[Uncle Chip]

So the insurance carriers have already begun paying out on the loss of the plane. They know that it is in pieces at the bottom of the ocean and not in a tourist trap in the Maldives or in some mullah’s driveway in Pakistan.

[NonValueAdded]

So the insurance carriers have already begun paying out on the loss of the plane. They know that it is in pieces at the bottom of the ocean and not in a tourist trap in the Maldives or in some mullah’s driveway in Pakistan.

Or they fear the worst is yet to come and want to get "final" payments into the hands of the victims' families before the sharks swarm and up the ante. Fairly standard practice now.