Return-Path: Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3188291 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:12:44 -0400 Received: from TOSHIBAjhr ([209.214.15.201]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with SMTP id <20040424161243.XUKP1773.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@TOSHIBAjhr> for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:12:43 -0400 From: "John Slade" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Auto conversions Insurance??? Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:12:41 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C429F5.712E90E0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C429F5.712E90E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MessageBob Mackey is the guy at Falcon who went to bat for me. I'm probably the rotary Cozy he's talking about. I met him at Sun & Fun, thanked him for his efforts and told him I'd be in touch to see if the quote gets more reasonable when I've got 100 hrs on the plane. :) He seems like a smart guy with a good understanding of what we're doing, but he's battling against a total lack of knowledge, expertise, or even perhaps, interest, in the insurance world. Incredibly I get the impression that the insurance underwriters simply don't know how to access risk, and worse, don't care. They'll underwrite a Powersport system, or a worn out Lycoming in a second, but they have to be persuaded hard to consider a rotary installed to every possible exacting standard and with redundancy built into every system. This while complaining that they're loosing their shirt and the number of companies underwriting the General AC world is reducing. They've lost 3 Cozy's to Lycoming engine failures in the past 6 months. Their reaction is to put the premiums up for all Cozy's. Why not for Lycoming powered Cozy's, since thats where the failures were. Could have been Lycoming powered 172's. Results would have been the same or, probably, worse. I hate it when big corporations forget how to THINK. The one thing I learned is not to take no (or a high quote) for an answer. Just keep beating on them and make the discussions public, and eventually you wear them down. John Slade Turbo Rotary Cozy IV (without the turbo) 1.2 hrs. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C429F5.712E90E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Bob=20 Mackey is the guy at Falcon who went to bat for me. I'm probably the = rotary Cozy=20 he's talking about.
I met=20 him at Sun & Fun, thanked him for his efforts and told him I'd be in = touch=20 to see if the quote gets more reasonable when I've got 100 hrs on the=20 plane. :)
 
He=20 seems like a smart guy with a good understanding of what we're doing, = but he's=20 battling against a total lack of knowledge, expertise, or even perhaps,=20 interest, in the insurance world. Incredibly I get the impression that = the=20 insurance underwriters simply don't know how to access risk, and worse, = don't=20 care. They'll underwrite a Powersport system, or a worn out Lycoming in = a=20 second, but they have to be persuaded hard to consider a rotary = installed to=20 every possible exacting standard and with redundancy built into every = system.=20 This while complaining that they're loosing their shirt and the = number of=20 companies underwriting the General AC world is reducing. They've lost 3 = Cozy's=20 to Lycoming engine failures in the past 6 months. Their reaction is to = put the=20 premiums up for all Cozy's. Why not for Lycoming powered Cozy's, since = thats=20 where the failures were. Could have been Lycoming powered 172's. Results = would=20 have been the same or, probably, worse. I hate it when big corporations = forget=20 how to THINK.
 
The=20 one thing I learned is not to take no (or a high quote) for an answer. = Just keep=20 beating on them and make the discussions public, and eventually you wear = them=20 down.
 
John=20 Slade
Turbo Rotary Cozy IV (without the=20 turbo)
1.2 hrs. =
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