When a drone is used for business purposes rather than for recreation, it becomes subject to the small unmanned aircraft rule, also known as Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Federal Aviation Regulations.
Sara Rutland and her husband have over 70 years of professional airman experience between them. The couple owns a flight school and even lives in a hangar house. Why not start an aviation insurance agency, too?
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When Anais Babajanian traded in her public accounting career to take over her mom’s Houston-based independent agency, it was “a complete 180,” she says. “Now, I’m adding value, and I’m in control of how successful I am.”
Nicole Carrigan didn’t plan on building a career in insurance, but working for a family-owned business in a small tourist town gives her the opportunity to “help those I know and care about,” she says. “I have heavy roots in my community.”
Over the past decade, the cost of medical equine insurance has doubled. IA spoke with two agents to get the scoop on how the equine insurance market has transformed in response to mounting major medical losses.
Ten young agents under the age of 33 share their thoughts on the insurance industry’s appeal for the next generation of employees and clients—and what needs to happen for independent agents to thrive in the future.
Many insurance agents agree to place coverage that is outside either their area of expertise or their geographical comfort zone. But this is a dangerous practice.
Globetrotting high net-worth individuals vacation in ways which open the doors to often unexpected exposures.
More than half of long-term care insurance claims begin in the home, compared to only 28.2% that commence in a nursing home, according to a recent analysis.
