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The global aviation market faced a soft market last year and any hardening was limited to the airline side in the fourth quarter. And still, the capacity continues to flow.

With December 2010 renewals down from the year-ago period and plenty of capacity, aviation insurance carriers are looking to position themselves for the future at the tail end of a soft market.

With the world's largest passenger plane capable of carrying more than 800 people, never have so many passengers been able to fly under one roof. Never has so big an aviation insurance loss been possible.

Our listing of some of the nation's top aviation/airline companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration data reveals a disparity in lost-time injury rates among airline companies and airports.

A listing of some of the nation's top aviation companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

A passenger in seat 32A in an air-conditioned airplane cabin pauses to dwell on his fellow men and women lugging heavy bags and pushing awkward drink carts in the baggage hold and cabin of Flight 982.

With parts arriving from all corners of the globe, aerospace manufacturers now have to coordinate massive amounts of information through all levels of the supply chain, even if that means managing risk for their suppliers.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded aerospace/aviation companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Using personal aircraft for business purposes saves time but exposes an employer to soaring liability and higher insurance costs, many risk managers say.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded airline companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The just-in-time manufacturing process has helped manufacturers maintain profit margins, but it has also eroded the safety margin built into supply chains.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded manufacturing companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The best commercial brokers in the business know their customers sometimes better than customers know themselves. So, just who belongs to this vaunted group of middlemen and women for the aviation-aerospace industry? Find out the 2011 Power Broker® results.

Boeing and Airbus dominate the airplane manufacturing business, but where will they be in 10, 20 years? See where they think they will be, as revealed in their market forecasts and outlooks.