[UK-CONTEST] Insurance of radio towers

[Dave Sharred]

I too was surprised at how accommodating my Norwich Union house insurance
policy was.

In the January 2007 storms, I had a large tree come down; and it collected
my old Butternut in the process.

Not only did the policy pay for the tree to be removed; but they also paid
for a brand new Butternut !!!

I didn't expect them to, but if you don't ask, you don't get !

73

Dave
G3NKC

(Did I say that is the same Butternut that worked HS0ZEE on 80m 2 nights ago
? !!!)

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Chris Tran GM3WOJ
Sent: 18 September 2008 15:42
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Insurance of radio towers



Hello Chris et al

A Versatower P60 crashed down here in a storm in 1996 and was replaced by my
'house contents' insurance (Norwich Union) without too much hassle.

Initially, the 'house contents' insurer claimed that it was in the garden,
therefore covered by the 'buildings' insurance, but eventually the key
question was "would you take this item with you if you moved house?" which
categorised the tower as 'house contents' - somewhat surprising to me (I had
a mental picture of a P60 in our kitchen!) but I was not going to argue the
point.

Without tempting fate, I am uncertain as to why anyone has separate amateur
radio insurance nowadays - all my stuff is itemised and valued with other
house contents for very little extra cost on the annual premium.

73
Chris
GM3WOJ

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