Insurance Gap

dmiller555 replied on 12/04/2017 10:10

Posted on 12/04/2017 10:10

I'm in the process of renewing my insurance cover on my caravan. I note that neither the CCC or CMC policies cover third party damage whilst the caravan is being towed.  I've checked with my car insurer who confirms that I have cover from them whilst the caravan is attached to my car.

The "attached" bit bothered me so I asked what would be the situation if the caravan became detached whilst I was towing and caused damage to a third party. Their view is that the moment the caravan became detached then their liability will cease.

Does that mean my unattached but still moving caravan is uninsured or does liability then revert to my caravan's insurer?

EmilysDad replied on 17/04/2017 16:09

Posted on 17/04/2017 16:09

It's obvious that those on the other end of the phone are ill train to deviate very far from their script. On getting insurance quotes one year for my car I was told that I had £so much for this & £so much for that and a max of £500 for car radio/stereo. I asked what if my factory fit radio was more than £500, knowing full well that it was, & was told that £500 was the maximum, no matter whether it was standard factory fit or from Halfords/etc.

I subsequently e-mailed them &, like dmiller, received the obvious answer ...... it would be covered if it was standard factory fit and they would be having a re-training programme.

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