by Ed Hinerman | Aug 29, 2011 | life insurance, pilot, private pilots, student pilot
I know I’ve talked quite a bit lately about those aviation life insurance needs that are hard or expensive to insure through traditional life insurance companies. I just wanted to take a few minutes to clarify that for the majority of private pilots life...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 29, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
So, just what company offers the best rates if you need private pilot life insurance? How about student pilot life insurance? Or flight instructor life insurance? Airline pilots? Those answers depend on certain criteria which I’ll cover in a minute, but keep in...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 12, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, private pilots
It hasn’t been that long ago that life insurance for private pilots cost just the same as for every other person with their same health. The only downside to those good old days was that life insurance companies excluded aviation life insurance coverage. It...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 5, 2010 | flight instructor, life insurance, private pilots
Not too long ago I outlined several private aviation life insurance underwriting changes that Prudential had made, almost all of them in favor of the pilots. Included in those changes was underwriting for private pilots of experimental or home built aircraft without a...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 24, 2010 | AARP, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has held themselves out as the private pilot’s friend for a long time, the advocate, the go to organization, the one stop shop for all of your needs. For all I know they may in fact be the shining star they claim to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 28, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, private pilots
So many life insurance companies have come so close, but none have ever stepped off the edge and done it. Preferred plus rates with no extra charge for private pilots who don’t have an instrument rating. ING Reliastar came out with their preferred plus and a...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 5, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, private pilots, student pilot
The cost of being a private pilot can be staggering anyway you go about it. One area that you can keep the cost down in is your life insurance, if you do your homework and pick the right agent. Student pilots face their first gut check when they find out, on average,...
by Ed Hinerman | May 7, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, private pilots
What a difference from a year ago. Private pilots have been freed up from the $5+ per gallon fuel and are once again logging hours. Underwriting for private pilots with most of the aviation life insurance friendly companies calls for a minimum number of hours annually...
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