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“There’s been over five consecutive years of underwriting losses in the aviation insurance market,” says independent agent Tim Bonnell Jr. “Premiums have been increasing and underwriting has been stricter.”

Independent agent Thomas Coughlin cautions that trends like increasing air commerce and drone usage could pose challenges for the aviation insurance market in the years ahead.

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?

For independent agent Matthew Seaman, who has been devoted to the insurance industry since he was 16 years old, the proliferation of drones is one more reason to be passionate about the business.

After 10 years in the banking world and 12 in insurance, David George decided to brand his own agency. Today, working with a local pilot gives him a big advantage in the aviation insurance market.