Learner Drivers Car Insurance - A Guide

 

Car insurance for learner drivers is compulsory for any learner driver who has private driving lessons (lessons provided by someone other than a driving instructor). The minimum level of car insurance cover a learner driver must have, is third party.

 
Learning to drive isn't cheap. The average cost of learning to drive is now around £1000. Due to these costs, many learner drivers have additional free lessons that are provided by a friend, or more commonly a family member.
 
If any learner driver chooses to have these additional, private lessons then they MUST make sure they are insured to drive the car the lessons are held in. It may be that the owner of the car already has adequate insurance cover which will allow these lessons to take place. However, this is rarely the case, and a specific learner drivers insurance policy will more than likely be needed.
 
Some learners, as well as their parents think this extra insurance cover isn't required. They think a fully comprehensive car insurance policy will be enough to cover any claim involving a learner driver. This is wrong.
 
If you plan to have lessons with a parent, or anyone else other than a professional driving instructor, then you must contact the company who insures the car being used and ask about adding yourself to the policy. If you don't, then you will be breaking the law. If caught by the police they will have the power to confiscate and destroy the wrongly insured car. You could even receive penalty points on your driving licence before you have qualified as a full licence holder.

 

Car Insurance For Learner Drivers The Facts:

 

• You must be insured for any car you drive

• A driving school car will already be insured for any learner driver 

• Lessons in private cars need dedicated learner insurance cover 

• Fully comprehensive insurance doesn't usually cover learners

• Separate learner driver insurance is usually required 

• The minimum cover you must have is Third Party

Due to the risks involved in insuring learner drivers, many car insurance companies don't offer car insurance for learner drivers and will refuse to add a learner to a parent's car insurance policy. 

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Given this, the best way to get valid cover is to get inexpensive learner drivers car insurance in your own name. This will allow you to have lessons in a variety of cars. The two best known companies who deal specifically with cheap learner driver car insurance and provides highly competitive quotes are:

 

 

Collingwood Learner Driver Car Insurance - prices start at just £2.95 a day

Provisional Marmalade who have a range of inexpensive packages starting from £2.81 per day.