Collision/crash incidents, faulty workmanship, and natural catastrophes top aviation insurance claims globally, as repair costs and labor challenges rise, Allianz Commercial reports.

QBE North America’s head of major risks, aviation, talks the appeal of flying, the career lessons he’s learned and how they’ve shaped his time in insurance.

Steve Gransbury, head of specialty and residential insurance for QBE North America, catches up with Risk & Insurance to talk about aviation and more.

Aviation’s shift to sustainable fuels will depend on a diverse combination of strategies demanding major investment — including backing by insurance.

Unvaccinated workers placed on furlough or laid off joined together in a class action against United Airlines after its mandatory vaccine mandate.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, many airplane leasers were told to break their leases on their grounded planes stuck in Russia. Their insurance companies do not believe they are responsible for the property loss.

Mission critical risk denial can be costly. Disappointment and anger will affect all aspects of the company’s operations — including recruitment and retention of employees, revenues, litigation and cost of capital.

Southwest Airlines’ December 2022 failure could have been its finest hour if only some of its past business issues had been addressed in 2019.

Insurance is in a unique position to put the brakes on global climate change. Now is the time to act.

Russia’s assault on Ukraine will have far-reaching consequences for governments, businesses and individuals.

From pilots to workers to passengers, we all have a role to play in ensuring a safe passage back to normal for the aviation industry. 

Contractor management platforms and remote training are two of the ways that technology is strengthening safety performance in the aerospace industry.

This is what happens when a risk manager books a flight on a commercial airline and gets disappointed. What follows is a root cause analysis of a recent spate of flight cancellations.

The aviation industry is rebounding after COVID-19 but it may never look exactly like it did pre-pandemic.

With airplanes sitting on the ground, there are two forms of rust that pose significant risks as pilots prepare to take to the skies — pilot recency and equipment corrosion.

Crew members are bearing the brunt of a new wave of passenger harassment while the dangers of contracting COVID-19 are ever present.

Flight attendants share the dangers of their jobs post-pandemic, from aggressive passengers refusing to wear masks to fears of contracting the deadly virus.

This year, six brokers from across the brokerage field were named as the 2020 Aviation Power Broker winners. An additional three brokers were named as finalists.

Aviation is faring better than other sectors from a claims-made perspective, but risks from the pandemic still linger.

From asset protection for spacecrafts to workers’ comp policies for crew members, here’s what insurance coverage companies will need to make the commercialization of space a reality.