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Insurance Information For Chaucer Policy Holders

The following information has been provided by Roland Wilcox of Rigton Insurance Services Ltd: You could be affected by recent changes in the insurance market. If your buses and coaches are currently insured with Chaucer Insurance, for business reasons it is almost certain that your insurance adviser will suggest a transfer away from them to another insurance company at the expiry of the current policy. It is certainly no reflection on Chaucer, who do not deal directly with their policyholders but rely on professional advisers such as ourselves to arrange cover with them. You may have been insured with Chaucer for a good number of years and developed a loyalty to them. Their existing rating structure has remained unaltered for 11 years and they envisage no increases in the foreseeable future. Chaucer Insurance are a long established and reputable insurer and they insure a good proportion of all preserved vehicles in the UK. They are trusted, tried and tested, having underwritten classic bus and preserved bus insurances for over 10 years (classic cars for over 20 years) and they are the acknowledged experts, who try to accommodate most activities that you may use your vehicles for. For example, attending rallies, giving free rides, for wedding use, private hire, use on stage services and training. They are comfortable in all postcode areas with most vehicles from small buses and coaches to double deckers. Drivers aged 25 to 70 years are covered in the standard policy. Other ages can be accommodated. Advice and assistance is available to you. Rigton Insurance Services Ltd, Chartered Insurance Brokers, is a company having been established for over 30 years and leading brokers to the bus and coach industry. Of over 4,000 intermediaries there are less than 50 Chartered Insurance Brokers in the UK! We are also members of the Coach Tourism Council. We are, by agreement with Chaucer Insurance, now exclusively the only broker able to transact new and renewal Preserved Bus and Classic Bygone Bus cover with them. Our clients are located throughout the UK and like yourselves we enthusiasts and are passionate about preserving our transport heritage. We regularly attend bus rallies and enjoy meeting our clients there. You have good reason to be comfortable with Chaucer and with Rigton in this special partnership. If you are already covered by them, to ensure that you can stay insured by Chaucer visit our website www.rigtoninsurance.co.uk. Go to "Contact Us" and send us an e-mail giving your name, the name of the policyholder, your full address, the policy number and the renewal date, stating "we wish to keep our insurance policy with Chaucer via the agency of Rigton Insurance Services Ltd". We will then make arrangements for your cover to remain in force continuously with them. Contact our enthusiastic, friendly and professional team for assistance 09.00 to 17.30 Mondays-Fridays. We look forward to hearing from you. Telephone 01943 879539 Fax 01943 875529 email enquiries@rigtoninsurance.co.uk Whether or not you are already insured by Chaucer – if you own or operate such vehicles - we are the specialist broker. We trust this information will be of interest to those involved. If you have contacts in the preservation movement or friends who may operate such vehicles could I ask you to forward a copy of this e-mail to them as it could well affect them and they may be grateful for your bringing the situation to their attention. Many thanks, Roland Wilcox ACII FPC IRIB Chartered Insurance Broker Rigton Insurance Services Ltd, Leeds Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority

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