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Aviation outlook deteriorates after losses
11 August 2010
While capacity is still abundant in the aviation market, the string of losses in June and July look set to bring 2010 perilously close to a fourth consecutive year with limited returns for many underwriters, according to Aon.
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While capacity is still abundant in the aviation market, the string of losses in June and July look set to bring 2010 perilously close to a fourth consecutive year with limited returns for many underwriters, according to Aon’s latest Airline Insurance Market newsletter.
The loss figure so far this year, including minor losses, is $1.3bn compared with $1.7bn at the same point in 2009.
There have been three large incidents recently that have caused the loss figure to leap above the long-term average. On June 10, a big fire broke out at a warehouse belonging to Saudi Arabian Airlines, destroying spares potentially valued in excess $350m.
Also in the Middle East, on 27 July, a Lufthansa...
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