Insurance recomendations for a 9 seater transit/minibus

vippymini

As my current company dont insure above 8 seats im looking for a new company , due to a expanding family we got to buy something to suit and decided on a 9 seater transit = 8 passangers 1 driver and so far the comapanys ive tried are a nightmare...

Is there anyone ot there who can recomend any companys for me to ring and get quotes would be greatly appricate:)

overlander

I used to own a 110 Defender and like you had trouble insuring it with mainstream insurers, but i found NFU to be very good, local offices so no talking to india. In the event of a claim that is worth double the premium, plus they do insure 8+ seaters, well they do for landrovers so i would give them a try.

http://www.nfumutual.co.uk/you/motor-insurance/car-insurance.htm

dacouch

Try minibus plus

Rallydriver

minibuses are high risk in insurance companies eyes.

The reason being that alot of the time they get driven by occasional drivers who would never drive a vehicle bigger than a car otherwise. Added to that, when they do crash there is a large potential for multiple personal injury payouts to all the passengers.

If you've got a way of proving you are experienced driving larger vehicles (HGV, LGV or PCV licence) this may help.

pianeet

equity red star are pretty good aswell

dacouch

Equity Red Star do not have the greatest reputation, I would recommend you avoid them

RRatchet

I've had good excellent from our local NFU agent in the past (there was a little blip in service standards when the NFU took the agency "in house" but that seems to have been sorted). At the mo we have an 8 seater Serena which we are looking to repalce with a 8/9 seater minibus and we won't be moving insurance companies when we find the right one. 4 kids, a largish dog(s), oodles of kids stuff, materials to cart about for the farm and shared school/club runs with other larger families mean a bigger vehicle, unfortunately.

pianeet

dacouch wrote: »

Equity Red Star do not have the greatest reputation, I would recommend you avoid them

never had a problem with them personally and all our buses at work are covered with them

vippymini

RRatchet wrote: »

I've had good excellent from our local NFU agent in the past (there was a little blip in service standards when the NFU took the agency "in house" but that seems to have been sorted). At the mo we have an 8 seater Serena which we are looking to repalce with a 8/9 seater minibus and we won't be moving insurance companies when we find the right one. 4 kids, a largish dog(s), oodles of kids stuff, materials to cart about for the farm and shared school/club runs with other larger families mean a bigger vehicle, unfortunately.

Thank you for the suggestion , just tried them and they dont insure 9 seaters they are too big for them

the_big_fact_hunt

try looking on the Ford Transit forum as there are links to insurers and posts naming companies that people use

raskazz

In terms of brokers you can take your pick but chances are you'd end up with either QBE, Aviva or Equity Red Star as the insurer as these three dominate the minibus market.