Market braces for heavily insured satellite launch period
An incoming period of heavily insured satellite launches has critical implications for the insurance market, which is grappling with COVID-19 ...
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Far-reaching COVID-19 impact pushing out much-needed satellite insurance premium
Satellite insurers expect to lose as much as a fifth of their projected premiums this year as the global COVID-19 ...
A Eutelsat claim could be the final straw for a soft satellite insurance market
Years of record low satellite insurance rates could be coming to an end amid signs the pressured market is hardening ...
DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 insurance claim to face heavy scrutiny as GEO income falls
Earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe is seeking “full recovery” for WorldView-4’s loss from a satellite insurance market that is increasingly under ...
Satellite insurers in rates dilemma as payouts loom while income falls
Satellite insurers are on track for a bad year as they prepare to write cheques for three separate claims. As ...
Insurers expect sizeable Al Yah 3 claim as even larger payouts loom
The partial claim for UAE-based Yahsat’s Al Yah 3 satellite that was launched to the wrong orbit in January could reach 50% of its ...
Orbital ATK in negotiations for second customer of MEV vehicle
Satellite builder Orbital ATK is in talks and hopes to announce the second customer for its Mission Extension Vehicle logistics ...
Insurers brace for Chinasat 9A claim | Insurance round-up
A Long March 3B anomaly placed the insured Chinasat 9A broadcast satellite in the wrong orbit on 18 June, and ...
Insurance round-up: Brokers go head to head for condosat placement
Insurance for the Arabsat portion of a satellite it is sharing with Inmarsat was waiting to be placed by a separate broker as SatelliteFinance ...
Insurance round-up: Soyuz failure adds more questions over Russian hardware
The failure of a Soyuz rocket to send cargo to the International Space Station has done little to reassure space insurers ...
