At Custodian, our mission is simple: we take the pain out of automotive ownership. Whether you are a dedicated collector or a weekend enthusiast, we believe owning a special vehicle should be about the drive, not the paperwork.
Your Digital Garage is at the heart of this mission. It’s built to help you centralise your car’s history, track its provenance, and manage its modifications and maintenance all in one place. But taking the pain out of ownership also means helping you protect that asset with the right insurance coverage. While we offer our own specialist insurance services, our team is small and our panel of insurers can occasionally be restrictive based on specific driver or vehicle profiles.
To ensure our enthusiast users never feel stranded, we’ve established a strategic partnership with Greenlight Insurance Services.
A Seamless Safety Net for Your Insurance
We want the Custodian platform to be a place where you always find a solution. Here is how our insurance services will work alongside Greenlight’s to keep you on the road:
- Integrated insurance: When you submit an application, we’ll first check your details against our own specialist panel of insurers.
- An efficient alternative: If your specific circumstances - such as your vehicle’s usage, storage location or your driving experience - don't quite align with our primary panel, we don't want that to be the end of your journey. You’ve already taken the time to fill out all your details!
- A personal introduction: With your permission, we can introduce you to Greenlight. Once you’ve provided consent, we share your application details directly with the Greenlight team so you don't have to start your paperwork from scratch.
- Specialist broking: Greenlight acts as an independent broker with their own unique panel of insurers. Their appetite for different enthusiast profiles means they can often provide a quote when we can't.
Why Greenlight is the Right Fit
We view Greenlight as a perfect complement to the Custodian experience. We’ve partnered with them because they’re true petrolheads that share our commitment to the enthusiast community:
- True enthusiasts: The Greenlight team doesn't just work in insurance; they are part of the community. They attend the events, understand the mods, and share the same passion for cars that we do.
- Enhanced Cover Options: Customers can access features such as optional track day cover, salvage retention, and agreed value options.
- Enthusiast-Based Pricing: Premiums designed to reflect the typically lower risk profiles of cherished vehicles owned by enthusiasts.
- Payment Flexibility: Premium finance options are available directly through Greenlight to assist with spreading the cost of cover.
- Proven track record: With over 30 years of experience and a 4.7/5 Trustpilot rating, they provide the high-standard, jargon-free service that fits the Custodian ethos.
Your Digital Garage is Still Your Greatest Asset
Even if your policy is placed through Greenlight, the documentation you keep in your Digital Garage is your most powerful tool. Maintaining a comprehensive car file isn't just about nostalgia; it’s about practical protection:
- Maximising vehicle value: A car with a transparent, digitised history is worth more. When it comes time for an agreed value assessment, or if you want to sell your vehicle, your Digital Garage provides the "proof of life" needed to value your car accurately.
- Easier claims handling: If the worst happens, having every receipt, photo, and service record organized in one place makes the claims process significantly faster. You aren't hunting through gloveboxes for paper records; you’re providing the insurer with a professional audit trail.
- Lobbying for the community: We use anonymized data from our community to prove to underwriters that enthusiasts who meticulously document their cars are lower-risk. This helps us fight for better rates for owners who actually look after their vehicles.
Received a referral option in your email? If you’ve submitted an application from your digital garage you’ll receive an email from us informing you of your application status. If the Custodian team is unable to help, your email will contain a request for your consent to introduce you to Greenlight.
This is a referral service only, and we do not provide advice or recommend products.Simply click "YES, please introduce me" in your email. We’ll handle the data transfer, and a member of the Greenlight team will be in touch quickly to help you secure the cover you need.
