posted 29/07/10

Getting Older Does Come With Some Benefits: Cheaper Car Insurance

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.

AXA covers most of our customers (aged over 22 years with a full licence or 25 years old with a full or provisional licence) while driving other people’s cars. This means you can drive someone else’s car and automatically have Third Party cover on it (without being a named driver on the owner’s car insurance), as long as you have been given permission to drive the car.

Here is an example of just how valuable the ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension could be to you: You are heading away for the weekend with two friends. One of them offers to drive the three of you down the country. Unfortunately over the weekend this friend breaks his arm and isn’t able to drive you all back. But all is not lost – if you have the ‘Driving of Other Cars’ extension on your AXA car insurance policy you could help save the day, hop in your friend’s car and drive you all home – safe in the knowledge that you have Third Party cover.

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

Customers that have been with AXA for 3 or more years with comprehensive insurance will be upgraded. The 3rd party “Driving of Other Cars” extension will now be transformed into comprehensive “Driving of Other Cars” cover for free. This offer now means that when you are driving home your friend’s car after a holiday you are covered if you accidently damage their car. This insurance offer is unmatched in Ireland.

AXA car insurance Ireland provide lower insurance quotes for older drivers. Get your auto insurance from AXA today.


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