All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2006 // Terry Rolfe has been appointed a principal and has been named to head up insurance broker Integro’s New York Aviation Practice. Rolfe joins Integro from Marsh, Inc., where she served as a senior vice president and...
Jun 20 2006 // In response to June 19 flood conditions in the Houston area, Texas Governor Rick Perry deployed national guard crews and other state resources to support local officials. State assets that were activated include:–50...
Jun 14 2006 // New York-based insurance broker Integro announced the establishment of its Aviation Practice with the appointment of Edward Nicholls, who will serve as managing principal and practice leader. Nicholls has 25 years of...
May 31 2006 // With possible seating capacity of up to 850 people, the Airbus A380 has increased the aviation insurance industry’s hull and liability exposure, according to an article in the latest issue of Exposure, published by...
May 31 2006 // Atlanta, Ga.-based The American International Aviation Agency Inc. (AIAA), the aviation specialty subsidiary of C. V. Starr & Co. Inc., has changed the company’s name to Starr Aviation Agency Inc. Starr Aviation...
May 31 2006 // [AP] A huge fire that turned the giant cargo terminal of Istanbul’s main airport into a wreckage of twisted metal and charred walls may have caused tens of millions of dollars (euros) in damage, according to...
May 15 2006 // Hub International Limited has purchased Westar Insurance Managers, based in Kirkland, Washington.The company will become part of Hub International’s Seattle-based operation (HUB Northwest). Terms of the transaction...
May 3 2006 // Forecasters from the NOAA National Hurricane Center will join the air crew from the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center on hurricane hunter aircraft visits March 3, 4 and 5 to Mobile, Ala., West Palm Beach, Fla. and Tampa,...
May 1 2006 // With the impact of a record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season still etched on the coastline from Texas to Florida, and recovery on the minds of its residents, forecasters from the NOAA National Hurricane Center will...
Apr 28 2006 // General Re Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has named Michael L. Sweeney as chairman and chief executive officer of its aviation underwriting subsidiary, United States Aviation...
Apr 13 2006 // A Texas jury awarded $27.5 million (euro22.72 million) in damages to a woman of Iranian descent who said she was racially profiled when Southwest Airlines Co. accused her of assaulting a flight attendant.Samantha...
Apr 4 2006 // For centuries mankind dreamed of being able to fly. The Wright brothers may not have envisioned jet aircraft, let alone cattle car class, but they did initiate powered flight over 100 years ago. So with that mission...
Mar 19 2006 // US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3, according to an Associate Press...
Mar 8 2006 // Zurich-based Converium Holding Ltd. announced that it has agreed in principle to sell its shareholdings in its Danish subsidiary Nordic Aviation Insurance. The buyer is reportedly Australia’s QBE, however, neither...
Mar 6 2006 // US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3.The Tempe, Ariz.-based air carrier...
Mar 6 2006 // David Duclos, COO for XL Capital Ltd’s (“XL”) insurance operations (“XL Insurance”), reported changes within XL Insurance’s global aerospace business.London-based Peter Bilsby has been...
Feb 22 2006 // The law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that, in cooperation with the Cyprus-based law firm of Phoebus, Christos Clerides, N. Pirilides & Associates, that families of victims of the...
Feb 15 2006 // National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker this week reiterated the Safety Board’s commitment to the safety of the general aviation community.“Having a safe and efficient aviation...
Feb 9 2006 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that David Hupp has been named president and chief executive officer of AIG Aviation Inc. (AIG Aviation), a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG. Hupp will be responsible for...
Feb 3 2006 // A violent thunderstorm swept through neighborhoods in New Orleans hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, tearing off roofs, knocking down utility poles and collapsing at least one previously storm-damaged house early on Feb. 2,...