The specifics of unmanned aircraft insurance in conjunction with both national and EU rules and procedures

Abstract

Insurance in many areas of law has been a core matter on both EU and national levels. The currently available research lack or often show no sign of the insurance matters related to Unmanned Aircrafts and other type of aviation objects. This thesis aims to determine what are the core elements of insurance area when discussing Unmanned Aircraft technologies as emerging new component of aviation market. To understand the EU law applicability on MS national legal systems, there arises a question, as to what are the main issues regarding Latvian Unmanned Aircraft legislation concerning insurance for these aircrafts in comparison with the newly developed EU law? In this context, Unmanned Aircrafts are considered to be aircrafts that are designed to operate autonomously or to be remotely piloted, therefore introducing differing matters as to those in manned aviation. Issues regarding insurance related matters were mostly based on lack of legal certainty in national legislation. The research indicated that there is huge potential in the Unmanned Aircraft industry, that is, if the regulating authorities both on EU and national level provide comprehensive and accessible legal framework for these new technologies.