Teen auto insurance

One of my insured has a teen driver in the household with some major driving issues, including three at-fault accidents during the past year and two speeding tickets. We are now excluding the teen driver from the family auto policy that covers the insured, his wife, and another child at college. To avoid having the family policy and umbrella non-renewed, the teen driver now has a stand alone policy with a captive insurer which priced the teen driver policy at $7,000/year for liability only. They were our only market to even quote.

Here’s the issue…the auto the teen drives is still titled in the insured’s name. If the teen driver is involved in a catastrophic accident: 1) Would the family policy provide defense if my insured is named in a suit since he is on the title; 2) If we titled the car in the teen’s name, would that take care of the issue?

In my opinion, since the teen driver is specifically excluded via endorsement, there would be no coverage under the auto policy in case of an accident. The umbrella would follow form and exclude coverage as well. Therefore, my client is assuming an uninsured risk, and a big one at that. My client has very deep pockets, and is leaving himself open to some major potential issues. Depending on how a claim would be handled against my insured, perhaps the homeowners would even pick it up if there were some sort of vicarious liability for allowing the teen to continue driving?

On a side note, my first and strongest recommendation was to have the teen driver turn in his drivers license to the state and sell his car. However, he attends a private school with no public transportation, so someone would have to transport him everyday. Supposedly, he is only allowed to drive the car to and from school, but what 17 year old listens to such rules? Now, I can only advise how my client can cover his own liability, if it’s possible.
jimmy

Personal Auto insurance

Response : Jimmy, you are absolutely right – let me clarify your own doubts :
1) Rule number one in personal insurance is that the insurance- coverage follows the vehicle.
2) The teenager is still not an adult and so legally the parents are responsible for him and just by shifting the title of the car in his name will not relieve the responsiblity of the parents.
3) By just putting an exclusion on the policy would not relieve the insurer also since the exclusions are always narrowly taken- while the coverages are broadly reviewed in the court of law.

The parents of the teen would face problems if the teenager would get into a serious accident. Here are my suggestions:
1) Get a personal umberella coverage for the teenager also.
2) Enroll the teenager in a driving school. It would be best to talk to him, he may be nervous or strained whilst driving and so the accidents occurr. If he is nervous it would be best for him not to drive.
3) For getting cheap auto insurance quotes you can shop online. However, if the driving record is bad it would be difficult.
Thanks.
Kamlesh.

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Teen auto insurance quotes

Teen auto insurance quotes

Jennifer : I am 16 year old and live in Florida. My mother wants me to go for defensive driving so that I can get a car insurance disocunt. My mother thinks that with this it would be possible to get cheap teen auto insurance rate? Do you think this is possible.

Response : Jennifer, your mother is on the right track for teen auto insurance. Yes defensive driving will give you a discount and it will be also possible to get cheap teen auto insurance quote easily online also. Defensive Driving Discount.” This discount can save you 10 percent on most of the major coverages under your auto policy, such as liability, medical payments, and collision coverage. Defensive driving courses can cost as little as $20 and last as few as 5 or 6 hours. However, the discount normally applies for 3 years. For example, if your auto insurance premium is $100 per month, the premium is $3,600 for 3 years. If liability, collision, and medical payments or personal injury protection coverage constitute 85 percent of this $3,600 premium, the resulting premium subject to this discount is $3,060. In this scenario, the actual premium savings would be $306 (10 percent of $3,060) for that
3-year period. To get the true savings, you must deduct the cost of the defensive driving class. If the cost is $26, the savings in this example would be reduced to $280. If you spend 6 hours taking the class, you are earning $47 per hour in savings—not an unproductive way to spend a Saturday! What is more you can protect your driving history since you learn to drive safe. All the best.
Kamlesh.

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