Amandabee

Hi, we have just moved to the UK from texas, and my husband who is a Kiwi does not have a UK licence. We've bought a 2L engine car, and I have just called direct line for a quote and they cannot insure him until he has held a full UK licence for at least 1 year.

Has anyone else faced this problem and knows of a company (that isnt going to cost the earth) that will insure him. He has to get a large engine car for work purposes so we will be in the same situation for his car in a month or so.

HELP!!!!!

Bermudashorts

Don't panic. That will just be Direct Line's policy, I would just do a few internet searches. Try Confused.com or comparethemarket.com maybe.

I am afraid without a no claims discount it could be quite expensive though.

Amandabee

Luckily they will accept my no claims bonus from australia, but its the car and his international licence that's the problem.

Just tried Churchill no luck there either!

Bermudashorts

I just did a hypothetical seach on comparethemarket.com for someone with an overseas license and a 2litre car (I chose a ford at random). Got back about 30 quotes in two minutes, about another 20 companies would not insure. Anyway quicker than calling them one at a time. Morethan and Admiral were the cheapest on my hypothetical search.

Amandabee

Thanks, I had done that a couple of days ago, but in the current climate I wanted to go with a more established company (well at least one that I recognised from when I was here last). those two didnt come up for me!

Rebster

When we first moved here we tried to get auto insurance through Allstate but they wouldn't cover my husband since he did not have a TX license. (He was furious because his UK license is "superior" to a US one )

We were able to get him covered through State Farm though. It's a very well established company and easy to deal with if you ever have a claim.

Chrissywissy100

Morethan and Admiral are pretty well established in the UK. They have been around for as lomg as I have been driving anyway (12 years). Tesco was always pretty good to me.. try them too.

Rebster

My apologies. Obviously I misread the post and my comments are worthless.
Sorry. :embaressed_smile:

Chrissywissy100

Aww!! Your comments are never worthless!!

Amandabee

Rebster- took me a while to work out your confusion

Thanks for the replies, I finally managed to get some insurance, apparently my car is a 'high performance car'!!!! its a 7 seater people mover ..... not sure where the classification comes from.