{"id":828,"date":"2019-01-20T22:43:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T22:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T10:34:06","slug":"gap-insurance-eligibility-criteria-changes-effective-22-01-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/01\/20\/gap-insurance-eligibility-criteria-changes-effective-22-01-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"GAP insurance Eligibility Criteria Changes: Effective 22\/01\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Please be aware that if you&#8217;re considering GAP insurance, the eligibility criteria for our policies is changing effective from <strong>midnight tomorrow night<\/strong> (Monday January 21st 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <strong>Tuesday onwards<\/strong> (no exceptions), the following rules will apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/invoice-gap-insurance.asp\">Invoice<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/replacement-gap-insurance.asp\">Replacement GAP insurance<\/a> will only be available for a vehicle purchased within the last <strong>90 days<\/strong> (currently 365 days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contract Hire GAP insurance will only be available for a vehicle that you took delivery of within the last <strong>180 days<\/strong> (currently 365 days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/replacement-gap-insurance.asp\">Replacement GAP insurance<\/a> will only be available for a vehicle that you purchased <strong>brand new and are the first registered keeper of<\/strong> (currently available to cover a new\/used vehicle up to 5 years old<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The maximum policy duration for <a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/invoice-gap-insurance.asp\">Invoice<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/replacement-gap-insurance.asp\">Replacement GAP insurance<\/a> will be <strong>four years<\/strong> (currently five years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, as of Friday last week, it&#8217;s now <strong>no longer possible<\/strong>\n to defer the start date of a GAP insurance policy &#8211; something that you \nmay have considered for a brand new vehicle if the motor insurer \nprovided new-for-old cover during the first year of ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, also from Tuesday onwards, <strong>a range of vehicles will be excluded from cover<\/strong>.&nbsp; You can see the list of these vehicles <a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/excluded-vehicles.asp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the above considered, if you&#8217;re contemplating GAP insurance and will be affected by any of the above, <a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\/contact-us.asp\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HTH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gapinsurance.co.uk\">GAPinsurance.co.uk<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please be aware that if you&#8217;re considering GAP insurance, the eligibility criteria for our policies is changing effective from midnight tomorrow night (Monday January 21st 2019). 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