Aviation

 

Specialist Insurance Solutions

 

Quality Underwriting - With a combined total of over 125 years underwriting experience, the aviation team offers brokers and their clients, high levels of expertise, knowledge and experience. This includes the capability to lead all classes written, but in practice the team will lead selectively, as part of strategic relationships.

 

Classes of business written

 

Airlines Refuellers
Airframe & Engine manufacturers Space liability
General Aviation (light aircraft) Contingent and Financiers Hull/Liability
Airports and contractors liability  

Key contacts - Aviation

 

Robert Swinton
Robert Swinton

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Noel Holloway
Noel Holloway

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Jamie Braithwaite
Jamie Braithwaite

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Simon Hennessey
Simon Hennessey

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Russell Mason
Russell Mason

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Alastair Urquhart
Alastair Urquhart

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Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

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Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor

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Long standing team

 

The core of the twelve-strong team has worked together for over fourteen years. During that time they have built a solid reputation across the major classes of aviation business.

 

They have acted as lead underwriters for several of the world’s major airlines at various times, worked with the leading aircraft and engine manufacturers and have had an established position in the general aviation, airport and aerospace sectors.

 

One key element in the team’s success has been the forging of enduring relationships with clients around the world, many of whom have been associated with them for many years.

 

Technical Expertise

 

A core foundation of the team's underwriting is the dedicated support provided on claims handling, contract wordings and technical support.

 

Our Claims Manager has over 20 years experience of handling major claims in all aviation sectors. The philosophy of closer communication and more proactive management provides a pragmatic and highly flexible approach in settling all types and sizes of aviation claim.

 

The accurate drafting and negotiating of policy wordings by the team’s manager is the result of over forty years’ specialist experience in this vitally important aspect of the business.

 

Statistical and reinsurance support is provided by our underwriting control manager who has 21 years of market experience.

 

An attractive proposition

 

  • A superior service - The key underlying objective of the MSIUL Aviation Team is to provide a consistently superior service to all clients. This is achieved through a combination of experience in the market, quality underwriting and expert technical resources.

  • A more proactive relationship - With a foundation of strong and enduring client relationships – over many years – the team is able to provide tailor made, pragmatic and flexible solutions to meet client's specific requirements – now and in the future.

  • Financial strength matched by few UK-based insurers - Standard & Poor’s award of a coveted AA rating to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd, MSIUL's parent company, which provides unequivocal backing to our London operation and to MSI Corporate Capital Ltd , offers the aviation team’s clients a significant level of financial security.