Georgia Car Insurance Coverage: Is He Covered if I Lend Him Our Car?
Reader’s Question:
I have a 26-year-old, married son who is separated from her wife. On she called their car insurance provider and left a message to remove him from their car insurance policy. We would like to lend him one of our cars (which are fully insured) to drive until he gets a new vehicle and insurance (which will probably be within the next 4 days). If we do this, is he covered here in Georgia?
Michelle
Albany, GA
Basically, you will want to contact your insurance provider in Georgia to verify if she will be covered for just a couple days without listing him as a motorist to your insurance policy. With that being stated, if your son is going to be driving your cars and he is residing in your household, you will need to add him on your policy as a motorist. If he does not reside with you, but he uses your cars on any kind of regular basis, you will probably need to add him to your policy as a motorist. If one of your cars remains at your son’s residence, and his residence differs from yours, you will need to let your insurance provider know; because, they may have an issue with cars that stay at multiple residences.
Adding Teen Driver To Your Car Insurance Policy in Georgia
Reader’s Question:
My wife and I have two cars in GA. We want to add my 19 year old daughter to our policy as an occasional driver, will that be cheaper than adding her as a primary?
Harold
Albany, GA
It really depends on the Georgia insurance providers and their guidelines as well as their rating systems if it would be cheaper to have your daughter listed as an primary driver or occasional driver on your car.
Not all insurance companies in Georgia rate using primary driver or occasional driver . Typically, an occasional driver is rated at a lower rate than a primary motorist by insurance companies that do have these different designations. Plus, it may be possible to have an individual listed as the primary on one car, but not on all household cars.
Regardless of the cost, you will have to tell the use as defined by your specific insurance company. So speak with your insurance broker and see if they have both types of motorist designations and if so what he or she would advise to place your 19 year old daughter as.
