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alison
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 12:32 pm Post subject: Car insurance again.
My eldest is just learning to drive. We are about to insure a ford focus for him. Any suggestions about the best way to go around this, and any companies I should be looking at, that are more favourable for 17 year old boy learners.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 12:44 pm Post subject:
Perhaps look into one that does a "black box" that monitors the driving...

iaf

Joined: 30 Oct 2010
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 12:53 pm Post subject:
I did a multi car with admiral, much cheaper than anyone else if your son is not a main driver.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 12:57 pm Post subject:
Can I just ask - are you planning to teach him to drive or is it for after he passes his test? Just interested as Id like to do this for Kate, but if its too dear perhaps lessons would be cheaper.

AnneL

Joined: 28 Jun 2010
Posts: 42
Location: East Yorkshire

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 1:02 pm Post subject:

We used Collingwoods they can insure Learners as an add-on to your normal Policy or as a separate Policy for a learner on their own vehicle.
We paid 3 months initially and then month by month until our son passed his test. It was the cheapest we could find at the time and very easy to set up.

Another option is to try your current insurer.

Some friends contacted their insurance company, Aviva ,I think and they were quoted what they thought was a reasonable additional premium to add their son.

Insurance premiums have definitely gone down. Insurance for his first year after he passed his test was over �3000, this year it was �700!!

Lorrainelovesplants

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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 1:03 pm Post subject:
Thanks Anne

alison
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 1:05 pm Post subject:

Ok

He is having lessons.

I think insurance companies don't like the 17 year old to NOT be named the first driver, if it is quite obvious they are. I believe it effects claims if necessary.

I have looked at the "No night time driving", which I assume is via a box of some sort, but I will sometimes need to use the car, and I may need to do it when it is dark.

I have seen something where I have the car insured in my name, fully comp, and then a particular policy insures the learner seperatley, as a learner. They won't insure once they have passed though.

I have tried my own insurer, but they won't do learners.

bibbster

Joined: 17 Apr 2009
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Location: Just a bit inland from Aberaeron

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 1:33 pm Post subject:
separate policy for a learner driver for a month at a time is https://www.wearemarmalade.co.uk/learner-driver-insurance. 1month �85, 2months �160, 3 months �210, for any car upto 20K!!! After that we found Aviva and Admiral to be the best deal Last edited by bibbster on Mon Jan 13, 14 1:43 pm; edited 1 time in total

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 1:39 pm Post subject:
That was very timely and useful thank you - I've got two that I'm probably going to have to insure very soon

alison
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 2:21 pm Post subject:

bibbster wrote:

separate policy for a learner driver for a month at a time is

https://www.wearemarmalade.co.uk/learner-driver-insurance.
1month �85, 2months �160, 3 months �210, for any car upto 20K!!!

After that we found Aviva and Admiral to be the best deal

Thanks.

I noticed on the full driving insurance that they have a box fitted. Did you have to when you had the learner?

bibbster

Joined: 17 Apr 2009
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Location: Just a bit inland from Aberaeron

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 2:23 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

bibbster wrote:

Thanks.

I noticed on the full driving insurance that they have a box fitted. Did you have to when you had the learner?

Not when a learner, no. (and the cost when test passed was much dearer than Aviva)

alison
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 2:24 pm Post subject:
I can't do the passed one, as the car is too old!

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 3:11 pm Post subject:

We have just been through this with our eldest.

We kept the car insured in our name but then bought an add on policy that does not affect our insurance at all to cover the learner bit. Financially you need to do at least 2 hours per week to save enough on the paid for lessons to cover the extra insurance. If you are having to pay to insure it in `your name first then it would cost more than two lessons worth.

One thing you might like to think about is insuring his car as a learners car with you as the instructor (you dont need quals if you are not being paid for it). then as long as you are the one in the car with him he is good to go.

I have just done this on a micra & it cost �320 for a year.
(I guess thats my secrete out of the bag, I am re training as an instructor)

alison
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 3:54 pm Post subject:
I think it will be mainly me Richard, and I can see us doing more than that a week, if I work out all his little journeys. Good luck on the training. Nerves of Steel!

gz

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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 14 4:03 pm Post subject:
After he has passed, get him to do the "Pass Plus" course. Some insurance companies will reduce premiums once passed, I think only on his insurance, and you have a time limit in which he will have to take out his insurance. It may be cheaper to get him on your policy, but whenever he gets his own, that will count as nothing towards his no claims bonus.

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