Car Insurance for family visiting from overseas
Discussion
We have family who live in the Caribbean.
We regularly (covid excepting) spend a few weeks with them at Christmas and this summer my sister in law and our nieces they are coming here for a month. My two Brother in laws will be here for less time, probably a fortnight.
All have Trinidad and Tobago licences of at least 15 or 20 years standing . T&T drive on the same side as we do and are an English speaking nation so obvs the licence is printed in English. Being well economically developed the road system has fast dual carriageways, flying junctions, traffic lights, multi-lane roundabouts, pot-holes etc so UK roads aren't going to throw any particular funnies. All are well travelled and have driven in the US and Canada anyway.
I have quite a few serviceable old cars ( including 3 p38s ) which are insured on Classic terms with Classicline plus a more modern Audi that is on an Aviva policy. It makes sense to me to simply extend the insurance to cover them as named drivers.
Classicline says this isn't something they do and requires "temporary insurance products designed for this type of request that you should be able to find on the internet". I can't seem to find them though.
They aren't here until June, July. Anyone any thoughts please on solution paths?
We regularly (covid excepting) spend a few weeks with them at Christmas and this summer my sister in law and our nieces they are coming here for a month. My two Brother in laws will be here for less time, probably a fortnight.
All have Trinidad and Tobago licences of at least 15 or 20 years standing . T&T drive on the same side as we do and are an English speaking nation so obvs the licence is printed in English. Being well economically developed the road system has fast dual carriageways, flying junctions, traffic lights, multi-lane roundabouts, pot-holes etc so UK roads aren't going to throw any particular funnies. All are well travelled and have driven in the US and Canada anyway.
I have quite a few serviceable old cars ( including 3 p38s ) which are insured on Classic terms with Classicline plus a more modern Audi that is on an Aviva policy. It makes sense to me to simply extend the insurance to cover them as named drivers.
Classicline says this isn't something they do and requires "temporary insurance products designed for this type of request that you should be able to find on the internet". I can't seem to find them though.
They aren't here until June, July. Anyone any thoughts please on solution paths?
Many thanks for this informed response.
Given the sister-in-law is here for a month and probably doing nothing but driving locally to the stables and back and maybe into town, 4 miles away, I had very much hoped this would exist as an uplift on an existing policy. You have given me hope.
I have a few months to get this planned so can switch the basis of the insurance policy on one or more cars to a provider ( Direct line is certainly going to be on the list) that is open to this. A daily rate of say £25 a day ( my experience of daily rates) would mount up over a month for what is an old barge that I would be quite happy to have insured as third party
I dont think getting an IDP ( international Driving Permit) would be too much to ask of my relatives at all, I just wonder if it is strictly necessary as I think its main purpose is to convert wording in other languages into Plod friendly English. There appears to be no additional skills verification taking place.
Thanks again
Given the sister-in-law is here for a month and probably doing nothing but driving locally to the stables and back and maybe into town, 4 miles away, I had very much hoped this would exist as an uplift on an existing policy. You have given me hope.
I have a few months to get this planned so can switch the basis of the insurance policy on one or more cars to a provider ( Direct line is certainly going to be on the list) that is open to this. A daily rate of say £25 a day ( my experience of daily rates) would mount up over a month for what is an old barge that I would be quite happy to have insured as third party
I dont think getting an IDP ( international Driving Permit) would be too much to ask of my relatives at all, I just wonder if it is strictly necessary as I think its main purpose is to convert wording in other languages into Plod friendly English. There appears to be no additional skills verification taking place.
Thanks again
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