Doug wrote:

What will happen is they will want an
N-number (wont quote without one), and NO other underwriters will quote
on that N-number for some period of time (I don't know how long). That
is what is a problem. The insurance companies claim they need this.

The reason is very simple. They don't want to waste their time providing
multiple quotes on the same plane. It costs them money. So, when the second
broker calls asking for a price, the underwriter won't give it to him.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.