371 ForeFlight Aircraft Insurance Comparison Tool with Connor Hailey
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Max talks with Connor Hailey from ForeFlight about their new aircraft insurance comparison tool, designed to help aircraft owners evaluate their insurance policies. The tool allows users to upload their current policy, which is analyzed using AI to extract key details. Pilots can verify and adjust their information, including certificates, ratings, and flight hours, which ForeFlight Logbook can auto-fill. The tool then compares the extracted policy details against an aggregated range of similar policies, showing whether the premium is fair.
The tool is currently only available to U.S.-based aircraft owners, though future plans may include expansion to renters and those seeking quotes before purchasing an aircraft. ForeFlight intends to keep this web-only tool free for all users, with no current plans to integrate it into the ForeFlight mobile app. While the tool is still in beta, its primary goal is to help pilots make informed decisions about their insurance costs and start productive conversations with their brokers. ForeFlight is focused on refining the tool and adding more features rather than monetizing it.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a special newsmakers edition where we talk with people who are making the news. |
| 0:06.1 | Today we're talking with Connor Haley from Foreflight about their new aircraft insurance comparison tool |
| 0:11.0 | that helps aircraft owners compare the cost of their insurance policy with the cost that other pilots are paying for the same aircraft type. |
| 0:18.2 | So if you own an airplane or think you might own one someday, stick |
| 0:21.7 | around to learn about this new way to compare insurance costs. Hello again and welcome to |
| 0:26.0 | Aviation News Talk, where we're talking general aviation. My name is Max Truscott. I've been |
| 0:30.0 | flying for 50 years. I'm the author of several books in the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the |
| 0:34.4 | year. And my mission is to help you become the safest possible pilot. |
| 0:39.1 | Last week in episode 370, we talked with Rachel Webster about her setabria being stolen and |
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| 1:27.0 | Now let me tell you a little about Connor Haley. |
| 1:29.5 | Connor joined Foreflight not long after getting his pilot certificate. |
| 1:32.8 | Originally, he worked on four flights' wake turbulence avoidance feature |
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