Insurance for foreign licence holders to temporarily drive someone else's car in the UK
If you are a visitor to the UK, and you have a valid foreign licence, you might want to use a friend or relative's car whilst visiting them, or travelling around the UK. Taking out a temporary car insurance policy for a non-UK resident is the perfect solution. It is a separate insurance policy that just covers the non-UK licenced driver whilst they use the borrowed car. Cover periods start from one day, but you can select the preferred period of cover, two days, three days, a week, a month, up to three months of cover under a foreign licence if you are visiting the UK for a longer period. Most short term insurance providers don’t offer insurance for non-uk residents, and those who don’t hold UK driving licences. This is why at InsureDaily we’ve created temporary car insurance for foreign drivers in the UK.
We’re there to provide you with temporary car insurance even if you don’t live in the UK usually. Perhaps you’re visiting friends or family or even on a business trip and you need insurance to drive for a few days. With our foreign licence temporary car insurance policies we’ve got you covered.
We understand that not everyone is a UK national, and not everyone lives in the UK all the time. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t need temporary car insurance.
So whether you have an EU licence or commonwealth licence, you can get a quote here and see if we can offer you the temporary insurance you need.
We let you choose, so the insurance is exactly what you need, when you need it. Visiting the UK from abroad can be expensive enough, so we make sure our policies are there so you only have to pay for the insurance that you need, when you need it.
Visiting the UK for a holiday? Visiting family and friends in the UK? Need car insurance to get around but have a foreign driving licence? InsureDaily can cover you under a temporary insurance policy for drivers with foreign licences. You can purchase an independent policy, separate from the car owners own policy, which also avoids any risk to their No Claims Bonus they may have earned on that policy.
Simply get a quote and purchase cover in a few minutes, and you are insured to drive in the UK. You will need to scan your;
Within 10 minutes you can be covered to drive with your foreign licence.
InsureDaily's temporary foreign licence car insurance policies cover most EU Driving Licences and some Commonwealth Driving Licences - the licences must be full licences and must be valid for the full period of cover required. The full list of foreign licences accepted is below:
The full list of foreign licence types that we can offer car insurance cover on will be displayed in the drop-down of our quote page. If you have any quesions, please contact our support team through the Live chat facility or via email at info@insuredaily.co.uk.
You can use our temporary car insurance policies for many reasons, but above are listed some of the common ones for Non-UK residents, and how this policy can help make your travel easier.
So whether you live in the UK and don’t have a foreign licence, or you’re just visiting on a temporary basis, we have the perfect temporary car insurance just for you. Because why would you need or want an annual policy, if you don't need insurance for the whole year? Temporary insurance for how long you need it, wherever your driving licence is from.
Yes, you can take out Temporary Car Insurance in the UK with some Foreign Licences - European, Australian, New Zealand and Canada. InsureDaily offer daily insurance to cover you when borrowing someone else's car. The policy with be under the Foreign Licence holders name and will not effect the owner of the vehicle's own insurance policy, as thiese are separate, independent policies.
Yes, you can cover a Non-UK Resident to drive your car, but you may need to take out a separate temporary insurance policy in that driver's name, to cover them whilst driving your car. InsureDaily offer temporary insurance policies for Non-UK Residents. They are regarded as 'top-up' policies, like an addition to the current policy, that specifically insures the driver with the foreign or internal licence. You do not need to contact the main insurer of the car, as this policy is independent and the cover for the foreign licence holder is with InsureDaily's insurer.
A Foreign Driver with a Licence from a foreign country can drive in the UK under that licence for 12 months, if they now reside in the UK. After 12 months they need to transfer the licence to a UK licence. InsureDaily can cover UK residents who previously held foreign licences from other countries and are still within that 12 month transfer period. Our temporary policies accept drivers still using their foreign licence whilst now being a resident in the UK, and being within the first 12 months of residing here.
It is fine to drive in the UK under a Foreign Licence. You do need to arrange insurance though as a foreign licence holder, which InsureDaily can arrange. You should also check out the Government guidance on driving abroad, taking in advice on the differences of driving in the UK.
Insurance companies may not allow you to add a Non UK Resident or Foreign Licence Holder as an additional driver on your current policy, but you can arrange insurance cover under a separate 'top up' policy with InsureDaily, that just covers the Non UK Driver when they use the car.