Mini GAP Insurance

Mini has been a British motoring fixture since 1959, and a Hatch still loses value the moment it leaves the forecourt. Mini GAP insurance, arranged by Insureworks and underwritten by specialist insurers, may help reduce the financial impact of that depreciation.

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Mini GAP Insurance Explained

May help protect the price you paid for your Mini, rather than what it is worth on the day of a claim.
Available on Mini cars up to ten years old, bought within the last 180 days, priced from £5,000.
Cash, PCP, hire purchase or lease. Cover may be arranged whichever route you took to the keys.
Once a Mini GAP claim is accepted, settlement follows the policy terms and the insurer's process.

Mini Models Our Insurers Can Cover

Mini has been a British motoring fixture since 1959, and our insurers can offer Mini GAP insurance from the Hatch and Convertible to the Countryman and the fully electric Cooper. Whether you paid in full, chose PCP, signed a lease agreement or found a used Mini with a few miles already behind it, we can help you compare cover.

GAP insurance doesn’t care if you’re leasing. We can still arrange cover. A write-off could leave you with more than an empty driveway. If you’re comparing Mini GAP coverage lease options, our insurers may be able to help cover the shortfall between your motor insurance payout and the amount still due under your lease agreement. Get a Mini GAP insurance quote to check what may be available.

No sign of your model below? We’ve picked out the names most familiar to UK drivers and squeezed them into five boxes, but our insurers may cover plenty of others, subject to the policy terms and eligibility criteria.

New

Used

Petrol

Diesel

Hybrids

Electric

Mini Hatch, Cooper

The three and five-door hatchbacks the brand is built on. First cars, city runabouts and second cars.

Mini Convertible

Soft-top versions of the Hatch, bought for the summer and kept for the rest of the year.

Mini Clubman

Estate-shaped Minis with the split rear doors, for drivers who needed the extra boot.

Mini Countryman

The largest Mini, a compact SUV popular on PCP and quick to lose value in the early years.

Mini Cooper Electric, Aceman

Mini's fully electric models, wearing the same badge with the engine noise taken out.

Choose The Right Mini GAP Insurance For You

Whether your Mini is a brand-new Countryman or a Hatch that has already covered a few thousand miles, our insurance providers may have an RTI GAP option available. Following an accepted total-loss claim, it could help reduce the financial difference between your motor insurer’s settlement and the original invoice price, subject to the policy terms and claim limit. Which policy suits you depends on how you bought the car and what you would like the cover to protect.

New & Used

New Mini, or a well-loved one?

Depreciation affects new and used cars alike, so GAP could help protect the price you paid. Cover is available on vehicles up to ten years old, bought within the last 180 days, priced from £5,000.

Petrol & Diesel

Classic Mini motoring, depreciation included.

GAP could help reduce the financial impact if an eligible vehicle is written off or stolen, subject to the policy terms and the claim limit shown in your schedule. Mini is rated non-prestige by the underwriter.

Hybrids

Countryman, with a battery on board.

For hybrid versions of models such as the Countryman, Mini GAP insurance could help protect the eligible invoice price paid for the vehicle, subject to the terms and limits set out in your policy.

Fully Electric

Same badge, charging cable included.

GAP could help cover an eligible difference between your insurer's settlement and the original invoice price. On PCP and cash purchases, electric vehicles are covered up to a £50,000 price. Lease and contract hire have no such restriction.

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Blue Mini Cooper S parked on a city street as a couple walk past

GAP Insurance for Mini

Mini has been a British motoring fixture since 1959, and whichever Mini ends up on your driveway, it shares one thing with every other car on the road: depreciation. A car bought new can be worth noticeably less within a year, and a standard motor policy pays the market value on the day of the claim rather than the price on the invoice. Mini GAP insurance is designed to help with that difference, subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions and limits of the policy, and to the claim limit shown in your schedule.

Pale green Mini hatchback driving on a coastal road above the sea

Why Use Insureworks To Arrange Mini GAP Insurance

Insureworks arranges Mini GAP cover underwritten by specialist insurers, and the eligibility rules sit on the page rather than buried in a document. Your Mini needs to be under ten years old, bought within the last 180 days, and invoiced between £5,000 and £125,000. Electric models are covered to £50,000 on PCP and cash purchases. Vehicles previously declared a total loss, and vehicles on motor trade insurance, are not eligible at all. We would rather you knew that before starting a quote than after. This page is information, not advice, and no assessment of whether the cover suits your circumstances is made here.

How Mini GAP Insurance Works

Your Mini is written off or stolen, and it is time to make a Mini GAP insurance claim on the policy.
Your motor insurer pays the market value, which is what the car is worth today rather than what you paid.
If your Mini GAP claim is accepted, GAP may top that up towards the agreed level, depending on the policy terms.
You get back on the road. The payout may help you replace the Mini or clear the outstanding finance agreement.

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Mini GAP Insurance FAQs

We know you might have questions, here are the four we hear at Insureworks all the time.

GAP is not a legal requirement, but drivers often consider it when leasing. If a leased Mini is written off or stolen, there may still be an amount due under the finance agreement after your motor insurer has paid out. GAP may help cover some or all of that shortfall, depending on the policy terms. Contract hire and lease agreements also carry no electric vehicle price restriction.

Your Mini needs to be no more than ten years old when you apply, bought within the last 180 days, with an invoice price between £5,000 and £125,000. Electric Mini models are covered up to £50,000 on PCP and cash purchases. Cars previously written off, and vehicles on motor trade insurance, are not eligible. There is no mileage limit on the policy. Vehicles used as taxis, for driving lessons, hire, courier work, racing or off-road driving are also excluded.

No. Mini is rated non-prestige by the underwriter, which is the lower of the two pricing tiers, even though the brand sits within the BMW group. That means a Mini costs less to cover than an equivalent BMW. Electric models are rated separately and carry the £50,000 price limit.

If your Mini is stolen or written off, GAP insurance may help cover some or all of the difference between your motor insurer’s payout and what you originally paid, or what you still owe on finance. What applies to you is set by the policy terms and the claim limit shown in your schedule, so both are worth reading. If your motor insurer does not settle the claim, the GAP policy will not pay out either.