Cheap deal puts young learners in your car's driving seat Daily Mail
Around half of insurers won't offer cover to those aged under 21 - some place the restriction at 25 - and most won't allow you to put a provisional driver on your insurance. Even those who will allow learners to be added as a named driver frequently charge between £1,000 and £3,000 for a year.
Yet the Driving Standards Agency advises learners to have 22 hours' practice after they have had 45 hours of professional driving instruction and before taking their test.
Nigel Lacy, of Young Marmalade, says: 'The high cost of insurance has put off youngsters learning to drive or they are tempted to practise without insurance. We want to encourage safer motoring. The more practice they get, the better drivers they will be.'
The policy, which is underwritten by Chaucer, is being sold by motoring accessory store Halfords, where details of the scheme are included in packs of L plates, as well as by brokers and through the company directly. It covers only young drivers
