If you are covering your antique or classic car under a regular insurance policy, you may be paying too much. Most people don’t use their antique cars every day and so are better off getting a policy which is geared towards an antique car and which costs them a lot less.
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Are you Paying too Much for your Classic Car Insurance?
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2. If you cover a classic or antique car with a regular insurance policy, you may be wasting cash.
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3. It makes far more sense to find a specialist such as:
•American Collectors Insurance
•HagertyInsurance
•Grundy Insurance.
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4. Insurance companies make the distinction between old, classicand antiquecars.
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5. Classiccars are between 15 and 30 years old and something of special worth to a collector.
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6. Antique cars are over 30 years old, have historic plates and can only be driven as part of a show.
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7. There are three types of insurance policy for an antique or classic car:
•Actual cash value(ACV)
•Agreed value(AV)
•Stated value(SV).
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8. With an actual cash valuepolicy, the value is set to match that of the car at the time of being insured. (This value decreases with time.)
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9. With the stated valuepolicy, the insurance pays either the cost of the damage to the vehicle or the ACV (whichever is the lower).
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10. With the agreed valuepolicy (the best of the three), you are guaranteed the sum agreed on the current agreed valuation certificate.
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11. The valuation process includes the car becoming officially recorded with a list other cars that are considered to be under that same value bracket.
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12. To select a suitable appraiser, you can contact the American Society of Appraisers.
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13. The appraiser checks the vehicle thoroughly before producing a detailed report.
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14. In addition to the valuation certificate, the insurance company will need to know the make, color, model, body style, year, engine numberand vehicle identification number(or VIN).
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15. Insuring your classic or antique car with a specialist is the best way of addressing all the concerns you have about your vehicle.
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