liability etc part 2
Interestingly, the aviation insurers of the Agusta 109 Vauxhall crash tried to claim against the CAA in the High Court, and they recently lost. That may be a straw in the wind here. In many ways it all comes down to the proximate cause of the loss, which as a famous US Chief Justice once described as trying to nail jelly to the wall.
Aviation insurers do not automatically pay out of course, as there may be invalidation of the insurance itself (breach of ANO etc), or there may be more complex matters to consider (e.g. Malaysian Airlines 370 and 17).