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Glider insurance
Maybe I am in error, and if so I apologize, but I cannot help but think the
good ol' insurance companies may be trying their usual rip-offs. As a renter I am asked to have $20,000 hull insurance on an FBO G-103 so I can take the occasional friend up into the aerospace - no problems - seems fair to the FBO. As a practical matter I am not even in the USA for six months/year. So what I want is a six-month policy for a single sailplane only. Seems there are two companies that do this but: Supposedly I must be insured for SEL as well as gliders. Maybe I am mistaken, but it seems to me that the risk and loss numbers for powered A/C must be much higher than for a glider. Why should I pay to be insured for SEL night instrument weather risks instead of "round the flagpole" soaring? Thus, if correct (and I admit I may be way off base here) I may be subsidizing SEL pilots via my artificially high-cost soaring policy. But maybe not so - any comments here - anyone know (independent of what an INSCO might tell you) what real accident/payout statistics show on SEL vs. glider? I note on the SSA website that apparently soaring insurance is very hard to get. WHY? Are our claims experiences so awful? Neptune |
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