Vendaval
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Remember A.I.G., the giant insurance company that took $150 billion in a government bailout? Well, check out the 2nd story below http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4A92FM20081110 A.I.G. Balks at Claims From Jet Ditching in Hudson By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Published: June 11, 2009 "For the first couple of days after his flight ditched into the Hudson River, Paul Jorgenson was just glad to be alive. But then he started to need his laptop, his wallet, his car keys — all the essentials he had stowed under his seat and left behind in the sinking plane. A pleasant woman at US Airways told him not to worry; he would be made whole for his losses. But then the matter shifted to US Airways’ insurer, the American International Group, operating under government stewardship since its bailout last fall. “Everything went downhill,” said Mr. Jorgenson, a software executive in Charlotte, N.C., whose laptop and keys have not been recovered. When a homeowner has a burglary or a driver has a crash, all it normally takes is a call to the insurance company and a description of the loss to activate the policy. But aviation liability insurance is different. It is activated by a finding of negligence on the part of an airline. If there is no negligence, then arguably there is no liability, and no obligation to pay claims." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/business/12aig.html?scp=3&sq=aig&st=cse
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