[Robert Welbourn]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>My Dad has a Peugeot Tepee wheelchair accessible vehicle and he is having awful trouble getting insurance.  Those that will insure him are charging nearly £1000 a year because it’s a modified vehicle.</p>
I can understand charging more for cars that are modified to enhance their performance or value but I think it’s unfair to charge a disabled person who only does a couple of thousand miles a year an excessive premium.

Can anyone offer any recommendations, suggestions or advice on his insurance?

 

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[BigDave]

Robert Welbourn wrote:

<p style=”text-align: left;”>My Dad has a Peugeot Tepee wheelchair accessible vehicle and he is having awful trouble getting insurance. Those that will insure him are charging nearly £1000 a year because it’s a modified vehicle.</p> I can understand charging more for cars that are modified to enhance their performance or value but I think it’s unfair to charge a disabled person who only does a couple of thousand miles a year an excessive premium. Can anyone offer any recommendations, suggestions or advice on his insurance?

I know a few other disabled peoople who have WAV adaptions and have insured via Adrian Flux:

https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/wheelchair-accessible-vehicles-insurance/

https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/car-insurance/

[ChrisK]

Now I don’t know all the ins and out’s of disability laws but I’ve always been told it’s against the law to discriminate against disabled drivers and increasing premiums because a car is adapted for a disabled driver is discrimination.

If your sure this is why the premiums are being rigged then they need reporting.

 

 

 

[garry]

A few more insurers mention here also how some insurers do indeed try to use adaptations as an excuse.

Link temporarily removed by me because it took you to the wrong page

[garry]

Try it this way

[joss]

@Robert Welbourn Why does you’re dad not use the motability scheme? That’s one way of sorting out his insurance. Has you’re dad tried RSA for a quote? being as they are the schemes insurers.

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