Part time job + insurance occupation
Part time job + insurance occupation
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Transiter

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257 posts

143 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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Eldest has been offered a 2 day delivery job at Pizza Hut, they offer their own 3rd party business use insurance so no need to change from SDP.
However I am not sure if we need to notify insurance of change of occupation from student to student with part time job when he will only be working 2 days.

Doing a quick quote his insurance rises 400% if he adds second occupation so if it the case no point in taking the job.

So, PH, do we need to tell them? He doesn't seem to think so but if his insurance is cancelled and he's hit with 6 point I imagine he will.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

207 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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Yes you need to tell them

marshalla

15,902 posts

231 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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SDP or SDP+C ? Might need to change that at least.

Transiter

Original Poster:

257 posts

143 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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LoonR1 said:
Yes you need to tell them
Thanks, that was what I imagined would be the case.

marshalla said:
SDP or SDP+C ? Might need to change that at least.
AFAIK the C is commuting to a place of work/study, he doesn't drive to uni (it's in the city centre with extortionate prices) so should be fine.

marshalla

15,902 posts

231 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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Transiter said:
AFAIK the C is commuting to a place of work/study, he doesn't drive to uni (it's in the city centre with extortionate prices) so should be fine.
Won't he be driving to Pizza Hut to start his shift ?

Transiter

Original Poster:

257 posts

143 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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marshalla said:
Won't he be driving to Pizza Hut to start his shift ?
Ah, yes. Good point, I completely forgot, but it won't be needed now, the 4x price would put him more out of pocket.

ging84

9,548 posts

176 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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You should tell them, but how were they ever going to find out?
Well that was until you told them by getting a quote, you've tipped them off and given the evidence they need to prove you knew you needed to inform them and that you knew it would effect the price you pay for your cover.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

207 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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ging84 said:
You should tell them, but how were they ever going to find out?
Well that was until you told them by getting a quote, you've tipped them off and given the evidence they need to prove you knew you needed to inform them and that you knew it would effect the price you pay for your cover.
Good point. It's always good to drive without insurance and hope you get away with it. The police never check these things and if you have a crash the the insurer will just pay out, especially if you're on your way to work without commuting cover rolleyes

simoid

19,774 posts

188 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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Transiter said:
Eldest has been offered a 2 day delivery job at Pizza Hut, they offer their own 3rd party business use insurance so no need to change from SDP.
However I am not sure if we need to notify insurance of change of occupation from student to student with part time job when he will only be working 2 days.

Doing a quick quote his insurance rises 400% if he adds second occupation so if it the case no point in taking the job.

So, PH, do we need to tell them? He doesn't seem to think so but if his insurance is cancelled and he's hit with 6 point I imagine he will.
5x increase!? Tried other insurers?

Defcon5

6,476 posts

221 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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When you say second job, do you mean he already has another job?

anonymous-user

84 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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I imagine the issue is the occupation being "delivery driver". Not exactly a low risk category for insurers.

ging84

9,548 posts

176 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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LoonR1 said:
Good point. It's always good to drive without insurance and hope you get away with it. The police never check these things and if you have a crash the the insurer will just pay out, especially if you're on your way to work without commuting cover rolleyes
You are assuming the insurance provided by Pizza hut does not cover the travel to work.

I won't say commuting, as i am not sure irregular travel to a part time job meets the definition of commuting particularly if it's somewhere local, but insurers seem to take a very different view on what commuting means.



LoonR1

26,988 posts

207 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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ging84 said:
You are assuming the insurance provided by Pizza hut does not cover the travel to work.

I won't say commuting, as i am not sure irregular travel to a part time job meets the definition of commuting particularly if it's somewhere local, but insurers seem to take a very different view on what commuting means.
Yeah, commuting is a really tough one to define rolleyes

Why would Pizza Hut cover his travel to work? Lots of poor assumptions by you here.