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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438240203321

Autore

Nyampong Yaw Otu Mankata

Titolo

Insuring the Air Transport Industry Against Aviation War and Terrorism Risks and Allied Perils : Issues and Options in a Post-September 11, 2001 Environment / / by Yaw Otu Mankata Nyampong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-94599-1

3-642-32433-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Disciplina

368.093

Soggetti

Law of the sea

International law

Trade

Insurance

Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space

International Economic Law, Trade Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Insurance of Aviation Risks by the Conventional Insurance Markets -- The Insurance of Aviation War and Terrorism Risks by Specialist War Insurance Markets -- Catastrophic Risks and Reflexes: Some Theoretical Perspectives on the use of Insurance as a Risk Management Tool for Large Catastrophic Risks -- Enhancing the Insurance of Aviation War and Terrorism Risks through the use of Alternative Risk Transfer and Risk Financing Mechanisms -- The Insurability of Aviation War and Terrorism Risks under ICAO’s Unlawful Interference Convention of 2009 -- Governmental Involvement in the Insurance of Aviation War and Terrorism Risks -- Findings and Conclusions – Towards Sustainable Insurance of Aviation War and Terrorism Risks -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the central problems underlying the insurance of aviation war and terrorism risks and associated perils. It critically analyses the reasons why conventional insurance markets are unwilling



or unable to provide sustainable insurance coverage for aviation war and terrorism risks in the aftermath of catastrophic events such as the terrorist events of September 11, 2001. It also examines some of the prominent concepts proposed and/or implemented after 9/11 to determine whether and to what extent these concepts avoid identified pitfalls. Like many of life’s essentials, the importance of insurance is most evident when it is not available. The sheer scale and magnitude of the insurance losses that followed 9/11 caused conventional insurance markets (which hitherto had been offering generous insurance coverage for aviation war and terrorism risks to air transport operators for little or no premium) to withdraw coverage forthwith. The ensuing absence or insufficiency of commercial insurance coverage for aviation war and terrorism risks has sparked a global search for viable and sustainable alternatives. Ten years have since elapsed, and despite numerous efforts, the fundamental problems remain unresolved. The book proceeds on the premise that the underlying issues are not entirely legal in nature; they have immense economic, psychological and policy implications that cannot be underestimated. A multidisciplinary approach is therefore used in examining the issues, drawing heavily upon analytical principles adapted from law and economics and behavioural law and economics. It is hoped that the resulting study will be beneficial not only to lawyers and those interested in aviation insurance but also to economists, air transport insurance program managers, capital market investors and governmental policymakers, both at the national and international levels.