All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2008 // As the use of corporate and general aviation aircraft increases, Travelers (NYSE: TRV) Aviation is expanding its insurance products and services with new aviation coverage offerings including non-owned aircraft liability...
Sep 30 2008 // Amercian International Group is selling its stake in a London airport.Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AIG-Financial Products’ 50 percent interest in...
Sep 25 2008 // A bulletin from Aon’s London office concludes that the airline insurance market “is hardening for the first time in five years, with a five percent increase in lead hull and liability premium between January...
Sep 8 2008 // Tropical Storm Hanna dropped a month’s worth of rain within hours Saturday, flooding highways, delaying flights and halting the U.S. Open Tennis tournament. But officials reported no major damage.The storm dropped...
Sep 8 2008 // Tropical Storm Hanna brought heavy rains and high winds to New Jersey on Saturday, but no major weather-related problems were reported as the fast-moving storm made its way along the coast Saturday night.Forecasters said...
Sep 1 2008 // After 20 years as an advocate for independent agents, Bob Bird, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, is stepping down.During this year’s convention scheduled for Oct. 12-15,...
Aug 29 2008 // AAA Chicago projects a slight decrease in the number of Americans traveling during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Nearly 34.38 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Labor Day holiday weekend, down...
Aug 13 2008 // XL Insurance, XL Capital’s global insurance operations, has expanded its specialty insurance product offerings in Canada with the appointment of a new aviation insurance team lead by Tony Trost.He joins XL...
Jul 28 2008 // Australian investigators were focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded in mid-flight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its...
Jul 17 2008 // A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill this week aimed at ending the Federal Aviation Administration’s sometimes cozy relationship with the airline industry and reversing purported complacency on safety...
Jul 11 2008 // A federal judge dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people two years ago.U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said in a 13-page opinion that no...
Jun 27 2008 // International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), an aircraft leasing and remarketing firm, will remain a core holding of insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG).Robert B. Willumstad, AIG chairman and chief...
Jun 24 2008 // Marsh has announced that its aviation reinsurance team will join Guy Carpenter, also an MMC company, which specializes in all aspects of reinsurance, by the end of 2008.When the process is completed, 29 Marsh colleagues...
Jun 10 2008 // The air traffic controllers’ union is urging a federal safety board to reopen its findings on a 2006 plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people and include understaffing at the airport tower as a contributing...
May 9 2008 // Myanmar’s (Burma’s) isolationist military regime gave the go-ahead for the first major airlift of international aid into the country Thursday, while dragging its feet on urgently requested visas by foreign...
Apr 29 2008 // Catering to the growing demand for expanded aviation insurance and coverage for larger general aviation aircraft, Travelers Aviation reported that it is increasing its capacity to insure aircraft for hull coverage values...
Apr 25 2008 // Nine West Virginia airports are getting federal funding for runway improvements and other projects.U.S. Sens. Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller say the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $1.9 million to Yeager...
Apr 8 2008 // A bridge in Tennessee that is part of the main route to the Memphis International Airport is undergoing emergency repairs.State inspectors found that strong currents on Nonconnah Creek is washing away bed material around a...
Apr 3 2008 // A man was arrested Tuesday in Florida at Orlando International Airport carrying materials in his luggage that could have been used for an explosive device, FBI officials said.Federal behavioral specialists spotted Kevin...
Mar 31 2008 // Capacity for aviation coverage appears to be increasing, but, as claims are also on the rise, the outlook for the year ahead is not one that is easy to predict.Aon aviation industry analyst, Magnus Allan, commented –...