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Controlling Catastrophe: Why Captive Insurance Makes Sense w/ John C. Averill and Andy Shuttleworth
Most operators think insurance is about protection. Buy a policy, transfer the risk, move on. But what if that model is quietly draining your margins instead of protecting them?
Because here’s the reality: in aviation, it’s not the catastrophic losses that kill your business; it’s everything else.
The unexpected maintenance event that isn’t covered. The operational hiccups you don’t want to claim. The hangar rash that never makes it to a claim, and you just absorb it.
The constant, low-level financial hits that feel too small to insure but too frequent to ignore. Over time, it’s death by a…
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