Those industrious folks down at Towergate Bakers are at it again, coming up with initiatives to push forward the uk caravan insurance market. Following on from their recent Green caravan insurance initiative comes another idea, providing the new Datatag caravan security system as part of their Select and Economy insurance polices on caravans worth over £10,000.
Datatag are Europe’s leading asset marking company, and have been providing asset protection within the Watercraft , Motorcycle and Construction industries for a number of years. They work with Police Authorities to try reduce crime and increase conviction rates. This has led to a big decrease in thefts wherever the Datatag system is used. Indeed they proudly boast that the Crown Prosecution Service have 100% success rate of prosecution in cases where Datatag evidence is used!
The system is the only system with the Thatcham seal of approval. Thatcham is a not-for-profit organisation that tests vehicle security systems and is very highly regarded in the market.
The Datatag systems consists of a number of elements:
- Electronic transponders which have a unique identification code that can be read by a hand-held scanner used Police Forces in the UK.
- Datadot microdots which enable you to mark all valuable items
- DatatagDNA which is a unique forensic chemical DNA etching solution
- ID labels that have unique ID numbers
These components add up to make your caravan ‘too-hot-to-handle’ for the professional thief.
The Marketing Director of Towergate Bakers, Paul Havenhand, enthused about the system calling it “a great piece of kit,” and hopes that this initiative will “reduce the number of stolen caravans, leading to lower premiums overall.” We do hope so Paul.
They are running this campaign in August, but hope to extend it, and will be running an advertising campaign to raise awareness of the device.
And the beauty of this is that the Datatag system will be saving you money on your caravan insurance in years to come, as it attracts a policy discount.
Tags: caravan, Datatag, insurance, security, Thatcham, towergate