Yacht insurance

[billgray]

Just recieved a very competitive quote from Norwich Union Sailplan. Having been with the same company for 20 years I have no experience of others. Any comments (good or bad) would be welcome because they are £100 cheaper than my previous insurer.
Bill

 

[PeterGibbs]

NU (Aviva) is going for the market on numerous fronts at the moment; no apparent reason to doubt their offer.

PWG

 

[Csail]

Bay marine?

 

[whisper]

Tell your current insurers what the NU quote is. They may well agree to match it.

 

[Tex]

Noticed this site the other day and prices appeared competitive

www.craftinsure.com

Does anyone have an experience of this insurer?

 

[billgray]

Tex
Just tried Craftinsure for online quote and in my case they were not competitive.
Bill

 

[Gumpy]

Just tried a quick quote
Value 5000 premium 125
value 4995 premium 168
make no sense at all
At present with GJW value 5000 plus dinghy etc total 6000 premium 125........

 

[paulrae]

Tex

Used Craftinsure for the last three years. Always been competitive, but (touch wood), I've never had to claim. I reckon that's the time when you find out if you've bought 'cheap' insurance!

 

[nedmin]

Brilliant but can you always understand Indian call centres cos I cant!

 

[jusw]

I've also used Craftinsure for 2 years - and again haven't made a claim - however FWIW Treble C broke free of her mooring in December - it drifted up the creek and beached - No apparent damage but I reported it to Craftinsure and inspected fully when she came out of the water.

Before I got back to them, they asked for an update - shows they at least are aware of potential customer claims etc.

 

[pvb]

Norwich Union are some of the most difficult people in the world to deal with if you have a claim. I'd insure with anyone rather than give my money to Norwich Union.

 

[barry_lighter]

I got a decent quote and cover from Traffords insurance

 

[retsina]

I use GJW, they are excellent when it comes to claims; unlike Traffords where I had no support from them at all a few years back.

 

[Roger52]

I found Craftinsure excellent when I made a claim a few years ago. Apart from settling the claim quickly what was also most pleasing was the very prompt response I got to any questions

 

[barry_lighter]

Traffords got a good writte up http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/2151033/page/0/vc/1 and http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/2088330/page/0/vc/1
which made me happy to go with them.
From my expereince I always seem to get a quick answer

 

[billgray]

Thanks for all the good advice. I went back to my original insurer and negotiated a better deal than they first offered. So I might go with that but it leaves a bad taste. Why didn't they make a competitive offer in the first place?
Bill

 

[S2Jimlad]

Try insuremyboat.co.uk they gave me a super quote. insuremyboat.co.uk

 

[pikeyrm]

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Try insuremyboat.co.uk they gave me a super quote. <a href="www.insuremyboat.co.uk" target="_blank">insuremyboat.co.uk</a>

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Also agree with this, after much talking about leaving on he mooring all year round. But ring dont do online form. i found i got a better quote talking to someone.

 

[PeterGibbs]

Craftinsure is the broker - Zurich / Navigators and General are the underwriters. I use them - should be no problem there - or let me know ASAP if you know otherwise!!

Thanks,

Peter Gibbs