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Car insurance quotes on comparision sites

Sshmm
Sshmm Posts: 5 Forumite
in Insurance & life assurance
I have been trying to get quotes for my car insurance from comparision sites this morning. I would like to add my husband as an additional driver on my policy. One of the questions that the site asks is about his job, he is a taxi driver (he has another car which he uses for his job and has taxi insurance on that) but there is no option for his job. There are lots of other options such as bus driver, train driver, hire car driver, etc. But no option for taxi driver and i have to choose one of the options, i can't type in anything else besides the options given. I have always got my car insurance by phoning up companies but this time i thought i would do it via the internet to see how much i could save. Please someone help, as i am totally stuck on this one question and i obviously can't continue without giving an answer.
Thankyou.

Comments

  • andyd55
    andyd55 Posts: 72 Forumite
    Did it have option for professional driver?
  • moredough
    moredough Posts: 154 Forumite
    If he is a private hire driver, I'd be tempted to put hire car driver in there for the time being and see what happens when you get to the insurers website. i.e. they may have different options.
  • Sshmm
    Sshmm Posts: 5 Forumite
    No there is no option for professional driver, andyd55.
    Thankyou for that suggestion, moredough, i might just do that although he is not private hire, he drives one of those minicabs - hackney carriages i think they are called.
  • ged1980
    ged1980 Posts: 1,342 Forumite
    Sshmm wrote: »
    No there is no option for professional driver, andyd55.
    Thankyou for that suggestion, moredough, i might just do that although he is not private hire, he drives one of those minicabs - hackney carriages i think they are called.


    If i was you i would phone company and ask what you should put because if you do it wrong and at some point need to claim they could use that for not paying out
    If you dont like me remember its mind over matter, I dont mind and you dont matter ;)
  • moredough
    moredough Posts: 154 Forumite
    ged1980 wrote: »
    If i was you i would phone company and ask what you should put because if you do it wrong and at some point need to claim they could use that for not paying out

    That's true, It was merely a suggestion to get through the comparison site.
  • anniecave
    anniecave Posts: 2,490 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    in order to order to see what the likely differences are, I would put "hire car" for the comparison websites, then as people said, phone the relevant insurer up and take out policy over the phone
    Indecision is the key to flexibility :)
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