Re: State Farm Insurance answer

[jtrealty@xxxx]

It is not unusual to see the bigger "mainstream" insurers not looking 
to place coverage on older cars. This is a specialty area that they 
don't like. You must try the companies that actively seek to place 
this type of insurance like Grundy, Taylor, and Haggerty among others. 
There is no developing problem of getting insurance for your older 
classic car, it is just that your broker and the homeowner's insurance 
that you commonly would go to first aren't comfortable with it. Get a 
Hemmings Motor News and you will see that there are many companies 
that will fight for your business!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Cecil Longwisch" <dmc1982@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> First of all I want to thank all of you that responded to my query 
on State Farm insuance after they decided to drop my car.
> 
> Brief summary. I am over 40, married, clean driving record, no kids, 
homeowner. Insured my house and 5 cars including the D with State Farm 
a couple of months ago after relocating to Florida from Illinois. 
After insuring the car for a month I got a notice saying they had made 
a mistake and it is on "their list" of uninsurable cars.
> I gave my agent several of the responses from you and a copy of the 
DNC and PJ Grady web site. He contacted their home office with the 
information to no avail.
> 
> The OFFICIAL POLICY from the home office is that they willl no 
longer take any new owners. I tried GEICO today with the similar 
response. No collision coverage.
> 
> If there is any threat to the popuality and appreciation of our cars 
this is it. 
> The movers and shakers of the clubs and the major supply repair 
houses need to nip this in the bud. Somehow there has been a recent 
decision by an uninformed individual/group that our cars are too much 
of a risk.
> 
> 
> At one time I know that the DOA offerd insuance. As a member I 
would like to see them relook at this as a service to the membership ( 
which I am one).
> The least that they can do is to contact the insurers underwriters 
who set the protocols and discuss our cars and the avilability of 
parts and their very safe record and try to get us off the black list.
> 
> I do not want to start a discussion on who has what insuance again, 
however I think everyone can anticipate an impact eventually from this 
decision as it was from what I understand is an underwriters handbook 
that is used by most companies.
> 
> PS - I will be cancelling all my policies with State Farm as soon as 
I can!!!!!
> 
> Cecil Longwisch
> #10663
> 
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