As an Aviation Insurance Underwriter I can tell you that some aviaion
insurance agencies do not represent ALL of the available underwriting
companies. Most do, but not all.

I put zero-multi-engine time pilots in twins all the time. The transition
pilot is an readily insurable risk if you have the right aircraft. We put
transition pilots in Twin Comanches and Cessna 310s all the time. A large
part of my book of business is multi-engine transition pilots.


"Scott Draper" wrote in message
...
You motivated me to call AOPA. (I had their number handy and didn't
have Facer's.) The lady I talked to said they all use the same
underwriters, so if an agent has accurate information, they should all
have the same capability about attaining insurance.

She said

1) No one would insure my student in a Twin Comanche until he had at
least 500 hours, rating or no rating, and

2) She could put him into a Seneca or Cessna 310 with as little as
200 hours, without a rating.

So if what she said is accurate, the local insurance guy that my
student is using has provided inaccurate information. My student has
been trying to buy a Twin Comanche, and yet he may not be insurable in
that aircraft. He's also said that he couldn't get insurance without
the rating and that he couldn't get it regardless in something with
lots of horsepower like a 310.

Thank you!



On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:17:03 GMT, Kyler Laird
wrote:

Scott Draper writes:

Can a multi-engine student get insurance for his own ME airplane,
based on his instructor's ME time? One insurance company is saying
"no way"; they'll only insure him AFTER he get's his ME rating. I'm
wondering if this is universally true.

I bought our Aztec before I even had my Private. My partner had his
MEL though. We were both on the policy as soon as I got my ASEL.

I was just required to spend 25(?) hours dual and then 15 hours solo
in the plane before I was insured for carrying passengers.

Call Andy Facer at Facer Insurance. (It's storming here and I'm
offline so I can't look up the info.)

--kyler