Short term motor insurance (also known as temporary car insurance) is fully comprehensive car insurance for a shorter time period. This shorter time comprehensive cover for temporary car insurance covers:

• - Loss, theft or damage.
• - Accident recovery.
• - Legal liability.

Yes, you can. An example of this is if you have a car that you use only occasionally and you store it off-road, you can use this short term motor insurance for each journey. Just remember: your car won’t be insured in between policies, and you’ll need to keep it off the road and declare it as SORN (‘Statutory Off Road Notification’).

There are a few times where short term car insurance isn’t the right solution. For example:

• - When you hire or rent a vehicle. You’ll need specialist insurance which you can find out from the hire car company you use.
• - This insurance can’t be used for taxis or vehicles used to transport goods.
• – Basically for work.

There are a few factors that will affect the cost of this kind of insurance. Your age, the vehicle you want to cover and the length of the policy. Other factors might come into play too – for example if you have points on your licence.

Yes you can, and for a long time this was your only option - but doing this can be expensive. Short term motor insurance can be an affordable alternative solution for this. This is an option that lets you instantly get insured on someone’s car, without affecting their policy. Also, rather than being added for a long chunk of time, you can do it for shorter time frames, like an hour or just a couple of days. It’s a really flexible option!

We are known for our quality insurance products, fantastic customer support and for getting insurance quotes quickly. GoShorty are our chosen partner because they have the same business values as us. We also both have 4.9 stars on TrustPilot – rating us Excellent. If you have any questions you can always give us or GoShorty a call before you get a quote or buy a policy.

At the moment, no you can’t. The underwriters we work with at the moment will only cover vehicles driven in the UK.

You can insure your chosen vehicle for as little as 1 hour.

As this is temporary car insurance, 28 days is the limit for this policy, other than learner drivers who can get cover up to 6 months.