Van Insurance

The best thing to do is give them a home base, one of your children, a sister a brother or whatever, otherwise you can have a problem..

Cheers

Rog,
I can recommend Caravan Insurances Ltd (CIL). When we had an accident they organised everything (towing etc) and as our van was a write off we had full payment in our bank account in less than two weeks from when we had the accident.
Just use one of your childrens or other family members address as a mailing address.
Mike

The lone Ranger says CIL and here is why.....

We have tried and used them all. CIL has at varying times been the cheapest, or second cheapest, but at least competitive.... But forget the cost if they are even close!! Where they SHINE is when you need them! They have always gone FIRST CLASS on repairs, little or no arguements, and been willing to transport a van back to Bushtracker without a battle.

Overall, CIL has made the most people happy when they were put to the test, for major repairs here at Bushtracker, waaaaay ahead of the pack in every way. We are not a Agent for them, but it is who I insure my own van with...

Lone Ranger.....

Rog,
CCI Caravaners Complete Insurance-No dramas with no home base. Had trouble with CIL personally so went looking for alternative. CCI's policy is designed specifically for full time vanners. Talk to Justin. Don't have no with me sorry.(on wifes phone)

Matt

We're also with CCI (Justin Sweeney ph 1800 069 199). Very helpful, but (cross fingers) have not had occasion to claim.
Designed for fulltime travellers, but have covered us (vehicle and van) since we took delivery of tow vehicle in Feb 2005 and van in Jun 2005, while we were still in one place, working, waiting for our house to sell.
Happy to say after 10months that has happened, we move out at the end of this month, and just today I rang Justin to activate the $10K Fulltime Travellers Cover for our extra toys (genny, Lemair washer, dig camera, laptop, Ipod, chain saw, bike, sporting & fishing equip, table and chairs. In other words, anything not screwed into the van. They say if you tipped the van on end, anything that doesn't fall out is covered - incl microwave, audio/visual gear etc.

Jewellery is a real problem for all insurers. If you can't use a relatives address and get a specified items all risk extension on traditional contents cover (must be a residential address, commercial storage addresses don't count), leave it in a safe deposit box at your bank. Unless you wear it all the time (I often take my rings off for safety reasons - same when boating) the Safe Deposit Box is a much cheaper alternative.
Cheers, Deb