If your the type of enthusiast who likes to put your classic car insurance renewal forms to the back of a drawer to be dealt with another day, then Sureterm would like to give you a friendly piece of advice.

From January 2008, thousands of classic car drivers who are running late renewing the insurance on their pride and joy, could be affected by a rule change aimed at tightening the police’s grip on uninsured driving.

Insurance companies must now register customers’ details on to the Motor Insurance Database (MID) within seven days – instead of the previous 14 days limit. This means that anyone that does not renew their car insurance cover before its expiry date could be caught out.  The police now use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology which cross checks a vehicle’s registration against the MID. If the police stop a driver who cannot prove that they are covered, their car could be confiscated.

This new scheme has not been implemented to catch out the innocent – instead it is the latest step in a crackdown on those who deliberately avoid paying for car insurance. Figures suggest one in every 20 drivers avoids paying car insurance premiums, and the annual cost to the industry of injuries and accidents caused by those uninsured is more than £500m according to the Motor Insurance Bureau.

So a message for all you classic car enthusiasts out there, please avoid being caught out by this new scheme and take advantage of Sureterms’ competitive insurance prices by giving us a call on 0845 20 20 230

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