach disclosed last month that potentially exposed private details of 9 million passengers. More than 10,000 people have joined the suit since it was filed last month, according to...
Air Safety Regulator, Boeing Made Mistakes on 737 MAX, Says Federal Aviation Chief
Jun 18 2020 // The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Steve Dickson, acknowledged on Wednesday that Boeing Co. and the U.S. air safety agency both made mistakes on the 737 MAX jet, but rejected senators’ accusations the...
Lawmaker Wants Government to Require Masks for Airline Passengers
Jun 18 2020 // A U.S. senator said on Wednesday he was hoping for bipartisan support in Congress for mandatory rules on masks for air travel after the head of the Federal Aviation Administration again resisted calls for a mandate. While...
Airlines Vow to Ban Passengers Who Refuse to Wear Masks
Jun 16 2020 // U.S. airline passengers who refuse to wear facial coverings during the novel coronavirus pandemic could have their flying privileges revoked, the industry’s main lobby group said on Monday. Major U.S. airlines may...
Senators Draft Bill to Reform How U.S. Approves New Plane Designs
Jun 15 2020 // Two key U.S. senators are circulating a bipartisan draft bill that would reform how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new aircraft in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people. The...
