Tonyman2 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hi can anyone please send me a link for best insurance to deal with if just needing a 3 week insurance term , thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Try Stirling or Insure to Drive both offer short term policys from what i recall. Another option would be to see if any rellies can add you to their policy for a month. Cal x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 If you’re borrowing a car from a family member/friend them ask them to contact their insurers. My son came over for a two week visit last Christmas and I put him on my insurance. Only cost me £20 and that was the admin charge. There was actually no charge for him being on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welljock Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Tulip1 said: If you’re borrowing a car from a family member/friend them ask them to contact their insurers. My son came over for a two week visit last Christmas and I put him on my insurance. Only cost me £20 and that was the admin charge. There was actually no charge for him being on it. If borrowing a car this is the only way to do it. Two insurance companies cannot insure the same vehicle at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyman2 Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 They wont insure me unless i can show them my old UK car licence from 17 yrs ago !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Tonyman2 said: They wont insure me unless i can show them my old UK car licence from 17 yrs ago !! No, of course not. What do you want the insurance for? Where are you getting the car from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyman2 Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Marisawright said: No, of course not. What do you want the insurance for? Where are you getting the car from? ok just found old licence , using parents car . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Tonyman2 said: ok just found old licence , using parents car . As others have said, in that case your parents have to ask THEIR insurer if you can be covered. You can't get another insurance policy on a car that's already covered by someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyman2 Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Marisawright said: As others have said, in that case your parents have to ask THEIR insurer if you can be covered. You can't get another insurance policy on a car that's already covered by someone else. Google says you can , not recommended but technically you can. Though obviously you cant claim twice . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausvisitor Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 25/08/2022 at 14:08, welljock said: If borrowing a car this is the only way to do it. Two insurance companies cannot insure the same vehicle at the same time That's true in Australia, not true in UK. There is a whole "secondary insurer" market. Google marmalade insurance. Its designed to allow kids to build up insurance on car without affecting mum and dad no claims bonus, but also useful for borrowing a mates car for a few days and not risking their no claims 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ausvisitor said: That's true in Australia, not true in UK. There is a whole "secondary insurer" market. Google marmalade insurance. Its designed to allow kids to build up insurance on car without affecting mum and dad no claims bonus, but also useful for borrowing a mates car for a few days and not risking their no claims Well there you go, I've learned something, thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallyman Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Insurance law changed recently in uk , tried to put me on my daughters insurance, no go with Australian licence, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstWorldProblems Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Ahhh that’s very interesting. We always insure the MIL when she comes out each summer and this year the insurance company wouldn’t do it. They just said it wasn’t something they did any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1ofspades Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Can confirm the above two posts. When we went to the UK in June my dad called his insurance company, but they wouldn't insure us as we didn't have a permanent UK address. This was different to our 2019 trip, where it was minimal cost (as mentioned above) Think there must have been some changes (Brexit maybe...) Ended up hiring a car as we didn't want to do anything dodgy! (At significant cost, so bear that in mind) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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