Federation launches FBHVC Insurance to insure yesterday's vehicles on tomorrow's roads
Published: 25/11/2024
The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs has launched a new insurance scheme designed to offer an additional benefit to membership organisations of being Federation members.
The scheme aims to help clubs and other membership organisations in the historic vehicle sector create compelling and valuable membership benefits. It is a vital tool for ensuring that vehicle club memberships remain steady and healthy.
The scheme is designed with three main aims. The first is to create a tangible benefit for enthusiasts to join and remain members of clubs and membership organisations in the historic vehicle world.
Secondly, to protect historic vehicles and keep them on the road should the unthinkable occur.
Finally, to offer a way that clubs can provide insurance to younger drivers and support the next generation of people in preserving our transport heritage.
The scheme has been designed to appeal to the smaller clubs within the FBHVC family that might need help negotiating specific insurance packages. FBHVC Insurance offers smaller organisations access to the benefits of a scheme usually reserved for larger clubs, using the strength of the combined Federation community.
Furthermore, commission payments fund the FBHVC's essential research and lobbying work to keep historic vehicles on the roads and invest in the support and resources for our member organisations.
The scheme will accommodate cars, motorcycles, agricultural vehicles, buses, coaches, military vehicles, commercial vehicles, and lorries, except for steam-powered vehicles for the time being.
It is also open to individual supporter members of the FBHVC.
David Whale, chairman of the FBHVC, said, "The FBHVC understands that our member clubs face an ongoing challenge of offering tangible benefits to their members.
"Offering such benefits helps attract new members to your club and keeps existing members renewing year after year. Supporting enabling young people to insure and thus enjoy yesterday's vehicles on tomorrow's roads is vital to our future.
"We have enjoyed a long working relationship with Peter James, the provider of this insurance offering, and this is an exciting development in that well-established partnership."
Dave Youngs, Partnership Director for Peter James Insurance, said, "We have designed the scheme to offer FBHVC member clubs valuable support in providing compelling benefits to help vehicle clubs of all sizes attract new members and retain existing ones.
"We believe that clubs form the backbone of the historic vehicle community and are committed to doing our part to ensure they survive and thrive in the future."
Peter James Insurance, an expert in specialist vehicle insurance for many decades, administers the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs scheme. Peter James Insurance don’t operate call centres, just friendly and knowledgeable specialist staff who enjoy building relationships with fellow historic vehicle enthusiasts.
Your club can easily access FBHVC Insurance by registering as a participant via the simple form at insurance.fbhvc.co.uk. When approved as an FBHVC member organisation, clubs will receive a marketing pack with all the adverts, leaflets, logos, and other information they need to promote the scheme to their members.
