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I have just spoken to two insurers concerning my motor renewal premium. As I own two cars and my wife never drives the car I am about to renew, it seemed to me that it would be worthwhile limiting driving...
My daughter will start to learn to drive and will use my wife's Honda Civic. Is there a company which will enable her to start to build up no-claims bonus as a named driver?
I currently have an 06 Audi A8 automatic, but my daughter is now learning to drive. Should I sell the Audi and buy a nice car for both of us, or buy her a small car? I bought my car in May for £21,000,...
I am 18 years and 9 months old. I am the named driver on my uncle's TPFT insurance policy for a 2001 1.4-litre Honda Civic four-door saloon. I was recently test driving a Renault Clio, accompanied by the...
I'm a driving instructor and have had the use of the school's car for the last two and a half years, hence no insurance in my own name. I now need to insure a car but find my NCB has evaporated. I have...
I have just tried to get insurance on a car, with my daughter as a named driver. The premium is £390.60 with just me on the policy, but jumps, no, rockets, to £1336.65 to include my daughter. What on earth...
We have twin boys who will be 17 in September. Obviously they would like to learn to drive. However, insurance is likely to be a big issue. Would it be better to name them both as learner drivers on our...
Our daughter will shortly be 17 and will learn to drive. We currently have a two-year-old Touran and a six-year-old MINI Cooper soft top. We assume both would be horribly expensive to insure for our daughter....
I have 7 years no claims bonus on a Hastings Direct policy that lapsed on 16th March 2008. Since then I have been a named driver on another policy. During this time there have been no claims on this policy...
My wife has sold her car and is a named driver on my insurance. Can she legally drive anyone's car with their permission? Also what about driving rented cars? She is over 70 years of age.