Aviation insurance insights.

Did you know that the United States boasts the largest, most diverse aviation community in the entire world? Rotorcraft, balloons, turbojets, and amateur-built aircraft compose a fleet of 220,000 aircraft. And there’s a reason the U.S. aviation community is so strong — after all, we invented human flight. U.S. skies, then, are filled with people […]

“Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous,” said Captain A. G. Lamplugh, chief underwriter and principal surveyor of British Aviation Insurance Company in 1931. “But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.” Because of the unforgiving sky, it’s important that every pilot in the […]

Cessna 172 Skyhawk, photographed March 2025. General aircraft ownership context only; no BWI customer, quoted aircraft or claim is depicted. Photo: Oleg Yunakov / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized without cropping; this image derivative is shared under the same license. No endorsement implied. Buying your first aircraft insurance policy starts with identifying your aircraft, […]