Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fadden Joins Allianz Marine & Aviation
Nov 17 2004 // Allianz Marine & Aviation, the specialist insurer for transportation, shipping and aviation risks of the Allianz Group, announced that Tom Fadden has joined the group as airlines underwriter. Fadden, who has over 15...
R&M Adds Marine, Aviation and Transport 2003 Study
Nov 5 2004 // Dublin-based Research and announced the addition of Marine, Aviation and Transport Insurance 2003 to their offering. The report “gives an indispensable overview of the global market in these sectors, containing...
R&M Updates Aviation Market Financing Review
Sep 22 2004 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced publication of the 20th edition of the “Airfinance Annual 2003/2004” to their offering. The annual “provides a complete international review of commercial...
Aspen To Develop London-Based Aviation Market
Sep 3 2004 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that it intends to further expand its London market insurance portfolio by recruiting a new team to develop an aviation insurance account from 2005. Aspen Insurance...
European Insurers Consider Certain Terrorist Risk Exclusions for Airlines
Aug 26 2004 // Europe’s leading insurers are reportedly considering several clauses in airline insurance contracts that would exclude coverage for attacks involving chemical, biological and nuclear materials. The effort, headed by...
89 Reported Dead in Two Russian Plane Crashes
Aug 25 2004 // Two airliners operated by Russian companies crashed within minutes of one another late Tuesday night. All 89 persons on board the two jets, which had taken off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport within 40 minutes of...
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...
