Jaguar Land Rover is rolling out its new insurance coverage providing to assist prospects shield themselves from the scourge of key cloning and keyless automotive theft as criminals goal its excessive worth automobiles to strip for components or resale overseas.

The carmaker earlier this yr stated it had invested greater than £10 million in guaranteeing automobiles constructed from 2018 onwards are protected and up to date with the newest expertise via a collection of enhanced safety updates. Since 2022, greater than 70,000 eligible Defender, Discovery, Vary Rover and Jaguar vehicles made since 2018 onwards have now acquired free safety updates to make sure the identical ranges of safety in opposition to theft as present, new fashions.

Autos manufactured from 2022 onwards are constructed on JLR’s most superior electrical structure, that means they’ve the newest security measures.

Police forces are nevertheless nonetheless advising homeowners to suit mechanical safety gadgets, resembling pedal locks, wheel clamps and steering wheel locks.

Current DVLA knowledge reveals that the Vary Rover was the second most stolen automotive of 2022, the Land Rover Discovery was the fifth most stolen. 12 months-on-year the variety of stolen Vary Rovers has elevated by 47% to five,533 since 2021. 

Now, in a transfer to assist prospects entry insurance coverage cowl, Vary Rover purchasers within the UK at the moment are being supplied safety via Land Rover Insurance coverage. Cowl can also be accessible to homeowners of Defender and Discovery automobiles, in addition to Jaguar vehicles via Jaguar Insurance coverage.

The absolutely complete insurance coverage ensures any repairs are accomplished by a JLR authorised bodyshop, utilizing solely real components. The coverage is versatile with no deposits or curiosity prices and purchasers are in a position to amend or cancel their cowl with no charge. The value can also be assured for 12 months.

JLR stated the service has offered quotes to greater than 4,000 purchasers since October, with a mean month-to-month premium of lower than £200, including that it has shared its newest safety knowledge with main insurance coverage suppliers to assist enhance the vary of insurance coverage choices on the open market. 

Patrick McGillycuddy, JLR UK managing director, stated: “Clients of luxurious vehicles and different luxurious items are experiencing a rise in thefts resulting from organised legal exercise within the UK. The desirability of our luxurious automobiles, coupled with issues round thefts, has not too long ago led to challenges in acquiring insurance coverage cowl for some purchasers.

“We’re absolutely dedicated to doing all the things we will to handle this by adopting a multifaceted method: from our vital funding in car safety, to now offering our personal insurance coverage. Whereas our new insurance coverage proposition is a key milestone, we wish to reassure purchasers that we’ll proceed monitoring and refining our service in order that much more purchasers can reap the benefits of it.” 

JLR stated its newest automobiles are proving resilient to theft with UK police knowledge indicating that since January 2022, solely 9 of the 12,200 new Vary Rovers on the street have been stolen (0.07 per cent), whereas solely 13 of the 13,400 new Vary Rover Sports activities on the street have been affected (0.1 per cent).

JLR informed AM: “We’ve beforehand had an insurance coverage providing and this was offered by Verex. This partnership ended earlier this yr and this new providing is being offered by a brand new provider. This new service was all the time meant to go stay, it’s simply that it’s of larger significance in the meanwhile because of the challenges a few of our purchasers have been dealing with.”