Overview
Welcome to the Aviation Insurance – Professional Insights programme.
We are pleased to have you join this professional learning journey as you develop your understanding of one of the most specialised and technically demanding areas within commercial insurance practice.
Aviation insurance plays a critical role in supporting the aviation industry by protecting aircraft operations, aviation infrastructure, passengers, cargo, and aviation-related liabilities against a wide range of operational and financial risks. The aviation sector involves complex exposures requiring specialised underwriting, risk evaluation, and insurance management practices.
This programme is designed to provide practical understanding of aviation insurance principles, aviation-related risk exposures, policy structures, underwriting considerations, liability issues, and claims considerations within aviation insurance environments.
Throughout the programme, you will explore key areas such as:
- The role and importance of aviation insurance within risk management
- Aviation-related operational and liability exposures
- Types of aviation insurance policies and coverage structures
- Underwriting considerations in aviation insurance
- Passenger, cargo, and third-party liability considerations
- Claims handling and risk management within aviation insurance operations
- Best practices in managing aviation insurance risks
The programme has been designed using a practical and structured learning approach to help you progressively build both technical understanding and professional confidence in aviation insurance practice.
As you move through the programme, we encourage you to:
- Study consistently and engage actively with the content
- Relate the concepts to real aviation and insurance environments
- Make use of the Notes feature to support revision and reference
- Focus not only on understanding concepts, but also on their practical application
We trust that you will find the programme informative, engaging, and professionally valuable.
We wish you a productive and rewarding learning experience, and every success in your completion of the Aviation Insurance – Professional Insights programme.
Download BrochureLearning Outcomes
On completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Know the main elements of aviation risk;
- Understand the main international and national measures impacting on aviation risk;
- Understand the scope of cover under the main and related classes of aviation insurance;
- Understand the market practices of aviation insurance;
- Understand risk assessment and underwriting of aviation insurance;
- Understand claims investigation, handling and settlement procedures in aviation insurance; and
- Understand key aspects of space insurance.
Course Outline
- 1.1: Learning Objectives
- 2.1: Aircraft
- 2.2: Types of Aviation Risks
- 2.3: Measures taken to Prevent and Reduce Air Casualties
- 2.4: Risk Improvements in Global Air Navigation
- 3.1: Aircraft Legislation
- 3.2: International Conventions, Protocols and Agreements
- 3.3: UK/EU/USA Legislative Systems
- 3.4: Legal and Litigation Issues in the US
- 3.5: Roles and Responsibilities of Government Agencies
- 4.1: Main Aviation Cover
- 4.2: Related Classes
- 5.1: Specific Aviation Reinsurance Considerations
- 5.2: Market Practice
- 5.3: Underwriting
- 6.1: Investigating Parties, Handling and Settlement
- 6.2: Survey Report and Other Documents Required
- 6.3: Application of Aviation Clauses Cover and Policy Exclusions
- 6.4: Claim Repudiation and the Ombudsman for Financial Services
- 7.1: The Satellite and Space Industry
- 7.2: Launching and In-Orbit Operations
- 7.3: Space Insurance Coverage
- 7.4: Underwriting Factors and Considerations
- 7.5: Claims Handling Procedure
