ANWB and Univé Stop Insuring Urban Arrow Cargo Bikes Without Trackers

Aug 24, 2023 at 2:19 PM Update: 35 minutes ago

If you want to insure an electric cargo bike of the Urban Arrow brand, you can no longer always contact the ANWB for insurance. Only the models that can be tracked with a tracker are still insured.

In brief

The ANWB has stopped insuring Urban Arrow cargo bikes without a tracker due to theft Only if owners have had a tracker installed at a dealer to be able to track the cargo bike, insurance is still available from the ANWB The ANWB announced earlier this week also know to stop insuring fatbikes

According to a spokesman for the ANWB, the Urban Arrow cargo bikes are “very popular” with thieves, especially in the Randstad.

Unigarant, the insurance company of the ANWB, confirms that the company will stop insuring the popular electric cargo bikes without trackers in 2022. That happened after reporting from the consumer program Radar.

On Monday, the ANWB announced that it would temporarily stop insuring fat bikes. In recent years, fat tire electric bicycles have become extremely popular not only among consumers, but just like the Urban Arrow, also among thieves.

According to the ANWB, the question is not whether the fat bike is stolen, but when. The damage recovered from the insurance of the bicycles would have risen to 800 percent of the premium.

Univé also no longer insures fat bikes

Univé has also announced that it will stop insuring fat bikes with immediate effect. According to a spokesman for the insurer, the many thefts cause too great a risk. Univé is not introducing an insurance freeze for Urban Arrow bicycles for the time being, says the spokesperson.

Centraal Beheer reports that the insurer recognizes the large number of thefts of e-bikes. The company is investigating what measures are necessary to limit the damage.

According to the police and the Dutch Association of Insurers, bicycle owners must do much more to prevent their e-bikes from being stolen. This can be done, for example, by installing a tracker with which a stolen bicycle can be found, or by securing the bicycle with an extra lock.

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