Car insurance for disabled drivers - does that include...

Anonym0us

disabled drivers who do not need an additional adjustments to their car or additional support due to their disability (e.g. has DLA but no mobility component)?

forgotmyname

Is there a specific insurer for disabled drivers?

Puzzled what your asking here?

Depending on the disability it maybe possible to drive a standard car.

You may only have one leg, But a standard automatic car could be suitable.

Anonym0us

Fish Insurance offers insurance for disabled drivers.

I'm talking about a disability that does not affect ability to drive and does not require additional adoptions to the car but it's still a disability according to Equity Act 2010.

tomtom256

Only thing to do would be to ask the insurance company as it's there policy so they would be best to advise on who and what is covered.

dori2o

Usually you only have to worry if the condition you have, or the effects of the condition are notifiable to the DVLA.

If not then in most cases any insurance company is suitable.

Anonym0us

My condition shouldn't affect my driving ability and it's not notifiable to DVLA. It doesn't require any adoptions to car.

I know this is missing the point of disability car insurance as they cover any adoptions to car but I would hate to miss out potential cheaper insurance premium if I never tried to contact them.

Conventional car insurance is quite high, so, this is the reason why I'm trying out all alternatives to reduce premium.

TOBRUK

If you don't have any disability that you have had to notify DVLA on and is not specified on your driving licence or car insurance policy then it is just a standard insurance.

I have found in the past that if you are specified as disabled driver your insurance is higher than would be as a 'normal' driver.

rogerblack

Recent changes to insurance, on the back of gender discrimination laws in principle would apply to disability discrimination.
This may explicitly bar insurance being higher for specified disabled drivers - even if they are a higher risk.
Of course - things only changed after a win in the european courts of justice.

Anonym0us

TOBRUK wrote: »

If you don't have any disability that you have had to notify DVLA on and is not specified on your driving licence or car insurance policy then it is just a standard insurance.

I have found in the past that if you are specified as disabled driver your insurance is higher than would be as a 'normal' driver.

I'm aware of the fact it may cost more but I was hoping that the additional cost would be outweighed by money saved in premium due to less data on my postcode area and age and the fact that disabled drivers in my area are generally better drivers than chavs.