Can you recommend an insurance company for an 18-year-old driver?

I have just bought a 2002 Ford KA for my soon-to-be 18 daughter and wonder what insurance company you could direct us to. I realise that the premiums are going to be steep but would like to mitigate the cost as far as possible. Also, the car has only one locking/ignition key. Our local Ford garage has quoted £175 for an additional key. Can you suggest where we might go for something rather cheaper?

Asked on 14 September 2013 by JLM, Weston-super-Mare

Answered by Honest John

For insurance go for one of the telematics black box based policies at the end of this directory: www.honestjohn.co.uk/useful-websites/tax-insurance.../. For the key try a branch of Timpsons in the High Street, side street or in a Shopping Mall. If no joy there, links to keys and locksmiths are in this directory: www.honestjohn.co.uk/useful-websites/specialists/. Readers report that the first two on the list give very good, very fast and very cheap service.

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