Latest Aerospace Headlines

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XL Capital Renames Aerospace Operations

Sep 25 2002 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. announced that its space and aviation operations, previously part of Brockbank Insurance Services, Inc., will now “be operating under the trade name of XL Aerospace, a division of XL...

Global Aerospace to Offer Insurance for Eclipse 500 Jet Owners

Jul 26 2002 // Eclipse Aviation Corporation, manufacturer of the Eclipse 500 jet, will partner with Global Aerospace, the world’s largest aerospace insurance underwriter, to provide aircraft hull and liability insurance to owners...

AIG Wants End to FAA’s War-Risk Coverage for Airlines

Mar 11 2002 // Maurice Greenberg, chairman and CEO of American International Group Inc., has undertaken efforts to persuade the Federal Aviation Administration to stop providing war-risk insurance for ground damage to U.S. airlines,...

AIG Asks FAA to End Provision of War-Risk Coverage to U.S. Airlines

Feb 27 2002 // AIG is putting pressure on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to cease providing war-risk insurance to U.S. airlines with hopes of substituting FAA coverage with its own insurance program, as first reported in the...

SAFECO Taps Former NASA Official to Lead Government Relations

Feb 14 2002 // SAFECO named Ed Heffernan, an executive with extensive federal government experience, as vice president of Government Relations.In his new position, Heffernan, 38, manages SAFECO’s nationwide legislative agenda and...

NASA Study to Dissect Hurricanes

Aug 16 2001 // As the country gears up for hurricane season, researchers from the Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) are getting ready to conduct an in-depth study of the storms by meeting them head-on. CAMEX is the fourth in a...

Singapore Insurer Sues Boeing Over SilkAir Crash

Dec 18 2000 // Singapore Aviation & General Insurance Co. filed a complaint in Federal District Court in New York to recover damages from Boeing and several other companies it claims to be responsible for the 1997 crash of a Silk...