Providers/Dubois Spain Aviation
Aviation insurance brokerCompany

Dubois Spain Aviation

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Dubois/HWI Spain fits as an aviation insurance broker, not a carrier or MGA record. Public materials support broad aviation and aerospace coverage, loss-of-licence insurance, claims assistance, and international placement capability through the group network. The public record is less strong on practical underwriting details: carrier panel, current Lloyd's route, rates, exclusions, minimum premiums, aircraft age and pilot-hour rules, and online quote/bind workflows are not published.

Best for

  • Madrid or Spain-based aviation businesses wanting an advised insurance broker
  • Drone/UAV operators and aviation service providers needing liability or asset coverage discussions
  • Professional pilots considering loss-of-licence insurance
  • Clients needing international insurance-program coordination

Potential drawbacks

  • No dedicated online aviation quote, application, or bind flow found
  • Carrier panel and current Lloyd's access path are not public
  • Detailed aircraft appetite, exclusions, minimum premiums, and rates are not published
  • Independent aviation customer sentiment is sparse
  • Current Dubois rebrand may require manual confirmation for final logo, contact routing, and office address display

Coverage and fit

Aircraft segments

aircraftlight aircraftprivate aircraftbusiness jetshelicoptersdrones and UAVssmall commercial fleetstraining aircraft

Coverage lines

aircraft and drone hull or damage coveraccidental loss or damage in flight, at rest, or during runway transitfire, collision, weather-event damage, theft, vandalism, transit, and ground risks where included by policy wordingcivil liability insuranceaviation third-party liabilitypassenger and cargo liability where arrangedairport and airside operations liabilityhangar keepers liability where arrangedproducts liability where arrangeddrone operator liabilityfacilities, workshops, and hangar insurancebuildings and contentsequipment and toolsancillary services liabilitybusiness interruption following insured events where arrangedloss of pilot licence insurancetemporary loss of licence benefitspermanent loss of licence lump-sum benefitsoptional psychiatric, psychological, or mental-disorder extension for loss of licence subject to insurer and premium

Borrower segments

Not listed.

Usage segments

aircraft owners and operatorsprivate aircraft operatorscharter operatorssmall commercial fleetsdrone and UAV companiesmaintenance, repair and overhaul facilitiesground handling and self-handling companiesflight schools and training organisationsprofessional civil aviation pilotsairlinespilot associationsinternational operations

Research signals

Reputation score

Not scored

Signal strength

low

Sources

17

Public discourse specific to Dubois/HWI Spain aviation is sparse. Official materials consistently present the firm as a specialist, personal-service broker with international reach and documented claims support. Independent signals are mostly business directories, regulatory/complaint-service pages, rebrand and M&A trade coverage, and one Spanish Supreme Court loss-of-license insurance case involving HWI-brokered policies; no recurring customer-review, Reddit, or aviation-forum pattern was found.

Positive themes

  • Official positioning emphasizes personal advice, no call-center model, in-house claims support, and international market reach.
  • Trade and company announcements describe continuity of teams after the Dubois rebrand and management buyout.
  • Regulatory/service pages confirm a published complaints route and professional liability/financial-capacity statement.

Negative themes

  • Independent aviation customer reviews and forum discussions are very limited.
  • Public pages do not disclose a named aviation carrier panel, current Lloyd's access route, detailed appetite, rates, or binding rules.
  • The HWI-to-Dubois rebrand and the sale of UK/North American operations create public-source ambiguity around current market-access paths.
  • A public loss-of-license insurance dispute shows that HWI-brokered pilot policies have been litigated, although the published outcome maintained monetary liability against FIATC rather than HWI.

Forum themes

  • No substantive Reddit, PPRuNe, Beechtalk, Pilots of America, or similar aviation-forum discussion specific to Dubois/HWI Spain aviation was found in public search results.

Sources