As the motor insurance market evolves to meet the needs of today's drivers they have to come up with new car insurance products. Temp insurance is a recent addition to the array of motoring insurance product that you can buy.
A temp insurance policy allows you to insure yourself to drive a car for a temporary period. The period that you can get insured for is between and 28 days, this means that you could get insured to drive any car for a day or any amount of day up to 28 in a row. It is a convenient way to get insured to drive a car that you have borrowed or even your own car if you have not yet purchased your annual insurance policy. Additionally if you have a car that you want insure someone else to drive temporarily then you can add them as a temporary additional driver.
Whilst most people will be looking for temporary car insurance you should be aware that you can also get the same type of cover in the form of temp van insurance. This means that you can also insure yourself to drive a van of up to 3.5 tonnes, particularly useful if you are moving home or need to move some stuff that is too big to get in your car.
There are specialist temporary car insurers that are able to provide a low cost policy to cover you for the exact period of time that you need insurance. You save money as you only pay for the days that you need. You can also take out a policy at the time you need it as this type of insurance is available online at any time and on any day. This is great for when you need quick drive away cover.