boat dwellers van insurance

[bob gray]

Can anyone recommend an insurance broker who will cover a van owned by a boat dweller. I live in Chertsey, Surrey. I have a house in Brittany and I use the van to carry my own goods to and from it. There is no commercial use at all. I'd be very grateful for any leads or info. I know they exist, I just don't know who they are.  I'm getting cheesed off at being referred to as  " Of no fixed abode ", a term that has suddenly sprung up in the insurance world.  Many thanks in anticipation. 

[dmr]

Insurers don't like vans and don't like boaters so its not going to be easy. Adrian Flux have always specialised in the non standard stuff, they started off doing custom and modified cars but do everything now.  However we just had to make a claim and I was not totally impressed with the service that we got as we were passed on to an un co-operative sub contracted claims company, but maybe this is how its done now.

..............Dave

[Tim Lewis]

This advert appeared on my Facebook feed yesterday, am in no way recommending them as I have no dealings with them:  

https://www.hertsinsurance.com/blog/how-a-continuous-canal-boat-cruiser-solved-his-car-insurance-problems/

Tim

Edited March 24, 2017 by Tim Lewis

[MtB]

On 24/03/2017 at 08:53, bob gray said:

Can anyone recommend an insurance broker who will cover a van owned by a boat dweller. I live in Chertsey, Surrey. I have a house in Brittany and I use the van to carry my own goods to and from it. There is no commercial use at all. I'd be very grateful for any leads or info. I know they exist, I just don't know who they are.  I'm getting cheesed off at being referred to as  " Of no fixed abode ", a term that has suddenly sprung up in the insurance world.  Many thanks in anticipation. 

 

Assuming you have a residential mooring then, do you not have a postcode? Or are you on an 'under the radar' leisure mooring? How does the fact that your fixed abode happens to be a boat rather than a mobile home or house get revealed? Do the applications forms actually ask what sort of premises you live in these days?

Is it feasible to apply for insurance in Brittany using your address there?

Is it a left hand drive or right hand drive van?