On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:34:17 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Glider insurance companies in America need to wake up and get real. 10,000 hours of flight time in powered aircraft won't even get you a penny less on your premiums! A private glider pilot with 100 hours of total time in gliders pays the same insurance as a 40,000 hour power pilot who has 100 hours in gliders. FLARM should give a big discount. I used one last Saturday on the Seniors practice day and found it to increase safety tremendously.

my guess is their actuarial tables have shown that high time in airplanes does not correlate to increased safety in a glider. my experience as a CFI-G would tend to agree with that.

they are probably waiting to see a statistical correlation to show that FLARM use reduces the risk of a major loss for the insurance company.