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2008 RENAULT MAXITY SWB - Trouble insuring a Renault Maxity - Joe Singleton

Been trying to insure my new van all day and I encountering the problem that when I enter my Reg it comes up with the Renault Master van and not my Maxity. As it is not on their database they are all refusing to insure it.

Any advice on how to move forward with this? I input my reg on here and it comes up with the correct description of the van,

Thanks

2008 RENAULT MAXITY SWB - Trouble insuring a Renault Maxity - badbusdriver

Assuming you are already trying commercial vehicle insurers (and not something like go compare?), the only thing i can suggest is to do it the old fashioned way and find a (independant and local) broker you can actually speak to and explain what it is (i.e, a Nissan Cabstar with a Renault badge).

2008 RENAULT MAXITY SWB - Trouble insuring a Renault Maxity - Joe Singleton

I want to insure this for personal, not business use.

2008 RENAULT MAXITY SWB - Trouble insuring a Renault Maxity - badbusdriver

The fact that you want to insure it for personal use doesn't change the fact that it is a commercial vehicle. A broker who does not specialise in commercial vehicles is probably only going to be able to quote for more common models, which seems to be what you have experienced.

As a separate issue, I suspect that trying to insure what is essentially a small truck for personal use could well prove tricky. Things may be different now, but in the early 90's I had a small Suzuki van, the predecessor to the Supercarry. Despite having an 800cc engine, it cost a lot more for me to insure it for personal use than a car of a comparable size. When I asked, I was told that insurers are extremely suspicious of someone insuring a commercial vehicle for personal use (possibly thinking that I had a sideline as a 'man with a van').

2008 RENAULT MAXITY SWB - Trouble insuring a Renault Maxity - Brit_in_Germany

Is it a van or an LGV? If the latter, a site such as fasttruckinsurance doesn't seem to need a registration to get a quote.

2008 RENAULT MAXITY SWB - Trouble insuring a Renault Maxity - Joe Singleton

Its a 3.5t LCV. Thanks ill check that out.