Aviation insurance provider USAIG has added security training, site assessments and trip support by Corporate Aviation Security International (CASI) to its portfolio of safety-enhancing services available to eligible policyholders through its Performance Vector programme. Performance Vector is available to most USAIG policyholders that insure a turbine-powered aircraft or take out multiple policies. Each eligible policy can select one programme option annually as a policy benefit to enhance organisational loss control and safety efforts.

Security should be a top priority for business aviation departments in a world where global threats shift and evolve hourly. Threats range from property theft and senseless destruction to kidnapping, violence, attempted hijackings or worse; and can emanate from common street thugs, cartels and other organised crime, terror and activist groups, even from inside one's own organisation. Increasing awareness and training, confirming effective physical security measures are in place at operating bases and having access to supplemental planning and resources for trips to security-sensitive locales are prudent steps sophisticated organisations take to counter threats. Performance Vector-eligible policyholders can now apply their annual benefit toward CASI services that address those specific aims.

CASI's offers through the Performance Vector programme include a one day staff security training programme delivered at the operator's location; on-site security assessment of US hangar, airfield and company operating bases with a report of findings and recommendations; and trip support for security-sensitive destinations with advisors on the ground ahead of and during an aircraft's stay. A Performance Vector benefit applied toward any of these CASI services provides a $2,500 subsidy, materially reducing out-of-pocket costs for the policyholder.

“Safe flights depend on staying ahead of the situation and leaving as little as possible to chance. It’s important to make sure the necessary focus on aviation-specific factors doesn't leave a blind spot when it comes to security,” says USAIG president and CEO John Brogan. “I'm delighted to now have a world-class security expert in our Performance Vector portfolio to help policyholders elevate their security posture to better protect their people and assets.”

“We are excited that our team's decades of collective operational experience earn USAIG's trust,” says CASI President and founder Daniel Foust. “We look forward to providing bespoke services to policyholders, merging our unique capabilities with their operations to help protect people, equipment and reputations at home bases and wherever their trips take them.”

USAIG continually upgrades its popular Performance Vector suite of safety programmes to keep pace with changes and improvements in aviation safety protocols.