Inmarsat Insurer Gambles on New Assessmet Tool

摘要

In a development that its backers say could overhaul the space-insurance industry, a Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate has agreed to finance, on its own, an in-orbit policy that covers Inmarsat's two new Inmarsat-4 satellites using a new risk-assessment tool developed by Qinetiq of Britain. Liberty Syndicates, which up to now has been a minor player among the world's space-insurance underwriters, is making up to $225 million available this year for each space insurance policy it backs, without seeking financial support from other underwriters.