NATA Announces New Workers' Compensation Insurance Program

Alexandria, VA – September 5, 2012 —The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is pleased to announce that starting January 1, 2013, the association will offer its members a new, cutting edge benefit, the NATA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program.

The new NATA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program was designed to benefit members’ businesses and help advance our industry’s safety goals embodied in NATA’s Safety 1st program. The NATA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program is underwritten by Companion Property & Casualty Group and managed by Beacon Aviation Insurance Services, Inc. This exciting new program will offer Beacon’s most competitive prices for NATA members. In addition, NATA’s members participating in NATA’s Safety 1st programs will be given preferential pricing wherever it is permitted by state rules.

The new program was developed not only to reduce member operating costs but also to assist NATA in fostering and expanding its current array of safety programs. To date, NATA’s Safety 1st program supports members through:

• on-line training,
• the NATA Safety 1st Management System for Ground Operations,
• the NATA Safety 1st Management System for Air Operators, and
• the NATA Safety 1st Ground Audit Standard.

“We are proud to provide leadership and support for the advancement of aviation safety standards. Our goal is to work with industry to achieve the highest levels of safety possible a and we are excited by the opportunity to broaden that support through NATA’s latest membership benefit program,” said NATA President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks.

To learn more about this new Workers’ Compensation Insurance program, review the ‘NATA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program Frequently Asked Questions’ by clicking here or visit the Beacon Aviation Insurance Services Web site.

NATA recommends that member companies contact their insurance agent prior to the renewal of their current program to find out more about the benefits of this new program through Beacon Aviation Insurance Services.