Does adding a driver increase your insurance premiums?

by Guest » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:49 pm
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Does your insurance go up if you add a driver to your policy? I was thinking about adding my son..

Total Comments: 23

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:23 pm Post Subject: insurance

Usually if you want to add someone, (I think?) they have to do a Drivers Record inquiry on the person you want to add. If you DO have someone in mind, have they gotten into accidents, when on OTHER policies? are they a young age..18,19, etc? Might be at a 'High Risk' because of their age. Hope this helps.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 05:43 am Post Subject:

does your insurance go up if you add a driver to your policy



it usually does go up since the insurer has to cover added risk with the additional driver. As Sd has mentioned in her post the age and the driving record of the driver would play an important role in determining the amount of premium that would be charged from you. However, the actual change in the premium would depend upon the carrier.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:50 pm Post Subject:

It totally depends on the driver you add...16 yr old, yep...50 year old with good driving record...not so much

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 01:57 pm Post Subject:

i belive your premium dollars are decided by the most risked driver in your hh

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 07:02 am Post Subject:

hi jballenger, if I decides to exclude the high risk driver from my policy would it still affect my premiums? do the insurer always decide the premium based on the number of drivers in the household?

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:05 pm Post Subject:

if I decides to exclude the high risk driver from my policy would it still affect my premiums?

No it wouldn't it would be like they were never considered re: the policy however states differ on who can be excluded, and be very careful if you exclude a driver they must NEVER drive the vehicle, there is zero coverage if they do...

do the insurer always decide the premium based on the number of drivers in the household

Yes, each driver must be rated on atleast one of the vehicles...(usually the most expensive driver is rated on the cheapest car in the household)

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 02:43 pm Post Subject:

hi bandit baby- i am in florida so my most knowlege is in florida, in floirda you can exclude a driver and it then does not effect your premium because you are not allowing him to drive your car. if however you ever do allow him to drive your car your carrier must still cover pd and pip as it is requirred in florida but would deny coverage for bi and coll as those are elective coverages in florida there for if the excluded driver hurt someone you would be on the hook directly and your vehicle would not be coverede also a notice would go to the insurance company that you allowed your excluded driver to drive your car and they may cancel you. each state is state specific so it really depends onthe state your policy is written in.

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 02:48 pm Post Subject:

i dont know how i came up as a guest bandit baby but that response was from me j ballenger?

i put my name in under user name but it keep telling me sorry username already taken so i must be doing something wrong?

help anyone?

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 02:02 am Post Subject:

log off and log back on...try that...

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 04:22 am Post Subject:

Most likely your rates will go up while adding a new driver. The rate increase will depend on a lot of factors of the new driver such as driving record, tickets, points, age and some others as well. I have seen rare cases in which adding a driver didn't make a policy change, but this is not normal.

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