Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Builder Risk Insurance

 

They would not renew my policy in December when I told them I was putting a rotary engine in it.  I tried to work through the logic of why the engine mattered on a builders risk policy.  The best answer they gave (which I thought was BS) was if you finished building and started flying without notifing the insurance company, in some states the ins company might have to cover any flight losses.

 

Ron Milligan

 

That’s interesting; and a bit unnerving. I’ve had an Avemco policy for a few years now, and I don’t recall ever being asked what engine is going in.  And I think it says somewhere on the policy that is for “Not in motion” coverage.

 

I guess I’ll have to keep the engine a secret.

 

Al