No valid driving license....

Oscar_The_Grouch

Anihilator wrote: »

Why exactly would you want to do this?

I think OP was concerned that if the car is in the wife's name, the husband cannot take out a policy in their name.

Just to confirm, it is perfectly legal and actually quite normal for a car to be the property of Mrs X and insured by Mr X or vice versa, but you need to let the insurance company know so they can set the policy up correctly. If the car is written off, the payment needs to be made to the owner of the car, not the driver!

cogito

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

I think OP was concerned that if the car is in the wife's name, the husband cannot take out a policy in their name.

Just to confirm, it is perfectly legal and actually quite normal for a car to be the property of Mrs X and insured by Mr X or vice versa, but you need to let the insurance company know so they can set the policy up correctly. If the car is written off, the payment needs to be made to the owner of the car, not the driver!

That's right. The only thing that's needed is to notify the insurers who are likely to do nothing more than exclude the wife from driving.

Andy_L

Anihilator wrote: »

Why exactly would you want to do this?

If you need to keep the car insured againt theft/vandalism whilst you sell it/wait for the ban to expire/pass your own test.

Could be worth looking for "laid up insurance", you can't drive it but will be covered against fire/theft. They shouldn't care about the license

tigtag02

Anihilator wrote: »

Why exactly would you want to do this?

Does it matter besides, its all explained in the thread!!

Thanks to all who provided me with helpful replies - I have passed the info onto the internetphobe who wanted to know