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Quote: Originally posted by millermicm on 01/11/2009

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C&CC. we don't clamp. Have an alarm but no tracker. Doesn't seem to be an issue

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I may have said this somehere else, but I'm pretty sure that the security requirements of different insurance companies depend upon individual circumstances/history of the individual applying for the insurance and the experience of each particular insurance company in a particular area.  One company can be cheaper in one area, where another company may be more expensive. 

On our last caravan the only security device that the insurance company required was a hitch lock.  The van was stolen from a secure compound.  With our new van they still say just the hitch lock, but are now saying that our storeage site has to be a CASSoa Gold site and we are only allowed to keep the van at home for 48 hour stints while packing/unpacking at the start and end of holidays and for cleaning.  Another company insuring a friends van of about the same age/value (in the same area) are saying hitch lock, wheel locks and tracker.  The position could quite easily be reversed in another area.

We have always found the Caravan Club very good and reasonably priced.  I felt they were very fair and helpful when we had our van stolen.  (I have said this before too.)

In the end, the best thing is to get different quotes from different companies, together with details of their security requirements.  Don't be afraid to ask them many questions i.e what security devices need to be in operation at a service station, or at a camp site, for example.  Hope this is helpful.

when i checked out for ours the c and cc came out the best price and as for security devices only required 2 wheel locks and a hitch lock,

when i phoned caravan guard the fact that we have 2 wheel locks one hitch lock tilt and leg locks aswell didnt matter, it must have a tracker too! next they will be wanting someone sleeping in it at all times!! the van is in a compound with cctv and 24 hr security also and in a few weeks times its going to indoor storage but that wasnt enough for caravan guard, oh well tuff they didnt get any business from me!