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Initiative to Improve Caravan Security

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

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.

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Online Green Caravan Insurance Policies Have Arrived

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Online caravan insurance providers Towergate Bakers have announced plans of a new range of ‘Green’ caravan insurance polices that will allow their customers to offset their carbon emissions they produce on their caravan holidays.

They have teamed up with world leading carbon consulting and carbon offsetting business The Carbon Neutral Company to produce the policies, which will be available from September 2009. They will not be charging extra for these policies as they plan to make these policies available online only, and will use the savings made on postage and processing to pay for the carbon offsetting.

The average amount of carbon produced each year from towing a caravan will be offset by investing in projects such as forestry projects, and renewable energy projects (wave, biomass, wind).

This is very much in line with a recent study that suggested that caravan owners are particularly environmentally-conscious, and with caravanning holiday numbers set to increase this summer to 14 million, this is a very timely and intelligent development. Bookings at caravan parks in the UK are up by about 25%, while passenger numbers at airports in the UK have slumped. The National Caravan Council believe that many new caravanners have changed from taking a  holiday in Europe, and the flight that often entails, choosing instead to stay in the UK. Meanwhile the more experienced caravanners are taking the now-well-established ’staycation’.

Green credentials are further enhanced when you consider that the average return flight to Europe produces somewhere between 250 and 500 kilos of carbon dioxide per person (of course depending on: how far you fly; the age of the plane; the type of the plane). This compares with the 38 kilos per person produced by 4 people in an average sized petrol car travelling 250 miles, towing a medium-sized caravan. If this were a diesel car, this amount would be even less.

The National Caravan Council gave their seal of approval to the project stating, their Director General John Lally: “We applaud this initiative from Towergate Bakers. More and more people are becoming “green savvy” and we’re delighted that caravanners who want to help fight climate change can now match their principles with their holidays.”

Towergate Bakers director Paul Havenhand commented: “We are proud to be leading the charge in carbon offsetting amongst the caravan community. With recent research indicating that people who go on caravan and camping holidays are indeed more likely to be environmentally aware, we feel it is a natural progression to offer a greener way of holidaying. Caravanners can continue to drive with a conscience and do their bit to help climate change.”

We at www.caravan-insurance-cover.co.uk also applaud this development and wish Towergate Bakers luck with this. Hopefully other insurance providers will follow their lead and such policies will become more widely available.

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