Does having your vehicle featured increase insurance premium

[2286]

Does having your vehicle featured in a publication, magazine, book, film or tv increase your insurance premium.

I know wittends has graced the pages of LRO with the air portable and is well placed to advise.

[Craig T]

I don't see why it should.
My 109" was featured in LRO many years ago and B2L more recently but I never declared that on an insurance renewal and they never specifically asked so no, it made no difference.

If you rent your vehicle out for film work though, that is a different matter and probably requires special insurance which is using the vehicle for profit, not just social domestic and pleasure use.

Craig.

[RobS]

I've had a few vehicles in different mags, including George and it never had any impact on insurance, don't see why it should unless you give specific reference to security which the insurers would not be pleased about if it got stolen afterwards. 

[2286]

You mean where it is kept, how it is stored and where the keys are?

Have your feature vehicles/articles revealed the reg and vin.

The thrust of the story or usp would relate to the production build number.

[Wittsend]

No impact at all if you feature your vehicle in a magazine/TV show/or what have you.

Naturally you don't reveal your exact location.

Hiding reg numbers is a bit silly and not needed unless you are paranoid.

Different matter if the vehicle is for "hire & reward".


 

[2286]

No impact at all if you feature your vehicle in a magazine/TV show/or what have you.

Naturally you don't reveal your exact location.

Hiding reg numbers is a bit silly and not needed unless you are paranoid.

Different matter if the vehicle is for "hire & reward".


 

Did you get the choice to appear with the vehicle or not in LRO

As I mentioned the build number is the usp of the story and even if the vin was not published it could be worked out from the vehicle wheelbase, engine and so on.

Your article was laning but assume a neutral location is used to protect owners actual?

[RobS]

You mean where it is kept, how it is stored and where the keys are?

Have your feature vehicles/articles revealed the reg and vin.

The thrust of the story or usp would relate to the production build number.

Yes details like that should not be published, certainly where the keys are kept.

As for the reg, always shown but not the vin number. All my articles were about the mark and how it developed (MR2 Roadster, Evoque) but George was more about the rebuild and why I did it so nothing that would give any security measures used.

Rob.

[Wittsend]

I've not done a lot of magazine shoots.

The few I've done, I've been behind the wheel etc. Down to the photographer & editor which pictures they use. Maybe I'm not photogenic.

Anyone can search the internet and find me, I've had an online presence since 1998. Not really caused me any issues.

[Twomokes]

I have had my 2a in LRO, LRM and Classic Land Rover, each photo shoot was in a neutral location and the information in the articles has compromised me or the vehicle in the intervening years. In a previous time I had a vehicle which was in magazines, advertising shoots an TV filming and never had any issues either.

[Alan Drover]

I, my dogs at the time and my Series 3 appeared in CLR in late summer 2014. I've still got the issue.
My various dogs have appeared in the CLR Pet of the Month feature several times along with the rear of the Land Rover.

[Twomokes]

Thinking on this more, two insurance companies are using images of my 2a to advertise their services, maybe I should see if they would give me an additional discount?

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Does having your vehicle featured in a publication, magazine, book, film or tv increase your insurance premium.

Ah, they do say the stresses and strains at the cusp of mega-stardom brings its own worries.

[w3526602]

Hi,

I have read, albeit a very long time ago, that insurers do not like to to be likely to associate with the rich and famous, or people who drive fast or expensive cars. Its got something to do with possible injury claims from celebrities who rely on their public image, or potential loss of income.

Hmmm! My sister lives just down the road from "Maggy T's" house, and Walter Gabriel's dulcent "My old pal, my old beauty ..." used to waft over her garden fence. (East Dulwich)

602

[GlenAnderson]

The only way I could see it increasing premiums would be if the vehicle had become a "star car" in it's own right, and that the association with the film/tv programme had dramatically increased its value.

Something like the Jag in Inspector Morse, A genuine General Lee Dodge, or Herbie VW Beetle; I can't see a Land-Rover featured in a specialist magazine having its value increased at all.

[Wittsend]

... only in the owner's mind