I was considering moving away from them this year, especially when the renewal came through with another set of re-valuation & Mods forms.

However, after speaking with several other brokers I was getting a bit fed up of listening to restrictions and failure to offer similar terms. So I called Glynwood and was told that I didn't need to re-submit the valuation and mods lists if nothing had changed. I just needed to send them the mileage declaration.

Quote for Fully Comp Garaged Coupé in Cambridgeshire.
All mods declared and covered.
SDP including commuting.
£250 compulsory excess only.
Agreed value.
Euro cover.
Legal expenses cover.
Limited to 5000 Miles PA.
Salvage retention after total loss &
UK Breakdown including Homestart cover.

£274, I'm reasonably happy with that

Bob Have you sorted the agreed value?
The only thing that annoyed me with Glynwoods (probably their Broker) is they wont give me an agreed value as i dont park it in a garage! so thinking it was part of the policy i felt a bit annoyed about this!

A bit strange that, as I don't have a garage and park my coupe and the X1/9 on the drive and there has never been a problem with agreed value. I renewed my cover with them a couple of days ago.

If I were you I would call their Redditch branch manager Paul Bussey, 01527 591057.

I can confirm what Bob has just said, I was speaking to Glynwood yesterday, clarifying that they were still offering the terms that MarioCirillo and I agreed when we originally negotiated the scheme with Neil Willies back in 2012.

The agreed Value was arranged the previous year. I completed their paperwork, took high resolution photographs and had an independent verification undertaken. This agreed value is confirmed on the Glynwood paperwork and the Policy document. So yes I suspect it is all sorted.

Bob

Just dug out the letter and this is what it said


With regards to the above your insurers have advised that unfortunately due to the vehicle being kept on the public road, they will not be able to offer an agreed value for the vehicle.

Any claim will therefore be based on the market value of the vehicle at the time of the loss and they will proceed on this basis.



Yours sincerely


I feel annoyed by this as I don't recall any mention of conditions when I took out the insurance!
Was a good price but I will certainly consider looking else where at renewal!

Hi, where did you finally get your insurance from?
I have to renew and thinking of going with Peter Best again.
Anyone else got good deals BTW?

Just rang up Glynwood for a quote and they said that the car needed to be at least 20/25 years old

Phone them again and ask for Marie Jones 01527 591057

I have emailed their branch manager letting him know of your experience David.

As DaveG said, Marie jones is the best one to talk to.

Edit Was it for the coupe or for an Alfa, David n3dsd?

Hi All,

Sorry about this our scheme covers all Fiat Coupes. No age restriction. Please call the office and ask for me Paul 01527 591057 and I will get you a quote asap.

no it was for an Alfa Spider my son has bought ...I have now left it up to him...Thanks for asking though ...but I never got a chance to say which car to them though

He did say that he had an enquiry for an Alfa which was too young for them today, must have been another one then.

Thanks for clarifying it.

This has now happened to me

My insurance was due on 25th April and it's taken Equity Red Star (through Glynwood) over six weeks to let me know they can't do an agreed value on a non -garaged coupe.

Similarly to H_R I feel they've been neglectful in informing the customer of this policy change well before the renewal date.

A recorded delivery letter was sent to me on 13th June which didn't arrive till 16th June which was the morning I left on the North of Scotland tour for 4 days - have just collected the letter from the sorting office now and find I have until the end of today to sort it before they cancel cover !!

Btw Marie Jones has now left Glynwood.

As I'm pushed for time I'd appreciate any feedback from peeps in a similar situation where they were able to obtain an agreed value with on-street parking

Not sure who Marie Jones is, but as mentioned above, Paul Bussey is the one you need to speak to.

I spoke to him either Tuesday or Wednesday and have renewed my Coupes insurance.

Mine isn't garaged, but is kept on the drive when I'm at home and overnight.

I have been a loyal customer to Glynwood for many years and I appreciate the custom policy for fccuk members but I'm struggling with my renewal quote of £377! My car is modified and all declared (360bhp) and I drive my car less than 3k a year as it's my second car and it's garaged.

Classic line comes in at £254 with exactly the same policy provider but the only difference is no buy back option if written off!

I am with CLASSIC they want £450, (200 if i garage it but no chance of that)
3000mls £1500 value excess 350.
not garage in private car park south london.

Footman said not old enough for classic insurance,
And Glynwood said 650.
Lost my no claims when i decided to take classic insurance 3 years ago.
any ideas please for cheaper quote and plus i am 50 maybe saga!

Glynwood tend to use Equity Red Star as their go-to in my experience.

Seems like ERS are making deals less attractive these days which is potentially damaging for Glynwood's business as some may be tempted to go for cheaper options - especially if cars kept ungaraged can no longer be eligible for Agreed Value policies.

Try Peter Best 01621 840400 and speak to Michelle... they gave me a cracking deal! You will need to quote your FCCUK number. Good luck.

I renewed with footman yesterday

Glynwood have been taken over by / sold out to Academy.

Their letter states nothing will change; let's see.

Last year I moved away from Glynwood and what was sold as an agreed value policy turned out not to be; the same company (ERS) as had previously insured mine at £10k would only agree a maximum of £5k - I was less than pleased. Back to Glynwood this year and once again ERS have it at £10k.

Go figure.

Yes, just received this communication from Glynwood - although I like the personal service I was disappointed last year when ERS suddenly changed their mind about an agreed value after having done it for years. This was six weeks into the new insurance period...
Still tempted to retry Adrian Flux this spring if this policy persists.

The *big* problem is that what we want is a policy which will return a fixed sum, sufficient to restore any random coupe off the bay to the condition of the one we have.

What is generally offered is a thing which offers a 'market value' and the problem is that there is no sane market value; the good ones so rarely come up for sale that what is visible are the 1500 quid specials.

Of course, if every time a for sale coupe comes up for discussion we didn't pan the price down...

So then, which insurer do we reckon is a good one for proper "Agreed Value". I can't say who I went with last year, but I'm looking to change this year, to one who does a proper "Agreed Value", and not limited mileage, well not 3000 or less.

John

Im with Lancaster with a current agreed valuation of 20K and 5000 miles per year

Got any contact details matey?

John

Lancaster Insurance Services

Tel: 01480 484848

Just tell them you want an agreed valuation for whatever value you want cover for. This service costs 17 pound I think and then you send photos, receipts, service history, documents etc through a link they send you via email and they review all info and decide the valuation which may be higher or lower than you wanted.

Cheers sounds similar to my current insurer, but, and a very big but, once I'd filled in all the paperwork, they refused to give me the value I'd asked for. Bit naughty really as they had taken my money, and the car was on risk.

Joe and I had worked out how much the agreed value should be, but the insurer was basing his value on book price. Wouldn't have it that the car was no longer subject to "Book Value" having had an 11 month full blown restoration.

John

I didn't get what I asked for either John and am currently waiting for further letter/report from Joe. I asked for 25k but they wouldn't go above 20K, again Im at risk of losing 5k in the event of a total loss.

Clint

Same here Bud, you know what work we put into the restoration, I'm not daft to expect to get £15K if I sold her, it is about protecting your investment in the case of an accident, but you know that.

John

If you don't mind me asking Clint, what was the premium?

John