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Black box and named drivers

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DrivingandInsurance · 01/03/2025 15:46

I have a car and my son is currently learning how to drive. When he’s passed his driving test I want to add him to my insurance policy. My current insurers don’t do black box policies and the premium is very expensive.
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for insurers where the parent is the policy holder/main driver and child is named but the black box covers anyone who is driving the car.
thanks

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chickenpieandchips · 01/03/2025 15:58

Churchill do that but I left them as their customer service was dreadful,
Hastings do a black box policy but only monitor the main driver. So much better to deal with and the black box is much less fussy about what it detects (not time of day/bad routes etc). However you need to actually be the main driver as it knows when you drive it and when you don't. It's all done by an app.

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DrivingandInsurance · 01/03/2025 16:18

chickenpieandchips · 01/03/2025 15:58

Churchill do that but I left them as their customer service was dreadful,
Hastings do a black box policy but only monitor the main driver. So much better to deal with and the black box is much less fussy about what it detects (not time of day/bad routes etc). However you need to actually be the main driver as it knows when you drive it and when you don't. It's all done by an app.

Thank you. I really want the app to track him and not me! My 35 years might shoot my premiums up!

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