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Aircraft Insurance During an Annual Inspection: Who Covers Damage at the Shop?

Your plane is at the shop for its annual. Here is how your hull coverage and the shop's hangarkeepers liability work if it gets damaged.

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Checkride Day in a Rented Plane: What to Check About Insurance

Taking your checkride in a rented plane? Here is what to check about the school's policy, who is named and the paperwork to sort before the day.

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Loss of Use Charges on a Rented Plane: What Renter Pilots Should Know

Damage a rental plane and the school may bill you for downtime too. Here is how loss of use charges work and how renter pilots can prepare.

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Flight School vs. Renter Insurance: Which Policy Responds?

When a school aircraft is damaged, which policy should respond first: the school's or the renter's? A scenario table and FAQ for flight school owners to set clear expectations with students and renters.

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Co-Owning an Aircraft? How Insurance Works for Partnerships and LLCs

Co-owning an aircraft? Learn how insurance works for partnerships and LLCs, including named insureds, partner pilot reviews, hull value and what to put in your agreement.

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Things to Consider When Buying a Light Aircraft: A First-Time Owner Checklist

Buying your first light aircraft? Use our checklist covering pre-purchase inspections, airframe, engine, avionics, logbooks, and title searches.

First-Time Aircraft Owner Tips

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Choosing a Coverage Period: Day, Week, Month or Year for Flight School Pilots

How flight schools can help pilots choose between day, week, month and annual non-owned aircraft insurance, including how the term affects hull limits and a simple decision checklist.

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Flight School Education Hub

Non-Owned Insurance for CFIs and Flight Students: A Guide for Flight School Owners

A guide for flight school owners on how on-demand non-owned aircraft insurance by the day, week, month and year works for CFIs and flight students, with limits and a pre-flight checklist.

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Flight School Education Hub

Billed for a Broken Part on a Rental Plane? What Renter Pilots Should Know

A rental plane comes back with a bent or broken part and you get the bill. Here is how to separate wear from damage, what to check in your rental agreement and renters policy, and how to protect yourself before the engine starts.

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Aircraft Owner Insurance: Is Your Hull Value Set Too Low?

How to choose the agreed hull value on your aircraft owner policy, why setting it too low to save on premium can backfire, and what to review at each renewal.

Aviation

Things to Consider When Buying a Light Aircraft: A First-Time Owner Checklist

Buying your first light aircraft? Use this checklist covering pre-purchase inspections, airframe, engine, avionics, logbooks, and title searches.

First-Time Aircraft Owner Tips

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What to Verify Before a Student Flies a School or Club Aircraft

A nine-point insurance checklist for flight school owners and managers to run before a student flies a school or club aircraft, from use category to the certificate of insurance.

Aviation

Flight School Education Hub

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Aircraft Insurance During an Annual Inspection: Who Covers Damage at the Shop?

Checkride Day in a Rented Plane: What to Check About Insurance

Loss of Use Charges on a Rented Plane: What Renter Pilots Should Know

Flight School vs. Renter Insurance: Which Policy Responds?

Co-Owning an Aircraft? How Insurance Works for Partnerships and LLCs

Things to Consider When Buying a Light Aircraft: A First-Time Owner Checklist

Choosing a Coverage Period: Day, Week, Month or Year for Flight School Pilots

Non-Owned Insurance for CFIs and Flight Students: A Guide for Flight School Owners

Billed for a Broken Part on a Rental Plane? What Renter Pilots Should Know

Aircraft Owner Insurance: Is Your Hull Value Set Too Low?

Things to Consider When Buying a Light Aircraft: A First-Time Owner Checklist

What to Verify Before a Student Flies a School or Club Aircraft

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