David Hampson

David Hampson is president of Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Agency LLC and general manager of William J. Grohs Aviation Inc.
David Hampson Thursday, October 22, 2020

Aviation Insurance in Hard Times

The “winds of change” blowing through the aviation-insurance industry when I wrote about insurance for Flying in the 2019 Buyers’ Guide have now reached gale-force speeds. I worked in general-property and casualty insurance long before becoming an aviation-insurance specialist, and I have never seen anything like the rate volatility today. Just a few years ago, […]

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David Hampson Thursday, April 11, 2019

Aviation Insurance is Changing

“Let the good times roll” may have been an appropriate mantra for aviation-insurance consumers during the past 10 to 12 years, but the party might finally be over. While the total cost of aircraft ownership — i.e. hangar leases, fuel, maintenance costs, FBO fees and so on — have gone up substantially for the past […]

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