Will my insurance be going through the roof?

Stoned Hippy · 28-10-2008 10:29pm #1

I'm a 21 year old student, a couple of months away from 22, who has been driving since the day I was 17 and passed my test first time before I was 18.

I had a perfectly clean driving record until recently. I wrote off my sisters Toyota Corolla about a month ago which will probably go down as my fault and yesterday I picked up two penalty point for speeding in my Mums car.

I was just wondering if there's any chance my insurance won't go through the roof next year? I'm currently named driver in my Mums car (00 Subaru Legacy) and have my own commercial policy on a '92 Hilux Surf.

I presume there's nothing I can do before/while renewing my insurance to soften the blow of having to tell them i've crashed and gotten points??

Thanks

dingding · 28-10-2008 11:35pm

IT depends on whose insurance you claimed for the crash. If you claimed from your sisters insurance she would take the hit on the no claims insurance. If you claimed on your policy you will loose your NCB.

Guy:Incognito · 28-10-2008 11:38pm

Stoned Hippy wrote: »

I had a perfectly clean driving record until recently. I wrote off my sisters Toyota Corolla about a month ago which will probably go down as my fault and yesterday I picked up two penalty point for speeding in my Mums car.

Are you insired on your sisters car?

Stoned Hippy · 28-10-2008 11:52pm

Yea, I was a named driver on my sisters policy. Does that mean that come renewal time my policy for the Hilux should only be affected by the points and not the crash?

My sister has the no claims discount protection but that just means they get the money back from you in other ways doesn't it?

All policies are with FBD btw.

dingding · 29-10-2008 12:04am

Yes the claim will comes from your sisters policy, the ncb protection will not work if she has another crash.

The points should not make much of a difference.

Del2005 · 29-10-2008 12:40pm

They ask have you had any claims or convictions in the last x years. Unless your sister tells her insurance she was driving then you have had a claim, just not on your insurance. Happened me years ago, crashed mothers car on her policy. Both of us where hit:(

Triangle · 29-10-2008 12:46pm

Del2005,
Technically you didn't have any claims or convictions if you were only named. Your Mother had the claim - you didn't have a policy to claim anything off.

If they asked - have you had any accidents in the last 5 years the answer would have been yes.......

Top Dog · 29-10-2008 3:38pm

The claim for the Corolla shouldn't impact on your own insurance, and the difference for the points will only be small. When I got my 2 points the insurance policy went up €40 the following year. Not a whole lot really, and practically erased by the growing NCB I had been building so it never really affected the policy that much. Think in the end there was something like €20 in the difference come renewal time.

Will my insurance be going through the roof?

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