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Nanny car insurance - companies?

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Hadeda · 14/04/2010 16:21

We have a new nanny and I need to put her on our car insurance. Swiftcover, current insurer, won't insure her. Morton Michel says our vehicle grouping is too high so they can't do it. Does anyone know any other companies that I can try?
A google search hasn't come up with any and I've tried confused.com but they won't let me choose social & commuting use for me but business use for the nanny so any quotes they give me are meaningless...

Thank you very much!!!

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frakkinnuts · 14/04/2010 17:03

I would call whoever gives you the cheapest cover for business insurance and say you only need business cover for one driver so what can they do about it.

nannynick · 14/04/2010 19:44

My feeling is that you need to use a broker. Surprised that Morton Michel can't help you, though maybe they just can't get an insurer to consider what you are proposing. So try other brokers to see if they have any better luck.

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Why are you wanting the nanny to be on your policy? Could you not have two separate policies - I don't know if you can, ask a broker and see what they suggest.

Is there a different vehicle your nanny could use? It may be down to the vehicle being of an insurance group where the insurance underwriters just won't consider insuring your nanny.

Are there any reasons why your nanny could not get insurance? Is it just the vehicle, or is it age, inexperience, points on licence etc? Brokers should be able to help, though the more factors there are going against things, the harder it will be to find an insurer willing to provide cover.

Consider the level of cover needed, are you asking for the right thing. MM would have been doing effectively Mini-Bus insurance... which means your nanny is covered for transporting children for whom they care. This is different to Business usage. It is more like Hire & Reward.

Find a local broker, go and see them and have a chat about what it is you need cover for, level of cover, see what they can find for you.

Hadeda · 14/04/2010 22:36

Thanks Frakkin and Nannynick. Will try a broker, mostly because I have no idea where I'm going wrong. I thought it would be simple enough - like when I added my mom when she visited last year - but clearly not....!

BTW, this is about the 4th or 5th time you have both helped me out with nanny questions so let me say a very big Thank You . You have helped make the process of hiring and settling our nanny in much easier for me and my DDs.

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navyeyelasH · 14/04/2010 22:55

Hey Hadeda, nannynicks advice is great as usual but if you don't have much luck with it you could try insuring all three of you for business use; normally business insurance is not much more on top of your regular insurance. Like you I wouldn't have thought it was an issue does the nanny have a british drivers licence and is she over 21?

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