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Does My Car Insurance Cover Other Drivers? No, not automatically. Only the policyholder and any named drivers explicitly listed on your car insurance are covered to drive it. If someone else — a friend, partner or relative not on your policy — wants to drive your car, they generally need their own insurance for it, […]
Does My Car Insurance Cover Other Drivers? No, not automatically. Only the policyholder and any named drivers explicitly listed on your car insurance are covered to drive it. If someone else — a friend, partner or relative not on your policy — wants to drive your car, they generally need their own insurance for it, […]
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Fronting is when a policy names an older or more experienced driver as the main, everyday driver of a car, when in reality a younger or higher-risk person — often their child — drives it most. It’s a form of insurance fraud. If an insurer discovers it, they can void the policy entirely, refuse to […]
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Yes. You must have valid insurance in place before you drive a car you’ve just bought, even if it’s only to get it from the seller’s driveway or a dealer’s forecourt to your own home. There’s no grace period under UK law — driving uninsured is illegal from the first metre, and the police use […]
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You can only drive someone else’s car under your own insurance if your policy specifically includes Driving Other Cars (DOC) cover. Even then, DOC almost always provides third-party cover rather than comprehensive cover, so it typically won’t cover damage to your own car or the car you’re driving. Many insurers have removed DOC from modern […]
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Your insurance cost after a claim typically increases by somewhere between 20% and 50% at your next renewal, and the claim usually stays visible to insurers for around five years through the shared CUE database. The exact rise depends on the size of the claim, whether you have protected no-claims discount, and how many years […]
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Your car insurance can go up at renewal even with a completely unchanged record because insurers reprice the whole market every year, not just your individual file. Rising repair costs, more expensive parts, higher theft payouts and Insurance Premium Tax all feed into every renewal quote — plus your insurer may simply be counting on […]
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