6 April
(source: in-house)
Insurance for Young Drivers
If
you want to buy cheap young driver insurance right now, we would
recommend going to our article on young
drivers car insurance in our
'Buyers Guide' section that offers
the most useful advice on this.
The
cost of insurance for young drivers in the UK is high and while nothing
can be done to reduce the risk assessment that the insurance industry
attaches to this agegroup, there are some measures that you can take
yourself to cut the financial burden of insurance
for young drivers in this country.
It starts with an appropriately modest car choice. Any car from car
insurance group one is going to be much cheaper to insure and will save
you thousands over the years as a no claims discount is being
established. A car such as the Vauxhall Corsa is an example of a group
one car.
Next, it is a good idea to inject a high degree of pragmatism into your
insurance for young
drivers policy choice. You should
be quite ruthless in terms of what you really need to have in your
policy. If you choose to include a free courtesy car, for example, your
premium will be much more. This is a good age to select the 'no frills'
types of cover.
If you increase your voluntary excess, that will cut the insurance for young drivers premium significantly but you should only do this if
you would be willing to pay the extra amount in an accident.
Funnily enough, if you include an older second driver of over 25 years
of age, that may reduce the cost of cover to some degree as well.
Other measures such as off-road, or, ideally, garage parking, overnight
will help too to lower insurance
for young drivers in the UK.
You may even want to look at your car security arrangements to see if
any tweeks there could save you money.
Fronting, whereby you are listed as a second driver by an older
individual, typically a parent, is unlawful and, if detected, will
invalidate your cover.
Because to compare car insurance quotes is a good way to find low cost
cover, there is wisdom in using a price comparison site for this
purpose. An alternative is to use the insurance
for young drivers specialist, Endsleigh (link below).
Thus, there are several things that you can do yourself to reduce the
price of insurance for young
drivers. While it is worth considering any measure that will reduce
that cost, a balance should be struck between the price paid and the
level of cover. In fact, you may find that the cheapest cover is
inadequate. Many do.
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