How to find out your own car insurer?

lyndasharp

A friend's elderly Dad has just had his tax renewal form through. He can't find his insurance certificate (which he needs for the tax), can't remember which company he's with, and isn't totally sure whether he even still has valid cover or not. My friend is trying to track down the insurance details. There are apparently records at the Motor Insurers Bureau, and he's got a form to fill out to get the details, but it costs £10. Is this the quickest /cheapest way to find out? Does anyone know of a way of finding out over the phone instead?

right_track

lyndasharp wrote: »

A friend's elderly Dad has just had his tax renewal form through. He can't find his insurance certificate (which he needs for the tax), can't remember which company he's with, and isn't totally sure whether he even still has valid cover or not. My friend is trying to track down the insurance details. There are apparently records at the Motor Insurers Bureau, and he's got a form to fill out to get the details, but it costs £10. Is this the quickest /cheapest way to find out? Does anyone know of a way of finding out over the phone instead?

PM me the registration number and I'll get you the insurer name and policy number tomorrow morning if you want.

homer_j_3

You dont need to know, do it online or over phone and you don't need to proof. You can just put the code in on the renewal form and the system checks all the databases.

Mikeyorks

lyndasharp wrote: »

Does anyone know of a way of finding out over the phone instead?

Is he sure he's still got a car?;)

Use the DVLA online facility to renew the tax. It will then decline if there's no valid Insce registered in the MIB database. At least he gets it taxed ... but he'll have to rely on the Insurer contacting him re Insce renewal. No cheque stubs / entry on Bank statements for when he last paid the Insurer?

dfh4np

http://www.askmid.com/askmid.aspx

Wont tell who by but will tell you if cover is live.

right_track

I'll do a live MID check at work and send you the info

right_track

Labman wrote: »

OP, as has already been said, just renew it online...it'll be easier & quicker.

Hardly, it involved me typing 7 digits and the OP had the information they needed.

lyndasharp

All sorted, thank you everyone! I had thought about the online tax option, but he's also lost the tax renewal form as well, so the chances of being able to track down the V5C instead are pretty slim... The guy's wife died recently and he's finding it difficult to cope with the everyday paperwork etc, plus he cleared out a load of stuff, I suspect a lot of useful bits ended up in the bin unfortunately!

BenL

Just seen this but its all sorted. I would have also checked any bank/credit card statements to see who he had paid for the cover.

tinkerbell84

I just hope he isn't intending to drive the car!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

lyndasharp

Labman wrote: »

Does OP has to PM you with details? Then you have to key in the info...and get details back? You key in the results to OP....OP contacts road tax....etc ...or is it just easier renewing online?

Although renewing online would answer the question of whether the car is insured or not, thanks to right_track the car owner now knows who his insurer is, and what the policy number is, so in case of an accident he can give his insurance details.