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'Unprecedented stability' in airline insurance market

Open-access content Thursday 16th August 2012 — updated 5.13pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

The absence of any major aviation catastrophes since 2009 has created a period of unprecedented stability in the airline insurance market, Willis said yesterday.

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Overall hull and liability premium value has fallen by 5.1% so far this year, while hull and liability exposures have continued to increase by single digit percentages, the insurance broker said in its latest airline insurance market overview, Airline insight.

'Buoyant' capacity and excellent loss experience means that overall market conditions are stable and the balance of power is very much in favour of those buying cover.

So far, 2012 has seen just $141m of hull losses and no major liability losses reported. It is now three years since the last major catastrophe, the Air France crash of June 2009. Willis said it would take a number of significant losses to have any major impact on the downward trend of the market.

Steven Doyle, sales and business development director at Willis Aerospace, said: 'The recent level of stability in the market is unprecedented in comparison with the historical cyclical nature of the aviation sector and therefore without a change in market capacity levels or a run of major losses we look set for a continued reduction in premium volumes until the end of the year and into 2013.'

Willis highlighted a number of significant renewals across all regions and sectors over the past three months. May saw Easyjet reduce its projected fleet and passenger exposures, while in contrast Air Asia projected double-digit growth in both its annual fleet value and passenger volumes.

June saw a continuation in the downward rating trend with 22 renewals in the month generating less than 3% of the annual premium volume, while July - the most significant month outside of the final quarter - contributed nearly 10% of the annual premium volume. The month saw a number of large North American renewals, the largest of which was American Airlines.

Willis noted that there was continued talk of further airline consolidation in the US which would have a knock-on effect on insurance arrangements.

This article appeared in our August 2012 issue of The Actuary.
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