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Re: Insurance time again

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daviemck2006 wrote:The broker told me all I had to do was txt when I put one on and txt when it goes off. I'm always worried now with all the camera cars that I get booked for driving uninsured. But with road tax now as soon as I buy something it has no tax. There's no hiding places now!
Which broker Davie, this sounds interesting...
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xantiamanic wrote:Traders policy? Explain that to me please. I have 4 xantias, 2 currently insured, 1 on the mend and 1 virtually dexeased. Assuming i get, lets say 3 up and running would i be bettet off on one of these?

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BenC5HDi wrote:
daviemck2006 wrote:The broker told me all I had to do was txt when I put one on and txt when it goes off. I'm always worried now with all the camera cars that I get booked for driving uninsured. But with road tax now as soon as I buy something it has no tax. There's no hiding places now!
Which broker Davie, this sounds interesting...
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daviemck2006 wrote:
BenC5HDi wrote:
daviemck2006 wrote:The broker told me all I had to do was txt when I put one on and txt when it goes off. I'm always worried now with all the camera cars that I get booked for driving uninsured. But with road tax now as soon as I buy something it has no tax. There's no hiding places now!
Which broker Davie, this sounds interesting...
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elma wrote:
xantiamanic wrote:Traders policy? Explain that to me please. I have 4 xantias, 2 currently insured, 1 on the mend and 1 virtually dexeased. Assuming i get, lets say 3 up and running would i be bettet off on one of these?

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That's not correct elma, you can have social domestic and pleasure included on a trade policy but as I said you do get involved with the MIB bureaucracy.

There is one other downside, no claims discounts earned on trade policies are not accepted on private car policies if in the future you want to return to private.
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I don't know what's suddenly happened to the insurance industry, about a week ago I was getting quotes from the comparison sites for around £180 for my 406, this week they have all gone up to around £220 - 240 but I got a quote from Direct Line for £200. :? :shock: :(

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Gibbo2286 wrote:
That's not correct elma, you can have social domestic and pleasure included on a trade policy but as I said you do get involved with the MIB bureaucracy.

There is one other downside, no claims discounts earned on trade policies are not accepted on private car policies if in the future you want to return to private.
Is that not just for a single vehicle? If it's for multiples then it would be handy.
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elma wrote:
Gibbo2286 wrote:
That's not correct elma, you can have social domestic and pleasure included on a trade policy but as I said you do get involved with the MIB bureaucracy.

There is one other downside, no claims discounts earned on trade policies are not accepted on private car policies if in the future you want to return to private.
Is that not just for a single vehicle? If it's for multiples then it would be handy.
After I sold the garage business I continued trading from home and at the auctions, usually with three or four vehicles at a time.
During that time, from 1988 until just a couple of years ago I shopped around regularly for the best deal, I also had trade plates which were covered by the policy (Not for SDP of course).

As a sole driver all my motoring needs were always covered, towards the end though the premiums were getting much higher and I was trading much less so I opted for a private car policy which is when I came across the problem of no claims not being accepted and despite having forty + years without claim they wanted me to start again as though I was a seventeen year old new driver.

In the end I was able to persuade LV to accept my discounts and since then there's been no problem.
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So basically, you were still a trader? Not sure that I would be comfortable having a traders policy just because I went through a half dozen "personal" car a year. With the well known insurance companies penchant for sliding out of a claim payment, I'd hate to have them do some sort of check and find that I wasn't really a trader at all.
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I was thinking back to when I first started trading, from home, back in 1955, it was so easy then, my first policy simply said "Any vehicle in the custody or control of the insured.", No mention of restrictions, no mention of trade or private, third party fire and theft for £7-9-6. :) That's seven pounds nine shillings and sixpence for those not of that age :)
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qprdude wrote:So basically, you were still a trader? Not sure that I would be comfortable having a traders policy just because I went through a half dozen "personal" car a year. With the well known insurance companies penchant for sliding out of a claim payment, I'd hate to have them do some sort of check and find that I wasn't really a trader at all.
I think they're much more likely to hit the guy doing the opposite i.e. trading on a private car policy for which there is a clear "Does not cover for any purpose in connection with the motor trade." exclusion written on the certificate.
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I wouldn't be massively worried about that. It's the police charging you with driving without insurance that's the concern. A trade policy that allows more than one car for personal use would be great. Whenever I've researched this I can only find a trade policy for trading and a multi car policy for personal motoring.
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Your own car is always for sale though. You just can't get anyone to buy it [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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You back working at Dyce Davie?
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Mine is up for renewal too. Usual palaver.
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All had largely unanswerable questions.

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