Thought I'd mention a recent experience with my collector car
insurance. Up until a few months ago, I had my small (but
growing) car collection insured with Hagerty. Prior to that, Grundy
held the policy. I switched from Grundy because they did not want to
insure a newer car in the fleet, my '85 Toronado (that was not a daily driver,
but at that time was not considered 'old enough' for collector car
insurance). Hagerty did not want to insure the '05 Magnum RT as a
collector car or even what some other insurance agencies refer to as an
'exhibition vehicle'. So, Russell contacted J.C.
Taylor. They were more than willing to insure it that way (since it is not
driven regularly but merely exercised like the rest of the collector
cars). During the course of the switch, our insurance agent's
associate contacted us to say they had 'a better idea'. Apparently they
did some checking and an older, established company, Safeco, was not only
offering collector car insurance, but their coverage was BETTER
than J.C. Taylor's for LESS money! They also were very EASY to
work with, whereas our agent stated J.C. Taylor had not
been. The coverage was considerably better and the savings was
nothing to dismiss either. So, it was a 'no-brainer to move the insurance
policy to Safeco. I've not had any claims with them so I cannot
say how they might be in that regard. It's worth looking into
though as our agent has said nothing but good things about his
company's experiences with Safeco.
Greg McDonnell
'65 Crown convertible and others...
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