Dodgy Driving Licences?

Originally Posted by dyzio

Ralph,
Don't you have any trouble insuring your wife on your policy, or doesn't she have trouble trying to insure her car?

Asking because a friend of mine was trying to insure his bike the other day and most insurers said they would not offer insurance till he changed his license to a British one, the ones that didn't mind wanted to charge him a few grand for the privilege

Nope, never had any problem, but I think we would pay a bit more if the policy was in her name (like £100 more), but she doesn't have any no claims discount either, so we have never put her on her own policy, though when I had an own fault accident in the car in 2008 and my no claims dropped from 6 to 4 years, I did get it quoted for her again, I was still cheaper. Both cars are in my name, with her named as the main driver on her car. When filling in the forms on comparison sites I just select the Full EU License option, for her and the Full UK for me.

Last time she had her own policy was in 2002 on a 1.9 turbo diesel Pug 306, she would have been 27 years old with no no claims and she was paying about £500 a year.