Posted for Dan O'Brien <limadelta@gmail.com>:

 I ran into the same reaction at Sun-N-Fun. I'm low time (250 hours) and not
 commercial but instrument rated. The guy at Falcon sent me to the EAA booth.
 The guy there shook his head. He said liability only was doable, but only
 one company would write it, so it would be expensive. He told me the
 difference between my ES and a Mooney or Bonanza was that my plane is
 plastic. No duh! Well, the ES V-speeds are similar to the Bonanza, and I am
 more insurable there.
 
 In acquiring both tickets (private and instrument), I was told that by
 instructors that I'm an excellent pilot. Meticulous, all manouvers within
 commercial specs, etc. Doesn't count for crap to the insurance people. Only
 two conclusions are possible: 1) the ES is much harder to fly than Mooneys
 and Bonanzas, or 2) Lancair pilots tend to be reckless, so we can't get
 insurance (or not from more than one company, as I heard it).
 
 Maybe someone can come up with a more optimistic conclusion.