A few months ago we switched ours to Cover4Caravans thanks to the tip given by Mr Calder.

a) The big problem is that more and more insurance companies are expecting you to have the Eriba serviced by professionals every year and will expect proof of that in the event of a claim.

b) Require the van to be CRiS registered.

Therefore you must check with your insurer before you make a deal.

I know because I fell foul of both the above with Saga and also had a near miss with Cover4Caravans who had to alter my insurance to a different underwriter.

A point about CRiS. Although I've Emailed them twice and spoken to them twice, they appear to be unconcerned with giving me a written reply to my question of the £65 charge for foreign made vans. You would think that with the prospect of hundreds of Eriba owners enlisting with them they would take the trouble to give us an explanation.

Randa

I've recieved a reply from the CRiS Business Support Manager. He did reply a couple of weeks ago but the Email didn't get through for some reason.

This is what he says:-

"Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately, the Eriba caravans will currently remain classed as an import caravan.

The reason for this is because many of the manufactures around Europe do not register their caravans with the NCC or with CRiS, this means they are not manufactured with a VIN that follows the UK format and do not include a number of security features that we supply NCC Registered manufacturers.

Because of this, the import and Pre 92 process does incur a seemingly larger cost which is split into two amounts the first is £19.99 this is to perform a provenance check with a number of European law enforcement agencies such as Interpol and Europol, this is to make sure the caravans are not flagged as stolen or involved in any crimes or accidents in and around Europe.

The second part of the £64.99 charge is for the VIN to be created on the database and for a registration document to be provided, it also includes the Vin Chip Upgrade kit which marks the VIN on all of the windows which is a requirement for all caravans that are registered in the UK.

To put the cost into perspective if you were to perform these checks on a UK manufactured caravan you would have to pay £14.95 for a CRiS check, £15.00 for the registration, and £34.99 for the Vin Chip Upgrade kit totalling £64.95 providing a saving of only 4p.

Hopefully this answers your question sufficiently, if you have any other questions or queries please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Kind Regards"

I've thanked him for his reply but have pointed out to him that newer Eribas at least, now seem to conform to the 17 digit UK VIN formate, as per the post #21 JefL prepared Beware Insurance Cover4Caravans (2) .

Randa

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Quote MarkEriba:- They have just phoned me to advise that the reason the quote couldn’t be processed on-line was because I had ticked boxes indicating the van doesn’t have a tracker system or factory fitted alarm. I’ll keep looking.

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Insurance in the UK is getting ridiculous now. It's supposed to be a risk business. With a factory fitted alarm, a tracking device, CRiS Registration, annual servicing for roadworthiness, third party insurance when towed behind the car, a sturdy wheel lock, an even sturdier tow hitch lock, a ground anchor, a triple locked garage attached to the house, a 10 foot walled garden with electric gates, a Police Station next door, perhaps you might get a decent quote.

Randa