Adding a driver to car insurance for a week

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How to add a Named Driver for 1 week

The key takeaway is that you can add a named driver to your policy by (1) contacting your insurance provider and making what is termed as a mid term policy adjustment, or (2) you or the additional driver can take out a temporary insurance policy for a day or a week or for whatever term required. This temporary car insurance policy is separate to the main policyholder's insurance policy, which will have the main advantages of not impacting the No Claims Bonus of the car policyholder should an insurance claim be made.

Temporary additional driver insurance, is a form of short term insurance that will provide the required insurance to enable an additional driver to drive your car or van or indeed bike, motorhome or campervan. The traditional way to add a driver was to contact your car insurance provider and ask them to add another driver to your policy. The problem was that most likely your insurance company could only provide annual cover only and not temp additional driver insurance. This only left you with one option that would mean adding the driver on a permanent basis, which made it very expensive to simply add an extra driver on a short term basis.

Can I add someone to my car insurance temporarily?

Yes, now it is easy to add someone to your car insurance temporarily. We have partnered with GoShorty who can provide additional driver insurance for a period of time that ranges from 1 hour, 7 days or 1 week to a maximum of 28 days   

Can you add someone to your car insurance for a week?

An additional driver can be added for one week, two weeks, 3 weeks up to a maximum of 4 weeks.

How much will it cost to add full time named driver to your policy?

This will depend on whether the driver is high or low risk, high risk will include young or new drivers, whilst drivers with good experience and no convictions will be considered lower risk.  

Driving other cars clause

If the other driver has a ‘driving other cars’ clause within their own insurance, they will be covered to drive, but the terms are normally stricter and cover can be limited to third party only. Please check with the provider and if is the case adding the driver as an additional driver with GoShorty may be the best option as all their policy will be fully comprehensive and an any claims made will not impact your existing policy.

Temporary additional driver insurance cost

The cost of temporary additional driver insurance will vary based on a number of determining factors. Key amongst these will the car to be insured and the driver's history and age. We have listed the key factors below in list format. 

Are additional drivers fully comp?

All polices for temporary additional drivers issues by GoShorty are fully comprehensive.

Does an additional temporary driver have to live at the same address?

No requirements exist for the additional driver to live at the same address. This is more applicable to insuring multiple cars under a family car policy, these type of multicar insurance policies will often stipulate all vehicles reside at the same address.

How long does it take to get additional temporary driver insurance?

Does Tesco offer temporary car insurance?

At the moment, Tesco temporary car insurance is not available. They do offer standard car insurance for drivers aged 21 and over and Tesco box insurance for younger drivers and drivers that wish to take advantage of discounts on offer.

Can I add a driver to my car insurance for a month?

Whilst the most common term request is 1 week additional driver insurance, short-term additional driver cover is also available for 1. Hour, one day and 1 month or 28 days.