Illustration: VAI/Mark Bennett VAI Webinar, Sep. 24: From Risk to Resilience – Navigating the Aviation Insurance Landscape You can reduce your company’s risk and claims while securing the best coverage—here’s how. Insurance is often one of the largest line items for a company, yet obtaining and keeping good insurance isn’t just about the rates. It’s about relationships, risks, and how you tell your company’s safety story. For instance, listing a safety management system (SMS) as part of your operation is one thing; demonstrating your active use of the SMS in a way that highlights how it has reduced your company’s risk level takes you to a whole new place with underwriters. When you provide examples of hazard reports, mitigation strategies, and actual lessons learned and have implemented the mitigations, you’re proving your safety focus. Looking at insurance in this light can help you not only get the most out of your insurance but also earn the best rates and decrease the chances you’ll ever need to use your coverage. Join us at our next VAI Webinar, Sep. 24, at 3:30 pm eastern (UTC-4), where a panel of VAI Aviation Insurance Industry Advisory Council (IAC) members will share a list of 10 key actions aviation operators can take to get the most out of their insurance negotiations, rates, and coverage. The panel will break down the actions with explanations of why they’re important in insurance relationships and how to use them to improve your aviation insurance experience and elevate your position with brokers and underwriters. The panel, led by VyClimb Consulting President and CEO Michael Benton, will offer examples and resources operators of every size can use to employ each action when it comes time to negotiate new insurance or renew an existing policy. Our panel for the webinar: • Moderator: Michael Benton, President and CEO, VyClimb Consulting • Mike Becker, Executive Director and Chief Pilot, Becker Helicopters Pilot Academy • Sam Greene, Assistant VP, Assistant Underwriting Branch Manager, Rotor Wing Business Line Analyst (West), USAIG • Kim Hutchings, Founder and CEO, Volo Mission • Bill Kingsley, Senior VP, Account Executive, AssuredPartners Aerospace • Kevin Nelson, Founder, President, Training Pilot, Nelson AeroDynamiX. In this webinar, you’ll learn: • How to convey your company’s safety story • Ways to develop strong relationships with brokers and underwriters • Key programs that will reduce risk • What to avoid • And more. Register today for this free, one-hour webinar, Wednesday, Sep. 24, at 3:30 pm eastern (UTC-4), to learn how to get the most out of your insurance relationships.
