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I had my '75 C3 and two factory turbo motorcycles insured through Hagerty for many years. I sold the C3 in '11 and put a vintage Porsche on the policy for another 4 years. They were always reasonable, but around 2015 the price more than doubled for the car. Do a search and you'll find quite a few complaints across different car forums.
Dumped them for AMIG at half the price for the same coverage. As the value of the Porsche drastically went up, I continued to increase the agreed value. I just renewed the Porsche last month @ $50K agreed value for $500 a year (bikes have always remained about $200 for both). That $500 is still in the ballpark of what Hagerty wanted NINE years ago for $12K in agreed value. All my policies are $500K liability as they were with Hagerty.
Of course there's spare parts coverage, towing and NO deductible...that's pretty much a given for any agreed value collector policy.
As far as driving record and location...last ticket was minor and over 33 years ago and I've never had an accident claim in my life. I live in a small Indiana town, property insurance is some of the lowest in the nation. The normal policy for my daily, which is a Porsche Cayenne S, runs me $300 a year for full coverage and my Hayabusa is $372 a year for full coverage. Both at $500K liabilities.
So, $88,000 for a Corvette and $35,000 for a Pontiac? $123,000.00 in coverage for $140 a year??? Either it's storage coverage as someone stated above or Hagerty has made a HUGE billing error...as in someone forgot to add a zero.
Does anyone on this forum have that kind of coverage through Hagerty at that low of a price? If so, I definitely need to give them another chance and get a quote. I just find it hard to believe they'd insure a $5K basket case for $140 a year.
I was also going to question the drastic difference of paying over $1,800 a year for something like a KIA (you'd think horrible driving history or ghetto location), but then I remembered reading that many insurance companies flat out refuse to write a policy for them. Thanks to a TikTok trend, they're the ultimate joyride car as a kid can steal one in under 30 seconds.
Just make sure the car is insured under "agreed value" and not "stated value". Big difference in price and coverage. My 66 Vette, 68 Vette and 70 SS Chevelle come in at $2,250 annually, full stacked liability coverage to $1M , no deductible on collision, fire theft etc. No tickets or accidents or claims in Tampa in 40 years. Jerry
And make sure your agreed-upon value is high enough. I had just had some work done on my '72 Corvette: amazing body and paint work; a new, more powerful engine put in (while retaining the old engine for someone who wanted matching numbers) with everything else in very good condition. Before I had all this work done, the agreed-on value was $32,000. I meant to increase the value to $39,000. Within 24 hours of bringing it home and before I had a chance to take pictures for my revision, my Corvette rolled down the driveway without me in it and crashed into another car. It was totaled and I received the agreed-on value, no problem; however, I had not revised the value yet for the higher payout so that was a bummer.
Here is the thing of which you need to be aware: when I retained title and "bought" it back from the insurance, I paid $6,500 which was 21% of the agreed-on value (this is high in comparison to most "buy-backs". it looks like they did not go by the agreed-on value to determine the "buy-back" amount, but rather went with the market value of the car or by matching the highest bidder on the salvage of what was a completely repairable car (in fact it is back in the shop). I can't be sure, but if that it is what they did, you want to make sure you don't cheap out on a few dollars a month and undervalue your car- because if you do, buying it back may take away a significant amount of your payout.
I get it about the agreed amount. My policy with American Collectors has a built in inflation factor. We really need it here in Florida as a full 3 in 10 drivers carry no insurance. Another high percentage have liability limits 0f $10K. It really is a joke here. One of my employees in one of my work cars was involved in an accident by an idiot racing another car. The driver hit my car and went on to cause over $250K in damage to a slew of cars and drivers. It all took about 90 seconds. You really need great insurance to protect yourself. Jerry