I"m not aware of anyone who writes insurance for renters in twins (or
sea ). You may want to look at the FBOs policy. If they don't
subgrogate you may decide you want to risk the lose of use and
deductable. Of course, you could always be sued personaly. However,
lawyers are usually looking for the easy money and the guy with the
most insurance is probably going to get teh biggest bill (especially
under JSL).

The number of hours the FBO requires before renting really has more do
to with how much they pay for their insurance. I know that a lot of
FBOs buy their insurance down to 10 hours of dual before solo or a
minimum number of twin time in something else with something like 5
hours of dual in type. An FBO that requires 300 hours of dual is
really saying they only have insurance for dual. For a lot of mom and
pop FBOs that's all they can afford. The sea plane industry hit that a
while back. There aren't too many places that you can rent a sea plane
solo.

-Robert


(Bartscher) wrote in message ...
Speaking of renter's insurance, has anyone had any luck in getting renter's
insurance that covers multi-engine aircraft?

I have a renter's insurance policy with Avemco that covers single engine, but
apparently they will not write policies on multi-engine aircraft for renters
(only owners).

I'd like to get coverage before I start renting to get my multi. I currently
have 500 hours, instrument, and commercial for single engine (if that matters).

It appears that the insurance companies are trying to take twins out of the air
(I recently heard that the minimums for giving dual on one local twin were 300
hours of dual given in a twin + some additional amount of twin time that I
can't recall). Pretty soon nobody will be able to give instruction in or rent
one...

Eric Bartsch