Insurance notification if changing from runflats

[Ash60]

I have been ringing around today to get prices for a set of Falkens as I have had enough of the Bridgestone runflats on the car I bought 3 months ago.
One tyre dealer that I spoke to said that I should contact my insurance company to tell them I had changed from runflats as they could see view this as I have removed a safety feature from the car.
Has anyone else come across this issue and if you have changed from runflats did you notify your insurance?

 

[Dreamer]

I notified mine, they didnt give a monkeys though. The guy just said 'fine i'll put it in the notes'.

 

[stevedruidstone]

notified mine and they weren't bothered either (Bell)

 

[chris]

Safety feature? How are the safer then? :lol:

Otherway round I would say! Ring the insurance and say you are less likely to crash as you now have decent Tyres

 

[pvr]

Called mine when I had the previous Z with runflats, as long as the tyres were correct for the wheels / car, they did not care less. Probably did not understand it anyway ...

 

[cj10jeeper]

It's a change from OEM. Notify as I did to be safe and avoid any potential issues.

mine said - no charge/interest as they are the same size, width, etc.

 

[Markyboy]

I phoned Admiral when I changed my tyres to Vredsteins from the RFT. I tried to explain what I had done and they just kept telling me they didn't "insure" the tyres and Ididn't have to tell them when I put new ones on. I gave up in the end. Outsourced call centers in god knows where really get on my nerves sometimes.

 

[Ewazix]

My insurer was only interested if I was fitting aftermarket, none standard sized wheels, the guy I spoke to thought I was winding him up about run flat tyres :rofl:

 

[Medium Dave]

More Than refused to insure me with non runflats. I changed to Admiral who, as was said before, don't care. I still made sure that I asked again at the time of insuring to get it confirmed on the recording of the policy setup.

 

[Ash60]

Thanks for the feedback everyone - I spoke to my insurance company who said that as I wasn't changing the wheels only the type of tyre it wouldn't affect my insurance, but they did make a note on my file. Worth taking the time to make the call just in case!