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K.M. Dastur Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

K.M. Dastur Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers is a long-established Indian composite broker with official aviation and aerospace reinsurance pages, IRDAI registration, and stated relationships with aviation markets and top-rated reinsurers. The public materials support broker-led risk analysis, program design, treaty/facultative reinsurance and claims assistance, but they do not provide an aviation-specific online quote or application flow, a named aviation carrier panel, or detailed aircraft-type underwriting rules.

Contact

Contact

Websitekmdastur.com

Email[email protected]

Phone+91 22 6617 9800

Contact formkmdastur.com

LinkedInin.linkedin.com

Best for

  • Airline and airport-operator reinsurance needs
  • Corporate aircraft and general aviation risk placement
  • Helicopter-operator aviation reinsurance inquiries
  • Insurers/reinsurers needing treaty, facultative or structured reinsurance support
  • Clients comfortable with broker-led inquiry by phone/email

Potential drawbacks

  • No public aviation-specific online quote form found
  • No aviation-specific public application URL found
  • No published named aviation carrier/reinsurer panel found
  • No detailed aircraft-type appetite for piston, turboprop, jet, seaplane, experimental or warbird risks found
  • Independent aviation-client reviews are sparse

Coverage and fit

Aircraft segments

airlinescorporate aircraftgeneral aviationhelicopters

Coverage lines

aviation reinsuranceaviation treaty reinsuranceaviation domestic and international excess of loss programsgeneral aviation hull treaty capacityfacultative reinsurancestructured reinsurance solutionsclaims assistance and negotiationrisk management and program designdirect insurance broking

Borrower segments

Not listed.

Usage segments

commercial aviationcorporate/business aviationairport operatorscomponent manufacturersground handling companiesaircraft refuellersspace-related riskshelicopter operators

Research signals

Reputation score

Not scored

Signal strength

low

Sources

15

Public client-level reputation evidence is thin. Official and regulatory sources support KMD as a long-established, IRDAI-registered composite broker with aviation reinsurance capabilities and cross-border market relationships. Independent sources found are mainly employee-review sites and trade/procurement mentions, not a robust aviation-client review base.

Positive themes

  • Official sources emphasize aviation market relationships, risk analysis, program design and claims support.
  • Employee-review platforms show moderate workplace ratings, with some comments praising structure, learning exposure and work environment.
  • Trade/procurement coverage places the K.M. Dastur name in airline fleet reinsurance quotation activity.

Negative themes

  • No recurring independent aviation-client criticisms were found.
  • Employee reviews mention issues such as career growth, communication, compensation, work-life balance or micromanagement, but these are workplace signals rather than client-service reviews.
  • One Biman Bangladesh article describes pricing and procurement concerns in a reinsurance process involving several brokers/markets; the article primarily criticizes the insurer/procurement process and is not enough to infer a general KMD service problem.

Forum themes

  • No meaningful Reddit, pilot-forum, PPRuNe, AOPA-style forum, or owner-pilot community discussion was found for this India entity.

Sources