Just buying a motor home and researching insurance companies. Leaning towards Ken Tame, but does anyone have any experience with CARVAN? Ken Tame have quoted $1106 for a 1012 Jayco Conquest. Does that sound reasonable?
Thanks in advance
Bobdown said
03:16 PM Feb 25, 2019
1012 Jayco sounds like a vintage motorhome....lol
We paid around $900 for a 2010 a few years back with CIL, wouldn't hurt to shop around a bit.
Cheers Bob
JeffRae said
05:57 PM Feb 25, 2019
2018 Adria Motorhome
CIL $1290
Balangara said
07:34 PM Feb 25, 2019
Thanks Bob and Jeff. And yes the TWO thousand and twelve Jayco has horsepower....not horses Thanks for the correction..
Peter_n_Margaret said
08:57 PM Feb 25, 2019
Depends on the value of the MH.
I suggest you get a valuation and insure it for agreed value.
Cheers,
Peter
dieseltojo said
11:56 PM Feb 25, 2019
I went with QBE.
We were with CIL for years with out a problem but we do not travel in the heat lately so QBE lets you not insure for times like that.
So I chose November, Dec, and Jan. I can still travel in any month if I tell them and pay for that month. so for us it is practical.
CIL Rang as we had been a long standing customer, and I put it to them that they had no such options and it might be a good thing to keep in mind. Of course they wanted to know who I was with but I refused to offer that info.
Just me but I don't like to hawk prices among companies.
jade46 said
06:06 AM Feb 26, 2019
Ken Tame is famous for there service and also road side assist which is a further $130ish but they are very good to deal with. Do you realise you also have to join CMCA?
Tony Bev said
11:53 AM Feb 27, 2019
Welcome to the forum, Balangara
As others have already said, it pays to shop around
There are many factors concerning the price of insurance
Such as What no claim rating do you have with other insurers What level of insurance do you want How much excess are you willing to carry, if you make a claim The value of your motorhome Mechanical breakdown cover Etc,etc
Around 2016, I sent emails to what I thought were, responsible insurance companies
Each company got the exact same email, with a note at the bottom that I was also contacting other insurers
I found very little difference between Ken Tame, and CIL, for a 2006 Jayco Conquest, on a Fiat chassis, with a $60,000 value
I went for CIL, because every driver using Ken Tame, had to be a paid up member of CMCA
But as Jade46 has pointed out, the Ken Tame roadside assistance is now an extra item, with extra cost
Below is a link to my 2016 research, but times have changed, so they are perhaps no longer relevant
Thanks Tony, jade 46 and others who have helped. I have opted for Ken Tame but all the others, CIL, AJ Gallagher were similar in price, around the $1100- $1160 mark with $500 excess. NRMA who I have all my other insurances with were a ridiculous $1600 or so. Ken Tame roadside is now $185 for 3 assists but I haven't seen the details yet. Ken Tame wants photos of the rig...inside and out. That's a new one.
JayDee said
01:12 PM Feb 28, 2019
dieseltojo wrote:
I went with QBE.
We were with CIL for years with out a problem but we do not travel in the heat lately so QBE lets you not insure for times like that.
So I chose November, Dec, and Jan. I can still travel in any month if I tell them and pay for that month. so for us it is practical.
CIL Rang as we had been a long standing customer, and I put it to them that they had no such options and it might be a good thing to keep in mind. Of course they wanted to know who I was with but I refused to offer that info.
Just me but I don't like to hawk prices among companies.
We have been long term clients of QBE.
We agree with diesel, re the summer travels. So our van is insured from April through to October. Price is around the $400 mark.
Also we can travel outside these months as long as we advise QBE.
Like my old Daddy use to me, "'Son a dollar saved is 2 dollars you do not have to earn."
All of our insurance policies are with QBE.
2 vehicles plus CPI - house and Contents and we elect to have Nil Excess. However the van carries a $200 excess fee.
We have found QBE to be vwery customer focused with any sort of claims.
Jay&Dee
-- Edited by JayDee on Thursday 28th of February 2019 01:15:23 PM
Hi Nomads (we are not all grey yet)
Just buying a motor home and researching insurance companies. Leaning towards Ken Tame, but does anyone have any experience with CARVAN? Ken Tame have quoted $1106 for a 1012 Jayco Conquest. Does that sound reasonable?
Thanks in advance
We paid around $900 for a 2010 a few years back with CIL, wouldn't hurt to shop around a bit.
Cheers Bob
CIL $1290
I suggest you get a valuation and insure it for agreed value.
Cheers,
Peter
I went with QBE.
We were with CIL for years with out a problem but we do not travel in the heat lately so QBE lets you not insure for times like that.
So I chose November, Dec, and Jan. I can still travel in any month if I tell them and pay for that month. so for us it is practical.
CIL Rang as we had been a long standing customer, and I put it to them that they had no such options and it might be a good thing to keep in mind. Of course they wanted to know who I was with but I refused to offer that info.
Just me but I don't like to hawk prices among companies.
Welcome to the forum, Balangara
As others have already said, it pays to shop around
There are many factors concerning the price of insurance
Such as
What no claim rating do you have with other insurers
What level of insurance do you want
How much excess are you willing to carry, if you make a claim
The value of your motorhome
Mechanical breakdown cover
Etc,etc
Around 2016, I sent emails to what I thought were, responsible insurance companies
Each company got the exact same email, with a note at the bottom that I was also contacting other insurers
I found very little difference between Ken Tame, and CIL, for a 2006 Jayco Conquest, on a Fiat chassis, with a $60,000 value
I went for CIL, because every driver using Ken Tame, had to be a paid up member of CMCA
But as Jade46 has pointed out, the Ken Tame roadside assistance is now an extra item, with extra cost
Below is a link to my 2016 research, but times have changed, so they are perhaps no longer relevant
https://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t62502773/insurance-motorhome-july-2016/
We have been long term clients of QBE.
We agree with diesel, re the summer travels. So our van is insured from April through to October. Price is around the $400 mark.
Also we can travel outside these months as long as we advise QBE.
Like my old Daddy use to me, "'Son a dollar saved is 2 dollars you do not have to earn."
All of our insurance policies are with QBE.
2 vehicles plus CPI - house and Contents and we elect to have Nil Excess. However the van carries a $200 excess fee.
We have found QBE to be vwery customer focused with any sort of claims.
Jay&Dee
-- Edited by JayDee on Thursday 28th of February 2019 01:15:23 PM