The recent spate of airline accidents has not yet translatedinto increases in airline hull insurance, said an executive at Aon,out of London; however, the broker did not rule out increases forfourth-quarter renewals.

Aon said that four airline crashes in quick succession havebrought to an end a long period of relatively benign lossexperience for the aviation insurance market.

August is now the second most expensive month, in terms oflosses, for the airline industry since January 2002, Aon said.Despite the losses, for aircraft hulls valued at over $170 millionthe monthly trend in the cost of losses has continued to fallsteadily.

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