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Can anyone suggest an insurance company that will give me Class 1 business insurance for a VW campervan?
I am a self employed outdoor instructor. I travel from place to place to work but I do not carry passengers. I only carry my own personal equipment. The campervan that I am thinking of buying has been professionally converted by a reputable company and it has been reclassified by the DVLA as a campervan. So it’s all legal. Specialist campervan / motorhome insurance companies that I have spoken to so far are happy to inure me and said campervan for social & domestic use only, not for me to use to travel between my different work places. Van insurance companies will not insure it under a commercial van policy it’s no longer a “van”. Help!!

In reply to Ruth Clark: Ring up and discuss with either Safeguard insurance or Axa insurance Both have insured our campervan and Axa may be more willing as they have insured our van which is 22 years old with RAC cover as well Good considering its age Not tried for business though.

In reply to Ruth Clark: Just had a new company info Try Osborne and sons 0845 330 6001

In reply to Ruth Clark:
Try NFU, when I was looking at van insurance they seemed by far the most helpful, very competitive. Having had an accident since as well, they were great in getting us and the van home again!

Seem happy to insure "unusual" situations - when I was asking about the self conversion they quizzed on what I'd done, then said it was fine - nothing compared to some "converted" farm vehicles the have do deal with. This was when other specialist van companies flat out refused to insure for various (mainly spurious) reasons!

Cheers,

Stuart

In reply to Ruth Clark:

Try adrian flux, been with them for 3yrs now, not as a business vehicle but in a converted '99 transit as my only vehicle. bloody nightmare finding someone who would insure me, so might be worth a bash

In reply to Ruth Clark:

Got mine with Direct Line. Also have car and home insurance so got a good deal.

In reply to Ruth Clark:

My camper is insured with Adrian Flux. No hassle or millions of questions over usage and conversion, and not a horrific premium either (about £400 I think)

I have the same issue - have a self-build van that is insured for work - very few policies out there and I got it down to two - I am with Comfort Insurance, which was the cheaper of the two.

In reply to Ruth Clark:
Ask this question on http://www.vwt4forum.co.uk loads of people to help you there.
There is even a fella who works for an insurer who offers advice

In reply to Ruth Clark: Hi Ruth, my camper is insured with 2gether insurance, found them to be competitive and the service I have had has been exempelary.

i dont have business insurance but my broker got me cheapest deal out of all at £162 for year...

frankpickles.co.uk

In reply to Ruth Clark: mine's with caravan club for me and wife only £360 fully comp including European cover