20 Jet Insurance Companies Across Six Regions Identified for 2026

A shortlist of 20 aviation insurance companies and specialist underwriting platforms has been compiled for 2026, spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America. The list is based on current aviation product availability, business and private aircraft appetite, regional presence, underwriting specialization and breadth of coverage, and is explicitly not a ranking by premium price since aviation insurance is individually underwritten.

In North America, the named companies are USAIG (United States Aircraft Insurance Group), which has operated since 1928 and functions as an insurance pool rather than a single carrier; Global Aerospace, which says it insures more than 30,000 general aviation aircraft worldwide; AIG Aviation, which publicly states agreed hull values of up to $100 million; and Starr Aviation, which operates a dedicated aviation and aerospace practice. Europe's shortlist includes Allianz Commercial, AXA XL, Chubb Global Markets — active in aviation insurance since 1938 — and Liberty Specialty Markets, which writes aviation all-risks and aviation war business from London.

For the Middle East, the list identifies Sukoon Insurance in Dubai, which cites more than 50 years of regional experience, alongside Saudi Arabia-based Tawuniya and MEDGULF. In Asia-Pacific, QBE covers Australia, New Zealand and the wider region, alongside Sompo and Tokio Marine HCC. Africa's shortlist names Bryte, iTOO/Hollard and Vanguard for South African and regional African aviation, while Latin America's list covers MAPFRE, Tokio Marine Brazil and AXA XL for Brazilian and Mexican general aviation.

Private jet insurance typically combines agreed-value hull protection with passenger, third-party and other aviation liabilities. More complex programs can include hull war coverage, spare engines and parts, non-owned aircraft liability, crew personal accident, loss of licence and hangarkeepers liability, with aircraft value, pilot experience, use, registration, operating territory, liability limits, claims history and war-risk exposure all influencing which insurers will consider a particular aircraft.

This shortlist underscores how aviation insurance operates as a fragmented, region-by-region specialty market rather than a single global product. Carriers differentiate by structural role — USAIG as a pool since 1928, Global Aerospace by fleet breadth, AIG Aviation by stated hull-value ceilings, Liberty Specialty Markets by London war-risk capacity — rather than by a common price benchmark, which is why the compilation avoids ranking by premium.

Coverage design in this segment is shaped by a cluster of variables working together: aircraft value, pilot experience, use, registration, operating territory, liability limits, claims history and war-risk exposure. That combination, not any single factor, determines which underwriters will even consider a given aircraft, and it explains why programs can range from a basic agreed-value hull and liability package to more complex structures with hull war, spare engine and hangarkeepers coverage.

What remains to be tested through 2026 is how regional underwriting appetite shifts as aircraft values and war-risk exposure evolve in specific territories, and whether the named specialists in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America expand the breadth of coverage they currently offer relative to the more established North American and European players.