Good morning all

I hope you all had a nice weekend, with the wet weather and, as I found out, there was a nice hail storm whilst I was walking out yesterday with my son. I was drencehd when I returned home and not in a great mood.

We had a very nice weekend with some drinks on Friday as a late birthday do, and saw my family on Saturday for a Chinese and some snooker (I regret that I lost again but enjoyed the game as I played quite well).

Strangely we have not had as many touring caravan claims in the current conditions which is a suprise as I expected a deluge of calls this morning. As ever if any of our clients need advice during this difficult time we are here to help, advise and mediate with your concerns.

Have a good Monday (well as good as it can be on a Monday!)

Happy touring

Mike

Dear All

I hope all are well today, I have spent the weekend packing up items in our flat as we move to a new house tomorrow, I can officially say I hate moving! Still onwards and upwards, the fence in the garden blew down in the storms over the weekend so a DIY job on the first day is looming. I am also very grateful to my mother in law for coming all the way from Nottingham to ease the burden.

I hate to admit it but I am getting into this X Factor thing, there is a lot more going into the show than I ever thought. I’m rooting for Stacey (well she’s from Dagenham isn’t she!)

Speaking of the weather, I expect a few storm damage claims in today as it was very wet and wild over the weekend which made it easier to stay in and pack.

Also I must say congratulations to my Mum and Dad who celebrate 35 years of marriage today and are taking my Nan and Grandad away for the week (it is their 60th anniversary on Xmas Eve)

Still thought i’d get a blog in today as our internet and phones are going off tomorrow, and will most probably be too busy anyway.

I have our staff appraisals on Wednesday so lots of things to catch up on!

Happy touring

Mike

We all know that anyone can offer cheap touring caravan insurance and can boast about their excellence, but what happens after you buy your insurance?

I recently had some communication with one of our clients via the Caravanning4u forum who regrettably had a claim on the day that he was travelling abroad in his touring caravan. He was understandly upset at the incident and was in need of urgent help, which was provided by Cover4Caravans as we liased with the insurers and the repairers in order to speed up the process. We know how troublesome these issues can be and we are human after all! I see from forums that many people looking for touring caravan insurance are sceptical of their insurers but we are only here to help.

It was certainly a pleasure to hear from this gentleman as everything fell into place and he was able to enjoy his holiday with the minimum of stress.

If you ever have questions please direct them to me michaels@alanblunden.co.uk or ring me 07786 088722.

Happy touring

Mike

Dear All

Friday is here, and it has been a suprisingly quick week for us here which has seen decent results for October and a nearing of our targets for the month. I will be looking through some Claims Stats this afternoon for one of our insurers which is an interesting project, and hopefully they show how careful underwriting is a benefit to us all.

Well my beloved Fliss seems to be coming down with a bug, so I hope Jacob is nice to her until I can take over. It is of course that time of year and the Office has seen a number of people battling illness. Indeed, I had a bug this time last year and had to rest up at home, unfortunately I rushed back to work before I was ready and was off again. Just shows you to rest up at the time.

Sian and Jecelda are due back from their jetsetting holidays to Tobago and Singapore respectively on Monday, it has been somewhat quiet without them.

Next week is a busy one with a Company bowling night on Thursday, seeing my parents on Friday, another check up for Jacob and snooker with friends on Halloween night (I will not be dressing up although some say I don’t need to!)

Have a great weekend.

Happy touring

Mike

Dear All

I have been internet browsing this afternoon on several forums and answering people’s queries on touring caravan insurance that they may have, it’s interesting to hear the many different views. A person asked me for an estimate on a touring caravan quote which is difficult to ascertain, as we have a unique rating structure that factors in age, storage area, makes of caravan etc which is constantly reviewed, revised and updated according to our statistical information.

Whilst people argue about cheapest price, I like to think that we are very competitive when our clients “tick all the right buttons” so to speak. We certainly don’t arrive at our premiums by luck, it takes constant reviewing to be undertaken, discussions with insurers, feedback from staff and obviously from you the public. As an example, when we did a static caravan insurance review of our post codes 2 years ago, we realised our insurers needed to widen their scope of areas and reduce premiums to be competitive. The information was discussed with insurers and a swift decision made.

It’s strange that you can get your touring or static caravan quote in 2 minutes and yet it takes constant reviews, stats and competition analysis to arrive at these figures! Insurance may be boring but alot goes into it, I won’t even go into claims information here as that’s a whole new topic and i’ll be here forever!

Happy touring

Mike