by Chris Malone
With caravans over the age of 20 often difficult or even impossible to insure, one firm has called for an end to what it calls ‘age discrimination’.
Specialist brokerage Adrian Flux has said it is time for a new policy to allow those who own perfectly good older tourers to cover their mobile homes.
Spokeswoman Julie Carter said: “As long as the caravan has an identification number – and you can register no matter how old your van is – then age is not an issue for us.
“You’ll find that many online quote systems won’t even let you get past the first couple of questions if your caravan is more than 20 years old.”
She added that Adrian Flux has prided itself on being able to obtain cover for virtually any road-legal vehicle, but has struggled with caravans thanks to underwriter discrimination.
Ms Carter noted that identification is the main problem, but that even older caravans without ID numbers can be registered in order to get one.
