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Insurance Centre - Unofficial Guide to the DVLA Short Term Cover

For helpful and convenient driving licence and vehicle advice:

Telephone : 0905 801 7211

Calls cost £1.53 per minute from a BT Landline.


Advice provided is available free of charge from DVLA

Advice you can trust, when you need it
We provide helpful and convenient advice regarding United Kingdom driving licence, vehicles, MOT, SORN and tax disc including advice on the following:

  • Change of address of UK driving licence
  • Renewals of UK driving licence
  • Lost or stolen of UK driving licence
  • Learner and new driver information
  • Register a vehicle
  • Who to notify when you buy or sell a vehicle
  • Making changes to your registration
  • Taxing your vehicle
  • MOT Certificates
  • SORN a vehicle
  • Locations and Hours

Helping you make the right choice
All callers must be aged 16+, please ensure that you have the billpayers permission before entering this service. Calls cost £1.53 on connection + £1.53 per minute from a BT Landline, calls from other networks may vary and calls from mobiles may cost considerably more. This service is provided by Chris Snow t/a Online Guides HX7 6AH. helpline 01614086460. For full service terms and condition goto http://dvlaguide.co.uk/index.php/site/terms_of_use

If you need to apply for, renew or replace a licence, or have any other vehicle enquiry, you may also contact Drivers' Customer Services, Correspondence Team, DVLA, SA6 7JL or the Vehicle Customer Services, DVLA, SA99 1AR. You also may be able to use the vehicle and licensing services at a Post Office®.

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Short Term Insurance Cover

There are times when you need to have a car for a short period of time, for example, students coming home from university for the holidays, borrowing a car from a friend or maybe overseas visitors. These are just a few of the times when a short-term policy may be of better use to somebody.

Recently, some car insurance providers have made short-term policies available and they are a good idea for somebody who is going to be driving a car on a temporary basis. The main plus point of these policies is; if a driver was added on to somebody's policy and they had an accident the policy holder would lose their no-claims discount. So this way it is piece of mind for the vehicle owner and the driver.

To find cheap car insurance in the past has been hard but with so many various policies out there, it is becoming easier. These kind of policies would also be extremely useful if you are; test-driving a car or maybe borrowing a friends van if you are moving house, short term policies can be the answer for people looking to avoid placing themselves on somebody else's policy.

With new measures set out by the police in conjunction with the insurers, there really is no hiding place from insuring your car. This is one of the reasons why the insurance companies have made these short-term policies available.