Specialist insurance for classic and vintage vehicles from Footman James.
Part of The Ardonagh Group
Tailor your policy to suit your needs
Hassle free agreed value
Specialists rates for club members
You can split your payments into instalments
Classic Vehicle insurance specialists for over 30 years. Footman James was acquired by Towergate in December 2013 as a leading specialist in classic motor insurance. Footman James understands the cherished car movement and has developed a wide range of products for owners, collectors and professionals alike.
Agreed value is a key feature for classic car owners to consider. Rather than insuring your car at market value, you are able to take into consideration its classic car status and agree a value with us before you insure. If you then suffer a total loss claim, you will receive the full value agreed. Just remember, your policy excess will be deducted from the total.
We're ever improving our service for our customers and online customers are now able to retrieve and store their policy documents online. Simply login to our new document portal and find all your documents in one place.
We give specialist rates if you are a member of a Footman James approved classic car club. These can be applied both online and over the phone. You can also get discount if you limit the mileage on your cherished car insurance policy. Mileage options available are between 1,000 and 10,000 miles.
Normally 20 years, however this can reduce for certain marques or subject to certain club membership.
Agreed value means if your vehicle is lost or totally destroyed, and the value of your vehicle has been agreed, you have the certainty that you will be paid out the amount shown on your policy schedule.
You should be aware that the maximum amount payable by insurers will be the amount shown under ‘Value’ on the Vehicle Details section of your Renewal Schedule, regardless of the market value at the time of the loss.
Market value means if your vehicle is lost or totally destroyed, you will be paid out the value of the vehicle at the time of the claim in line with current market trends.
This could be more or less than the amount shown under ‘Value’ as shown on the Vehicle Details section of your Renewal Schedule.
We will defend or settle any claim made against you on your behalf
When you need to make a claim, we’ll guide you through the process and get your claim settled as quickly as possible.
and make sure you have all your information at hand, including your policy number
on 0843 357 1354 and explain exactly what happened
to help us understand what happened as quickly as we can
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