We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

No Claims Discount

Hello first and foremost long time reader first time poster.

I got my license back and got myself a cheap(ish) car to insure third party fire and theft. When I was speaking to the call centre they were asking about my driving history. I mentioned I had been driving for three years on my fathers policy (as named driver) prior to my ban. Come renewal time they have sent me a certificate for 4 years no claims obviously a mistake when entering details!

What to do? Do I go ahead and get quotes on the 4 years certificate or be honest and get quotes for two years no claims?

The three years extra no claims save me about 500 a year off fully comp!

What would you do and is there any chance I will get caught?

Comments



  • What to do? Do I go ahead and get quotes on the 4 years certificate or be honest and get quotes for two years no claims?

    The three years extra no claims save me about 500 a year off fully comp!

    What would you do and is there any chance I will get caught?

    I would strongly suggest double checking, some companies do allow named drivers to earn their own no claims, however, if you know this is incorrect and were still to go ahead and use it - come time to make a claim, your insurers would be within their rights to turn the claim down if they felt you'd lied.

    B
  • shelly
    shelly Posts: 6,394 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just to say we have had a kind of similar situation as in we have had NCB added that we haven't earned.

    When we first got 2 cars we called our current ins co and as a good will gesture they matched full NCB from car 1's policy onto car 2's policy. When renewal time came we got the renewal notices for both cars. We fully expected car 2 to have just 1 yr NCB but the proof said both cars had 5+ yrs NCB.
    We immediately called up the previous co and they said that if that's what the proof said we could use it!
    Anyway, when I started calling round for quotes I explained the situation about car 2 and they said it was fine, if we could prove 5+ yrs then that's all they were interested in.
    :heart2: Love isn't finding someone you can live with. It's finding someone you can't live without :heart2:
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.3K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.3K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 601.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.5K Life & Family
  • 259.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.