You are another year older and another grey hair on the head. It is not all bad news though as some things get better with age. Take for example your car insurance. If you are over 22 and have a full license then you are probably much better off now with AXA insurance. Chances are that you now have a ‘Drivers of Other Cars’ policy extension included.
For the majority of older AXA customers, they are covered with car insurance while driving other people’s cars. If you get permission off the other car owner then you will be covered by 3rd party car insurance while driving that car. You get this cover without actually being a named driver on the owner’s insurance policy. This is a great deal for older drivers.
Take this as an example of how valuable the ‘Driving of Other Cars’ could be for you: You and 3 of your friends are planning a trip to the coast for some surfing this weekend. Instead of taking 4 cars your friend offers to drive everyone down. The weekend goes mightily but your friend sprains his arm and can’t drive home. What do you do? Luckily, because you have the ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension you are there to save the day. You are free to jump in the driver’s seat and drive home secure in the knowledge that you are covered by 3rd party car insurance.
There are some pre-conditions to getting this cover. You can only access this cover if you are not the car owner and have not hired it under a hire purchase agreement. If you look at your insurance certificate you can easily see whether you are covered or not by checking out section 5(b).
Of course, it’s important to understand some of the things the ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension does not cover. It only applies to private passenger vehicles, and does not cover you to drive – vans, car-vans, jeep type vehicles with no seats in the back, vans adapted to carry passengers
When you’ve been with AXA for 3 years with comprehensive cover, we will upgrade your Third Party “Driving of Other Cars” cover to Comprehensive “Driving of Other Cars” cover at no extra cost. This means we will cover you to drive someone else’s car on a comprehensive basis, so if you accidentally damage the car, the damage is covered. No other insurance company in Ireland offer this type of cover to customers.
If you are interested in what you have just read then get a car insurance quote from AXA today. AXA sell low cost motor insurance products.