Insurance Dramas with Imported Vehicles

Hi Jan,
I have a 1999 US built F250 I imported through Maracoonda automotive in Cabulture Qld, they performed the conversion, did a great job. I have been insured with MB Prestige through my Insurance broker since new, premium about $1200 for agreed value of $72,000 at the moment. My broker is Eric Gardner on the Gold Coast 0755388988 or try MB Prestige direct, sorry don,t have a number, I am sure your Broker would know them. Let me know how you go.
Regards
Eric

I agree Jan, MB Prestige, they specialise in that sort of vehicle.
I have the Chev insured with them, very good rates.

Regards
Bob

Hi Jan O
Have you tried Shanons.
They cover our 6 wheeler for an agreed value, where no one else seemed interested.
Regards

Thanks to you all who have helped out here......knew we had some pretty good info coming via this forum...I love asking for help here!! Well, I am going to start by phoning the broker we have, on Monday and telling THEM to get cracking and find out some figures for us as that is what they are paid for! They tried to fob us off with "Oh you should try ringing around".
OK So will let you know how we go. Cheers and thanks again.
Regards, Jan O

OK I have now been given an application form with MB Prestige in Perth, and I am just waiting to hear back from them as to how much they want to charge us to insure. Wish me luck!
Cheers, Jan O

Well, they say they want $969.00 to cover $70,000.00. I dunno, what do you think? Elders offered us "market value" which I don't know what they decided was THE value, for $686.00 but I suspect that the woman who wrote up the proposal didn't realise it is an imported vehicle. I am yet to ring them and find out.
Easy is away and out of phone contact which is why I am asking all of you what do you think?
Regards, Jan O

STILL having problems with this! Here's the latest.........
Shannons don't want to know us because "we are not in any car clubs and they only insure vehicles of motoring enthusiasts who are members of car clubs". Sounds really sus to me as I personally know of at least one fella who is not in any clubs and who is insured with them. AAMI don't insure commercial vehicles, and the F350 is classed as a commercial vehicle because it is over 2.5t in weight and a utility. Just Cars want me to do it via the net and I haven't done that ....yet.
MB Prestige will not cover us if we "park the vehicle in the street, and it is not in a garage or driveway" so, because we are in a caravan park, this looks to be classed as a street I would think. I am almost too scared to tell them where it will be parked...and then when I think of some of the places it will be parked out in woop woop when we are on the road again......WELL!!!! So, do I lie, and risk having them dis allow any claim because I lied, or do I tell the truth (about running over grandpa's chook shed) and risk being rejected? AGGGHHHHHH!!!!! I am at the point of just not insuring the thing at all!!! Does any one else have their vehicle insured with Shannons?
Over to you.................
Exasperatedly yours, Jan O

Jan

Try Lumley Insurance. I have my Bushtracker Motorhome insured with them though the CMCA and Ken Tame & Assoc Brokers.

Regards
Brian

End of story! Elders gets the guernsey with being super helpful and willing to insure us even with all the "againsts" the other companies came up with. Shannons decided that they would have our business after I sent them an email asking how come some can be insured and others can't, and Just Cars didn't want to know us either as we "fell outside their area". Hmmmmmm!
Thanks all for your interest and helpful advice.
Cheers from Jan O