Insurance - AOPA vs. Avemco

[Junior Birdman]

Anybody have any recommendations as to which company to deal with. The
company I rent from uses Avemco, if that helps.

Also, are there any rules of thumb as to how much insurance is needed?

Thanks in advance for the help!!

--Tom--

[Caius Marius]

In article <6tkm3b$icu$1...@news-01.meganews.com>, "Junior Birdman" <td...@nospam.bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Anybody have any recommendations as to which company to deal with. The
>company I rent from uses Avemco, if that helps.

I would suggest going to a casualty insurance broker. Most will sell avaition
insurance. My impression is that both AOPA and Avemco are expensive.

John - N8086N
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[Dennis Monroe]

When I investigated a few months ago, I found AOPA to be substantially
cheaper- maybe because I was low time (about 70 hrs) and a member. Also,
the coverage was more thorough with AOPA.
Junior Birdman wrote in message <6tkm3b$icu$1...@news-01.meganews.com>...

>Anybody have any recommendations as to which company to deal with. The
>company I rent from uses Avemco, if that helps.
>

[John Prickett]

Junior Birdman wrote:
>
> Anybody have any recommendations as to which company to deal with. The
> company I rent from uses Avemco, if that helps.
>
> Also, are there any rules of thumb as to how much insurance is needed?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help!!
>
> --Tom--

fwiw, my insurance agent is a.i.g. in bethany, oklahoma.
1-800-825-2828

my current policies are underwritten by phoenix aviation in
dallas.

i recently had my c150 destroyed by windstorms. phoenix has
been very responsive so far, and i am expecting to receive
payment before the month is out. i'll keep you posted.

the only other dealings i had with aviation insurance companies
was after a partner had nose gear collapse in '93 (p210). that
particular underwriter delayed about 6 months before writing a
check, and only covered about 90% of the cost of the repairs.
i have instructed a.i.g. not to use them for any of my future
policies. i won't mention their name here on the net, but
it was another company with the name of a bird in it.

which insurance company you use doesn't really matter until
you have a claim. at that time is when you find out which
ones are the good ones and which ones are the bad ones. so far,
it looks like phoenix is really a good one.

mho,

john

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