I dont think the premiums have anything to do with the weight limits. Right now I guarantee we are paying more for the insurance than AMA is actually charged it is just a way for them to get a little extra cash by saying the premiums have jumped. I am an insurance agent and can tell you that they pay group rates and with the small but growing number of people flying larger planes at this time do not affect the insurance. What it is is that you have these people at headquarters that just arent into larger planes and so havent got a clue to the extent the larger plane movement is growing. Most of the people at HQ are just plain lazy and uncareing of anyone in a "small subgroup" heck take a look at that crappy mag they put out almost everything in there is small crap it is very seldom you see anything bigger than a .60-.90 size plane unless it is a large IMAC plane. My opinion is they are thinking if the imac guys can build a 40% scale plane for under 55 lb limit the scale guys can too thats like comparing apples to oranges.

Joe