Frequently Asked Questions
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Does the car have to be insured elsewhere?
Learning in a Borrowed Car – 'Yes' and the vehicle must remain insured for the duration of the policy.
Learning in your Own Car – 'No' if the car is owned and registered in your name, this is the only policy you require to be legally insured on the road.
For answers to more questions like this, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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How does learner driver insurance work?
A learner driver will often look to learn in a borrowed car, or one they own themselves. Learner driver insurance can cover both these options, but the way the cover works is slightly different for each case.
When the learner uses a borrowed car, the learner policy acts as a separate independent insurance just covering the learner driver when they are driving. The car must already be insured by its owner under a separate annual policy for when the owner uses the car. The advantage of this type of policy is that the owner avoids risking the No Claims Bonus earned under their own policy, as a claim originating from when the learner is driving will be made under this learner policy instead.
We also provide both short-term and annual insurance for learners who will be learning to drive in their own car. In these scenarios, this would be the only active insurance policy required on the car.
For answers to more questions like this, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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If I’m borrowing a car and have a claim, will it affect the owners no claims bonus?
No. Our 'learner driver with a borrowed car' policies are a separate policy to cover the learner driver only. The claim would come under this policy only, not the owner's policy. So in this scenario, this will not affect the No Claims Bonus of the owner of the car in the result of a claim.
For answers to more questions like this, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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Do you offer cover for anyone over the age of 25?
Unfortunately, we do not provide cover for learners over the age of 25. We offer borrowed car policies to learners aged 17-25. We offer owner policies to learners on an annual basis (partically refunded if the Driving Test is passed during that period) - you can get a quote for this on our sister site, https://safelyinsured.co.uk/learnerquotes.
For more details on who is eligible for our learner driver insurance policies, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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Who can supervise me?
For our insurance cover, the criteria is slightly more than the legal requirements when it comes to an accompanying driver or supervising driver with the learner. As we offer cover from several insurance companies, the requirements change slightly depending which policy you opt for.
KGM: 1-6 Days Policies
The requirement with KGM is the following.
The supervising driver must;
- be aged 25 or over
- hold a valid Full UK Driving Licence for over 3 years (without any DR coded convictions within the last 5 years)
- be a UK resident for over 2 years
Markerstudy: 7-140 Days Policies
The requirement with Markerstudy is the following.
The supervising driver must;
- be aged 25 and under 72 years of age
- hold a valid Full UK driving licence for the past three years or more
For find out more about what you need to supervise a learner driver, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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Am I eligible for this policy?
We have a different set of criteria for each of our policies. Please click the links below for each policy's set criteria.
Borrowed learner policy acceptance criteria
Owner learner policy acceptance criteria
Annual learner policy acceptance criteriaTo check more details of who is and isn't eligible for learner driver insurance, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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Can anyone else drive the car using this policy?
Our policies cover the learner driver to drive the car only. We cannot provide additional driver cover for parents or supervising drivers. If they want to cover themselves to drive separately, they can take out a temporary policy through www.insuredaily.co.uk
For more information about learner driver insurance and those learning to drive specifically, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.
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What is covered with this insurance?
All our learner policies offer a comprehensive level of cover, which covers damage to the car you are driving, as well as any third party, if you are involved in an accident.
For answers to more questions like this, and all you need to know about learning to drive, you can check out our Learner Driver Insurance and Learning to Drive page.