Knowledge and Capacity to Keep Your Business Moving.

SterlingRisk Aviation creates insurance programs that help aircraft owners, operators, aviation and aerospace companies manage risk and avoid financial loss. Our knowledge of the industry and our relationships with key insurers help prepare our aviation clients for this industry’s unique cyclical and financial challenges.

We work with clients across the aviation and aerospace industries, including:

  • Airlines — regional, national, international, passenger and cargo operators
  • Corporate — aircraft owners, operators and travelers
  • Helicopters — offshore, emergency medical services, firefighting, construction, aerial application, sightseeing, charters, electronic news gathering (ENG), flight training and motion picture production
  • Fixed-base operators (FBO) — airports, fueling providers and related services and products, flight training academies, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) companies
  • Manufacturers — airframes, avionics and navigation equipment, ground support equipment, engines, components and materials

SterlingRisk Aviation is more than an insurance broker; we are a trusted advisor and a problem solver – a partner that you can count on to protect your interests so you can focus on growing your business and gaining that competitive edge.

Your SterlingRisk team features experienced aviation executives, claims advocates and safety professionals, as well as attorneys and advisors. Together, we will look to solve your critical risk challenges, control your losses and manage your claims so you spend less to protect your assets and your business.

SterlingRisk Insurance - Customized Insurance Solutions for the Aviation Industry

Industry Challenges

How Can I Effectively Compare and Review Existing Policies and Coverages?

SterlingRisk will review your current policies and coverages at no charge to you. Our knowledge of wordings and policy language is an important component to our success. Understanding the ever changing policy language and the development of specialized coverages in the aviation insurance marketplace helps you receive value for your premium dollar. Some insurers have even asked for our suggestions when writing specific coverage language for new products.

How do I Better Understand My Different Exposures, Costs, and Insurer Relationships?

Insurers have likes and dislikes and your SterlingRisk team will point out how these different underwriting appetites can be used to your benefit. Your policy contains many different coverages to protect you against your risk and exposure. We will identify trigger points and how the coverage responds to reimburse your loss.

How do I Manage Contract Risk?

At SterlingRisk, we do not just understand insurance, we understand your business. We put that understanding to work for you via our review of your contracts to facilitate effective risk transfer.

How do I Expedite Insurance Claims?

Aviation claims require an immediate response. Should you ever need to file a claim against your coverage, look to your SterlingRisk team to be there every step of the way. Our claims consultants work to streamline the claims process and help you advocate for the best possible outcome.

How do I Get an Indication of Aviation Insurance Costs?

SterlingRisk clients cover the spectrum of aviation. Our deep knowledge of the marketplace, the standard rates and premiums, coverage levels and available resources, allows us to provide quotes in a timely manner. Talk to a SterlingRisk Aviation professional today by contacting Mike O’Donnell.

Program Spotlight

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

How do I Manage Unique Risks Associated with Unmanned Aircraft Systems?

UAS, UAV, RPA, Drone? Many names, but all refer to an aircraft that does not carry a human pilot on board. SterlingRisk provides Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Insurance and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Insurance and Non-Owned Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Unmanned Aircraft System Insurance for manufacturers, military, law enforcement, film production, search and rescue, agriculture and other aerial work uses.

Who Can Use UAS/UAV Insurance?

  • UAV / UAS Manufacturer Product Liability
  • Film and Production
  • Power-line Patrol
  • Pipe-line Patrol
  • Aerial Photo and Survey
  • Corporate Uses – Industrial Aid
  • Pleasure and Business
  • Agricultural and Livestock
  • Predator Control
  • Search and Rescue

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Industry Specialist

Mike O’Donnell

President, Aviation

As President of Sterling Aviation Insurance Services, LLC, Mike oversees the group’s day to day client management and internal operations. He has been successfully practicing in the aviation insurance industry since 2002. Mike has specific expertise in larger commercial rotor-wing accounts, including being one of the first to secure coverage for private entities operating equipment under government contract in Iraq and Afghanistan immediately post-conflict. He also has significant experience with fixed wing commercial risks, executive transport risks, leasing and financing entity coverage, film and television production risks, ground handling operations, aviation products and MRO exposures.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Human Factors Psychology with an additional concentration in Aviation Business Management.

P | 850-460-7391

E | MOdonnell@sterlingrisk.com

Michael O'Donnell - Customized Aviation Insurance Solutions

“SterlingRisk has been an absolute pleasure to work with; our company had previously been denied a claim for loss of parts and labor revenue under or general liability policy. SterlingRisk Aviation reviewed the facts of the case and after further investigation presented the insurer with information pertaining to the intent and policy coverage under the Work In Progress endorsement. The insurer agreed with SterlingRisk and paid the claim. Advanced Helicopter Services is proud to be a part of the SterlingRisk Family.”

Sparrow Tang, CEO — Advanced Helicopter Services

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