Insurance shocker..

[Spare Tool]

Thought I'd post this as a warning to any guys out there that have their vans sign written but have not informed their insurance companies.. Up until about 6 months ago I was a plain white van man but decided to get the van sign written. Never thought anything about it, this week my insurance on the van came up for renewal, phoned them today to accept it and when questioned on modifications I mentioned the sign writing, the guy on the phone puts me on hold then comes back and says my insurance has been invalid since I had the sign writing and they are cancelling the policy as their underwriters don't cover on sign written vans. Took me an hour of ringing round companies to get one that would accept...at an extra cost of over £100 more than my original renewal quote I might add.
worth checking IMHO..

 

[Stef]

Not with my insurance Andy, I'm with Aplan insurance, great to deal with.

 

[Gazzer]

Never heard of that with any company I called while renewing my insurance. I was with A-Plan but they were twice the price of Hastings Direct.

 

[White Room]

What insurance company was it Andy....

 

[Spare Tool]

Insurance company that canceled me was a large well known well advertised firm that starts with privil and ends in ege, god knows what would have happened if I'd have had a shunt.. Tried aviva first and they were well over double my original renewal I fact nearly treble, ended up on a van comparison site that put me through to AIG and that's who I've gone with...thank The Lord they don't still sponsor Man Utd

 

[Spare Tool]

When I asked the insurance company what's the deal with the signwriting thing the only thing he could say well if someone's driving down the road and reading your van instead of watching the road he/she might crash into you...ffsake with all the short skirts out in the sun at the moment, far more chance of causing a shunt imo.. and I'm getting penalised for advertising my business

 

[On one]

I have seen sign writing in the list of modifications and wondered what the effect was.......now I know!
Other modifications to be concerned about are roof racks and snow tyres,apparently!

 

[Andy Allen]

Funny you mentioned this just renewed my insurance and they adked if the van was sign written...couldn't see what difference it made....btw mines not.
Got fully comp for £160

 

[Spare Tool]

Funny you mentioned this just renewed my insurance and they adked if the van was sign written...couldn't see what difference it made....btw mines not.
Got fully comp for £160

After I got the second quote of over a grand I was tempted to go and rip the signs off... Wow £160, didn't think I'd done too bad to get mine eventually for £500, probably not too much car crime in the cotswalds compared to burnley eh Andy..

 

[Andy Allen]

After I got the second quote of over a grand I was tempted to go and rip the signs off... Wow £160, didn't think I'd done too bad to get mine eventually for £500, probably not too much car crime in the cotswalds compared to burnley eh Andy..

I got 10 years n.c.d ,no pionts, vans parked on a secure driveway, and your right nothing exciting happens round here...lol

 

[White Room]

Funny you mentioned this just renewed my insurance and they adked if the van was sign written...couldn't see what difference it made....btw mines not.
Got fully comp for £160

Who from???

 

[On one]

I thought mine was cheap at £180 for fully comp,10 yrs n.c.d,10yr old van, living in the middle of nowhere

 

[Spare Tool]

I got 10 years n.c.d ,no pionts, vans parked on a secure driveway, and your right nothing exciting happens round here...lol

I got 9 years No claims and a point free license n all, it's parked on a drive on a cul-de-sac all night and has got manual key deadlocks fitted to every door...gotta be down to the postcode

 

[Andy Allen]

Who from???

A-Plan insurance.

 

[Andy Allen]

Just fished out my dcuments...bloke I delt with was lee rosamond on 0238061884 might be worth giving him a try. Even manged to get my n.c.d protected for £5.00 lol