Belly Landing - Involve the insurance company?

On May 24, 4:54*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
On May 24, 2:15*pm, wrote:

I consider hull insurance as protection from big loss. Your belly work
isn't all that expensive. Get the rest of it looked at and then your

Preliminary repair estimate: *$2000 (partly due to the fact that the
belly hook almost certainly needs to be replaced).

Argh!

--Noel

My experience: Costello gives great service. Your rates and deductible
will go up for a few years. Find out the amounts. Typically it's just
worth it for a replacement canopy ($5,000). For $2,000 it's probably
not worth a claim.

Unfortunately, Costello/SSA do not offer insurance with a high
deductible so that people like me who only want insurance for
catastrophic events can avoid paying premiums for this kind of
stuff.

John Cochrane