Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance?  
Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - OldSock
Looking at options for insuring my 18 year-old son whilst he has a provisional licence.

Among the options is the afore-mentioned insurance company, which provides short-term cover for supervised driving in (usually) their parent's car. Seems a good idea, bearing in mind that the 'lessons' may be a bit sporadic but in 'clusters'.

Has anyone used them - or anything similar - as opposed to a full year's policy?
Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - L'escargot
Get a quote .............. www.provisionalmarmalade.co.uk/

The inane company name is enough to put me off.
Anyone used \'Provisional Marmalade\' insurance? - qaz
But I like marmalade!
Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - Armitage Shanks {p}

I'm with the mollusc on this! I wouldn't buy anything that used the skeletal and very ugly *gg* P*pp in their advertising!
Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - jbif
Has anyone used them - or anything similar - as opposed to a full year's policy?


I know people who have used
www.collingwoodlearners.co.uk/
but don't know anyone who has had to make a claim as yet.
It does not affect the owner's insurance claim history, and gives cover for a fixed price for most cars up to group 15 valued under £20k. think it is a good idea and a good deal.
Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - daveyjp
"bearing in mind that the 'lessons' may be a bit sporadic but in 'clusters'. "

If you can avoid doing it this way. It is far better to have enough cash for all the lessons, do two or three a week and get it over and done with in 6 months.
Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - Froggy bloke

Just to add to this, I used Provisional Marmalade and luckily we didnt have to claim.

 

But to add my daughter to my insurance was going to cost a fortune, and £90 a month seemed like a much better idea - beats gambling with your no claims bonus

Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - Falkirk Bairn

Arnold Clark "rents learner cars by the hour" - dual control and it used to be £10 / hour.

Maybe dearer now but struck me a reasonable value for practice lessons.

Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - LucyBC
The problem with provisional marmalade is I believe the premium rockets up when you pass your test.

i-kube is "curfew insurance" which is specifically aimed at young drivers. There is a box in the car which means they cannot use the vehicle (except by paying a loading) between 11pm and 5am which are the times if greatest risk - and possibly when you wouldn't want them driving anyway.

They use mainstream insurers and I think they are competitive unless you live in a major urban centre when any quote is going to be atmospheric in any event.

It's a telephone quotation system:

Website: www.i-kube.co.uk/
Telephone: 0844 346 0428

Edited by LucyBC on 15/12/2010 at 12:44

Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - Chris M

Currently using coveredlearnerdriver.com for my 17 yo son. Took out a 3 month policy (actually 12 weeks) for just under £200, although I see that has now gone up to £220. They will do 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 month policies. It's underwritten by Brit Insurance - at least someone I've heard of.

Fortunately, I've no idea what the claims service is like, but as the car covered is my wife's 12 yo Punto, it's not a big deal for me.

Went the learner driver route as her former insurer wouldn't cover <21 yo at all. Whilst getting renewal quotes last month, NFU quoted £750 for the year and the premium would not have risen when he passes his test. We live on the south coast in low crime area, car garaged, low annual mileage, full NCB, no points and good credit rating. We're as good as it gets for insurance quotes. Smug or what ;-)

Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - Froggy bloke

The Provisional Marmalade policy does not go up when you pass your test, its for LEARNER DRIVERS so once you pass your test you get normal insurance, because the policy stops covering you.

You can get it a month at a time so if your doing clusters of lessons that works really well, and my daughter used it, and has since passed her test...im sure due to all the expert tuition i gave her...well that and all the lessons too!

 

 

 

Anyone used 'Provisional Marmalade' insurance? - James2004

I have just found Honest John when searching for information on this company, I found a really shoddy looking review for Provisional Marmalade on a site

(Ed: he doesn't mean this site)

Shoddy looking review for provisoinal marmalade

but it did have a discount code that didnt seem to work, I wondered after looking at it if the company was putting out bum review sites but I have taken some reassurance after reading this and might give them a try.

I would love to hear off anyone who had made a claim though if there is anyone out there?

Edited by Avant on 08/08/2012 at 22:22

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