LV for Bongo Insurance - Pleasant surprise

[trevorjtaylor56]

I have just insured my Bongo with LV. I already have my Suzuki insured with them. They added the Bongo on and gave me the full no claims discount that I already have on the Suzuki and then a further 5% off.
They insured it as a motorhome, not a modified MPV and just wanted to know that it was professionally converted. Very straightforward and helpful on the phone and because of the ncd much cheaper than other quotes.

It is so unusual to be treated well by an insurance company that I am gobsmacked.

[Bob]

Nice one.

We're with them this year.

[Simon Jones]

Might be worth checking what you covered for. For example, their 'car' policy seem to only cover contents to the value of £200: http://www.lv.com/assets/gi/pdfs/car/po ... 334119.pdf

That's not a great deal when it comes to a 'motorhome' with all your clothes, camping gear, awning, sleeping bags etc.

[francophile1947]

They wouldn't even insure Bongos when I had mine They just said they don't do grey imports

[scanner]

Yes just check they know it's a grey import - SAGA insure "motorhomes" but NOT grey imports.

Someone on here was "insured" with SAGA for 2 years before they found out they hadn't been - they had ticked to accept T&C's that included "The vehicle is NOT a grey import" and when they checked SAGA said "......well that is your problem for not reading things properly! your insurance has not been valid."

As franco says if they say it's OK, ask for confirmation IN WRITING.

[MountainGoat]

This you should do to make sure that LV have had a change of mind or not. Being a CSMA member I have had my Jeep insured with LV through Frizzell for donkey's years. Yet they always refused to insure my Bongo during the 7 years which I owned it both on its own and on a joint policy with my Jeep.

Tony

[mikeWalsall]

My Toyota Estima was insured with Highway and they are part of LV ..

http://www.highway-insurance.co.uk/prod ... -insurance

[MountainGoat]

The Problem is that Highway (who insured my Bongo for a year or two) are run as a separate company. I believe that you can only access them via brokers. My Jeep insurance is with LV directly, Frizzell is just another of LV's registered trade marks. When my Jeep insurance came up for renewal I enquired about adding my Bongo to the policy, this request was turned down.

Tony

[jessymoo]

We have been insured with Saga for a number of years. On buying the Bongo rang them to cancel car and Pilote motorhome and take out insurance on the Bongo. In the past they have transferred the insurance or added without any problems. Not so Lucky with Freda as they don't insure Grey imports. They sorted insurance out for me via as it turned out LV but must say it was very expensive. Had a few words with them and don't intend to use them again when Freda is up for renewal as I had better quotes from elsewhere.

[rita]

Looks like LV now insure Japanese imports.



This car:
•is right-hand drive (UK standard)
•has 6 seats
•has no tracking device
•has no alarm or immobiliser fitted
•is a Japanese import