They do not know that your vehicles are non-op or not. It is a form letter. They just want to do want they are now required by law. The state could care less and do not require proof of insurance on non-op vehicles. Condon and Shelly don't know that it is no-op unless you show them your non-op registration. So their assumption is that they have to provide proof unless told otherwise. By providing your no-op cert. you are proving to them that they don't need to provide proof to the State. I have both non-op and operational vehicles. I am in a state that requires proof of insurance every year. I understand the process and I will tell you that big brother could really care less. The people pushing paper a behest of State legislators just want to get their paper pushed with a minimum of fuss and bother. That is the reality. As for the wrong VINs, I was speaking of the insurance company records not the State. The insurance companies do have errors in THEIR records. If their insurance proof is incorrect, then the State will reject it. And you as the owner will have to contact your carrier to correct it and then take a trip to the DMV. Jennifer Allyn -----Original Message----- From: Michael Reed [mailto:mrreed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:30 AM To: gearhead.girl@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Collector Car Insurance According to Tim's posting, Condon & Skelly wasn't demanding the registration so that they could be pro-active and head off erroneous VIN's at registration/relicensing time (note that they're requiring proof of VINs for unlicensed autos as well), but as they said, to "appraise the state of my insured status." I doesn't appear to me that C & S's demands have anything to do w/ being proactive on the insured's behalf. And it is none of the State's business if I am insuring an unlicensed and undriven automobile. Mike The only instance of an incorrect VIN I've encountered in 50+ years was the State of Michigan's error, which resulted in the auto becoming "lost" in their computer system for some time... --- In Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jennifer allyn" <gearhead.girl@xxxx> wrote: > I was an insurance broker in California for many years. We have had a > mandatory insurance law for quite awhile. You should have no operational > vehicles insured for comp. only, no liability & no collision as there is no > risk of collision or liability. You do want comprehensive coverage for fire > and theft. Those are risks you run in owning any vehicle including one that > does not go down the road. You do not need to present your registration for > vehicles that are not insured for liability and collision. > > Your registration could be held up if they DO NOT contact the state in a > timely manner. It is a service that they are providing for you. They are > being pro-active and that saves you headache and it saves then headache to > do it at renewal. They just kick out of their computer insurance cards that > go to the state and into your glove box at renewal. The reason they want a > copy of your registration is to ensure that the VIN is correct. It is quite > easy to get a VIN wrong on an insurance card and then the state rejects it. > > > You are not giving either any information that they don't already have. > Both have your car's VIN and description, and your name and address on file. > Jennifer Allyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Tomlinson [mailto:tomlin@xxxx] > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 6:23 PM > To: Chrysler 300 club > Subject: [Chrysler300] Collector Car Insurance > > > Group, > 1. I don't wish to restart the lengthy discussion we had on collector car > insurance from months ago. I have a different tack to take on the subject. > 2. I have had Condon and Skelly for quite a few years. This year as a > condition of renewal, they are requiring that I provide a copy of the > registration of each insured vehicle so they can contact my state, Illinois, > in a timely manner to appraise the state of my insured status. Should I > have insured vehicles that are not licensed for use on the road, I am to > provide a copy of the Title for the same purpose. > 3. Now, Illinois, being fed up with all the uninsured drivers despite law > requiring liability insurance, has a new law effective 1 Jan 05 that you > must present proof of insurance when you register or renew registration. > 4. Is Condon and Skelly being overly cautious? Is there a danger in having > this information "out there" and likely in an automated database? I do know > that when I was stationed in Germany in the latter 70's the Secretary of > State's office sent someone to verify that my previously licensed auto, > which was not renewed and the plates were off, battery pulled, etc., was > indeed "non-operational" since I didn't have a record with them of liability > insurance. Dad had to take them to the storage facility and unlock it to > show them the car--which was inspected at length. > 5. I get goosey when folks start asking for information, which includes > personal details, and will likely store such on automated data bases with so > so security. Does anyone know if this is the demands of the industry now??? > Thanks, > Tim Tomlinson > 2 X 300-K's > 1 68 New Yorker > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For list server instructions, go to > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > Yahoo! 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