Marketplace: Aviation Insurers Offer Expertise

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Credit: James A. Gardner Aviation Insurance

Agencies and brokers that specialize in aviation insurance are opening new locations, adding staff and improving their customer support services. We highlight three aviation insurance providers below.

James A. Gardner Aviation Insurance, based in Marietta, Georgia, and licensed in 40 states, focuses on the general aviation industry, including private and commercial piston and turbine aircraft, helicopters, flight schools, charter operators, fleet managers, fixed-base operators (FBO) and other aviation service providers.

Founded in 2011, the agency’s brokers include pilots, former aviation managers and/or FBO owners, all of whom possess “an intricate understanding of the aviation industry's unique requirements,” Gardner Aviation Insurance says.

International in scope, Gardner Aviation Insurance serves clients who own a U.S.-registered aircraft directly or through its contacts in London markets.
https://marketplace.aviationweek.com/company/james-gardner-company

Group Adds Staff, Improves IT
 

Credit: USAIG

United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG), managed by United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc., is a specialty underwriter of aviation-only risks founded in 1928.

New York City-based USAIG maintains a large in-house claims staff that it says is “critical to providing a consistent product.” The group says it recently made significant investments in increased staff and information technology system upgrades, enabling representatives to spend more time with brokers and customers to innovate solutions, understand risks and build relationships.
https://marketplace.aviationweek.com/company/united-states-aircraft-ins….

Aviation Safety Expertise
 

Credit: AssuredPartners Aerospace

Founded in 2011, and comprised of 15 agencies to date, insurance broker AssuredPartners Aerospace of Denver provides insurance and risk management solutions for light- to large-size aircraft. Its staff of 140 aviation insurance practitioners have experience with charter operators, aircraft management companies, corporate flight departments, MROs, FBOs and commercial carriers.

Responding to new FAA safety management system (SMS) requirements, AssuredPartners Aerospace has added a dedicated Aviation Safety & Loss Control expert in SMS implementation. The company also recently established a London-based team to design more creative insurance coverage for its clients.
https://marketplace.aviationweek.com/company/assuredpartners-aerospace