Average Cost of Motorhome Insurance 2025

By law you need motorhome insurance, which will cost you around £500 for a popular motorhome that's a few years old and valued around £50,000. However, the cost of motorhome insurance will vary depending on factors such as how much your motorhome is worth, where you store it, security features and the number of drivers on your policy.

See how motorhome premiums can vary across these parameters, or compare to the cost of caravan insurance, which is usually cheaper. Use our analysis may help you identify a good deal when you see it, but keep in mind these are just sample quotes and your premium might vary significantly depending on your details.

Average Cost of Motorhome Insurance

According to our research, the average cost of cheap motorhome insurance is just under £500 per year for our sample driver with a motorhome valued around £50,000.

Generally speaking, motorhome insurance premiums increase with the value of your RV; just like the cost of car insurance premiums, motorhome premiums are typically higher for more expensive vehicles as they present a larger risk to insurance underwriters in the case of damage or theft (i.e., more expensive vehicles cost more to repair or replace).

Here are sample premiums for our sample driver for some of the most popular UK motorhomes, as determined by our motorhome insurance partner QuoteZone:

For example, a four-year-old Elddis Sunseeker valued at £50,000 cost £493 to insure (in this article, the quotes figures reflect the average of the five cheapest quotes we found, for motorhomes stored on a driveway with a barrier).

Every additional £5,000 of motorhome value translated into an additional premium of roughly £170 - £180 per year, but at motorhome values of ~£70K the rate of increase lessened.

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Cost of Motorhome Insurance with Additional Security Features

While security features cost money to install, these costs can be partially offset by lower motorhome insurance premiums.

NimbleFins tests have shown that adding a wheel clamp (on top of a factory-fitted alarm, which we assumed as a standard minimum security feature) dropped the insurance premium around 12% on average (e.g. £60 on a £500 premium).

Adding Cobra tracking saved an average of 18% on the premium (e.g. £90 on a £500 premium).

Can I save money with a TPO or TPFT policy?

Not necessarily. Despite Comprehensive being the 'best' type of motorhome insurance, because it covers road traffic accident damage (which TPFT and TPO don't), Comprehnsive is typically the cheapest type of motorhome insurance. Which makes comprehensive absolutely the best value (most cover; lowest price). You'll have to check your personal quotes to be sure this holds for you as well, but our tests show that TPFT and TPO cost 35% more on average than Comprehensive motorhome insurance. A bit of a no brainer to buy Comprehensive!

Cost of Motorhome Insurance by Storage Location

Where you store your motorhome has a massive impact on the cost of insurance, because the location determines the risk of theft.

Our tests showed insurance was the cheapest for motorhomes stored at home in a locked garage. But most people don't have this storage option. How much extra will you pay for different storage options?

NimbleFins found that storing at a high end CaSSOA site was the second-cheapest insurance option, with rates 10% higher than a home-based locked garage. Low end CaSSOA sites raised the premium by a whopping 54% on average. If you store at a caravan storage site, you'll find that insurance premiums vary significantly depending on the site, reflecting the experience an insurer has had (e.g., past thefts).

Cost of Motorhome Insurance with Additional Drivers

Adding drivers to your motorhome insurance policy typically increases the price, which rises incrementally with each driver. Our sample driver would have paid around 7% additional premium (e.g. £35 on a £500 premium) to add a driver with a good driving record and experience behind the wheel of a motorhome, however the additional cost will depend on the value of your motorhome, the annual mileage, driving record of the additional driver, etc. Most insurers allow you to add up to four additional drivers, a few allow up to six.

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Methodology

To arrive at our average cost analysis, we gathered dozens of online quotes for motorhome insurance. We priced policies for four popular motorhomes:

Unless otherwise noted, motorhomes are driven by a 40-year-old main driver with a good driving history and no motorhome NCD but 5 years of car NCD, come with factory-fitted security, are stored on a driveway with a barrier, and are 4 years old. We averaged the 5 cheapest quotes that we could find to give an idea of what a motorhome owner would need to pay for a policy.

Oftentimes, the cheapest policies offer fewer features. The best policy for your needs may cost more or less depending upon your profile, the details of your motorhome and the type of policy you want, when you buy insurance, etc. Use the data in this article as an informative guide only to see how premiums can vary depending on various factors.