The International Cessna^® 170 Association

Has any one had any dealings with this agency?

They specialize in antique airplanes.

http://www.butlerbrownins.com/

Any recommendations for insurance?

Olan

Olan:
Never heard of Buster Brown Insurance. I went with AUA this last time. You have to be a member of EAA-Vintage Division. I actually had a lower quote from Travers & Associates (took over from AIG, where I insured last time), but Travers' policy had an off-airport exclusion. After checking into it, it turns out that exclusion applied to any place other than a "recognized" (read charted) airport. I fly into some uncharted strips & I figured if I'm gonna ball it up,Murphy's law dictates that it would happen at one of them. So I spent the extra dough for what I figured was better coverage. AUA promised continuing claims-free discounts up to ( I think ) 20%, so I figured in the long run I'll come out at least even.

Eric

I have my insurance with them. I felt they were a little slow returning calls, but I'm happy otherwise. They didn't blink at the requested hull value, and offered higher liability limits than I could get elsewhere ($300k/seat vs previous $100k max). There is no "Off Airport" exclusion.

My premium was $1,570 for $48,000 hull value with $1,000,000 / $300,000 liability limits. The higher liability limit added about $300 if I remember correctly. I have 16,000 hours, but only 150 hours tailwheel time -- nearly all of that in Make and Model.

Hope this helps.

"They specialize in antique airplanes". How about antique pilots ?
Rudy

rudymantel wrote:"They specialize in antique airplanes". How about antique pilots ?
Rudy

It's not antique Rudy! It's very experienced with wisdom gained over time. It's a shame insurance companies are allowed to factor age in. If it was my insurance company, I would insure you in a second, and give you all of the price breaks and would be feeling like I just made a good business decision.

Hey, maybe that's what we need to do. Start an insurance company and seek pilots like you. Bet we would make a lot of money.

If we got 1200 170's to pay an average of $700 the premiums would amount to $940000. You could cover a lot of problems with almost a million dollars a year. Ooooooh, but what about those Alaska guys? For those of you that are too tight. This idea is a Joke

Or, we could make it non-profit and insure ourselves saving the money insurance companies make in their profit. Maybe Rudy could be the one who explains to those that are not acceptable risks.

Actually, despite age 72, I'm insured with Avemco. So far no problems. But I know some companies are reluctant to insure geeezers.
Rudy