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Insuring a car when you're not the registered keeper or legal owner

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Sandtree Posts: 10,628 Forumite

1 July 2021 at 7:07PM

Shants said:

chrisw said:

Just keep the insurance in your name, add him as a named driver but declare him as the main driver.

I didn't know this was possible, thank you

Its only possible with some insurers and not many offer it online (from anecdotal evidence - never done any research into it)

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jimjames Posts: 18,835 Forumite

1 July 2021 at 8:58PM

Sandtree said:

Shants said:

chrisw said:

Just keep the insurance in your name, add him as a named driver but declare him as the main driver.

I didn't know this was possible, thank you

Its only possible with some insurers and not many offer it online (from anecdotal evidence - never done any research into it)

It's one of the standard questions on most online comparison sites so I don't think it's unusual

Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
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