With $2.6 billion in claims tied to stranded aircraft under scrutiny in the UK courts and a wave of confidential settlements well underway in Ireland, the aviation finance market is bracing for a shift in how insurers—and reinsurers—approach risk coverage, pricing, and exposure in high-stakes geopolitical scenarios.

• How could recent settlements reshape aviation war risk and all-risk policy coverage?
• Events that may impact pricing: reinsurer renewals, possible additional judgements or settlements in the litigation, recent airline crashes etc; will the Russia fallout drive further hardening?
• Implications for pricing, exclusions, and insurer appetite going forward
• Lessons for lessors and airlines on mitigating future geopolitical exposure