Well Donn, you can read this when you get back from your trip.donn wrote:I'm about to reinsure/register, let us know how you get on Jeff.
Shannons have been great to deal with. The quote to fix my bug was more than it was insured for (my repairer said a classic like that needs to be insured for repair value, not resale value), so they paid me out, but I got to keep the car - I had taken that option when taking out my policy. The pay out paid for most of the repairs, we just had to make up the shortfall.
We have been talking to Shannons about getting it re-insured (or at least a cover note) before we drove it out of the panel shop, and they just wanted photos of it repaired first. (They actually rang me to see how it was going a week or so ago, as they hadn't heard anything) My repairer emailed them the photos about 4.30pm yesterday, but by the time I got there and went to pick the bug up, it was about 6.30pm. I rang Shannons, but got the WA office, and apparently the bloke we had been talking to was in Vic., which was now closed for the night. We re-emailed the photos to WA, they looked at them, and agreed to re-insure it for the original cover amount. I asked about a higher amount, and they would go about 40% higher without seeing the car in person (added about $4.00 to my monthly premium), but if I took it to one of their offices or got one of their blokes at a car show to look at it, they could take it higher.
Basically, got all this sorted in a 15 or 20 minute phone call. Pretty happy with that. I will talk to them about an increase when I see them at the next show - possibly the Comboyne Spring Fair in a coulple of weeks - they were there last year.