Footman James Classic Policy

[BlueBolt 156]

As a professional in this specific sector I'd avoid them with a bargepole.

 

 

 

It would appear your silence speaks volumes........??

[Andy_C 50]

Claims service non-existent is all I'll say.

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

Claims service non-existent is all I'll say.

 

 

Sounds like most insurance firms then....

[BlueBolt 156]

Sounds like most insurance firms then....

 

 

Indeed it does!!

[BlueBolt 156]

Claims service non-existent is all I'll say.

 

 

Who would you recommend from experience then??

[lfallgti 12]

Claims service non-existent is all I'll say.

 

 

Come on, that's just dangling the carrot, we want more info.

 

How do you know this?

[welshpug 1,657]

yup, as I've experienced recently with a very large company, they're all bastards!!!

[Atari Boy 11]

When I wrote off my red 205, I had an agreed value policy with Heritage, whist not super dynamic or anything they did get on with it and were quite reasonable.

I'm still with them in fact.

[Andy_C 50]

I claimed in 2008 and it ticked every box in terms of how not to handle a claim from start to finish. Oh and also included a fairly major breach of data protection.

 

And by no means least I worked for their parent company for 11 years.

[BlueBolt 156]

And by no means least I worked for their parent company for 11 years.

 

And you didn't know of their work ethic from this??

[Andy_C 50]

Not sure what that's supposed to mean?

 

I worked in Aon's classic motor division until 2005, 2 years before they bought them. Commercial insurance so massively different but as said the claims service in the personal lines bit was, in my experience, very poor. There are much better companies out there.

[muddatrucker 125]

Typically what requirements make you able to use classic car policies? is it just age? I'm considering buying the cheapest base model I can find and want to keep costs low.

[Andy_C 50]

Vehicle age in most cases coupled with units made for newer cars. Brand new Ferraris can achieve classic rates due to low volume although I'd argue against as repair costs too high to make this work (experience proves this).

 

For newer normal cars owner's club membership counts too regardless of how normal the car might appear. Remember that cars like the Allegro and Maxi were family cars and are now classics!

 

Arguably a base model 205 is a classic as the newest will be 16-17 years old(ish).

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

Footman James said they will put my L reg Diesel on classic next year, also said most Peugeots 20 years + can go on classic