Your parents warned you that having teenagers was a good way to go insane. You believed them of course, they raised you! But you had no idea at the time that one of the biggest headaches was when your teenager took a job that removed them from your auto insurance policy. Very often the parents of pizza delivery employees find that to their consternation, their teen's delivery job is going to be a financial issue, but you must make sure they are properly covered.
Pizza Delivery Drivers aren't covered by automobile insurance companies. Surely you recall all of the information you had to enter into the forms on your first insurance policy. The extensive questions, about everything it seemed, felt invasive and intrusive. Why would an insurer want to know everything about how and when you used your car before they would even agree to give you a price quote? Actually, they need to know a lot about where, when and how much you're on the road. More time and more miles on the road mean the driver is more likely to be involved in an accident and for the company that means paying out for claims. You got it, more claims mean higher insurance rates.
Now we're beginning to catch on, aren't we? There's a big difference between parking your car in one place and being on the road during work hours. In the first instance there's virtually no chance of damage and in the second you're driving at relatively high speed with many other drivers, a big risk for the insurer. Your child's job exposes him or her to the most risk of all circumstances as well as being something of a novice driver. It's not surprising that most insurance firms have no intention of insuring a driver with such a high risk. You, and you alone could be held responsible for repairs and/or injuries, which is also an unacceptable risk.
Check out an employer before letting your child work for them, and look into how they're choosing to deal with insurance issues. Since companies making use of delivery drivers are required for them to be insured, many will do this by way of providing company vehicles to use. This lets them save a bit on insurane costs since they'll have an absolute idea of the number of their cars out driving at any given moment.
Also available to companies is a non-owned auto insurance policy. That way the employee has full liability coverage when delivering on company time. But it does not cover damages to your vehicle, that's why if your child is going to be delivering, pizza or whatever, you need to talk to your own insurance company and see what you can do to protect your teen and your vehicle.
To do this you might be forced to buy a commercial auto insurance policy. The cost of commercial auto insurance might make you flinch at first, but remember-it's going to cost a lot less to insure your car than it is to fix it. And if you're very lucky, your teen isn't going to be delivering pizzas forever! To go about this however, it may require you to get a commercial auto insurance policy. This is unfortunately not the cheapest around, but bear in mind that in comparison to damages to your car should anything happen, the cost is very reasonable (and worth it!). Let's hope your teenager doesn't decide on pursuing the pizza delivery career on a permanent basis though!
Pizza Delivery Drivers aren't covered by automobile insurance companies. Surely you recall all of the information you had to enter into the forms on your first insurance policy. The extensive questions, about everything it seemed, felt invasive and intrusive. Why would an insurer want to know everything about how and when you used your car before they would even agree to give you a price quote? Actually, they need to know a lot about where, when and how much you're on the road. More time and more miles on the road mean the driver is more likely to be involved in an accident and for the company that means paying out for claims. You got it, more claims mean higher insurance rates.
Now we're beginning to catch on, aren't we? There's a big difference between parking your car in one place and being on the road during work hours. In the first instance there's virtually no chance of damage and in the second you're driving at relatively high speed with many other drivers, a big risk for the insurer. Your child's job exposes him or her to the most risk of all circumstances as well as being something of a novice driver. It's not surprising that most insurance firms have no intention of insuring a driver with such a high risk. You, and you alone could be held responsible for repairs and/or injuries, which is also an unacceptable risk.
Check out an employer before letting your child work for them, and look into how they're choosing to deal with insurance issues. Since companies making use of delivery drivers are required for them to be insured, many will do this by way of providing company vehicles to use. This lets them save a bit on insurane costs since they'll have an absolute idea of the number of their cars out driving at any given moment.
Also available to companies is a non-owned auto insurance policy. That way the employee has full liability coverage when delivering on company time. But it does not cover damages to your vehicle, that's why if your child is going to be delivering, pizza or whatever, you need to talk to your own insurance company and see what you can do to protect your teen and your vehicle.
To do this you might be forced to buy a commercial auto insurance policy. The cost of commercial auto insurance might make you flinch at first, but remember-it's going to cost a lot less to insure your car than it is to fix it. And if you're very lucky, your teen isn't going to be delivering pizzas forever! To go about this however, it may require you to get a commercial auto insurance policy. This is unfortunately not the cheapest around, but bear in mind that in comparison to damages to your car should anything happen, the cost is very reasonable (and worth it!). Let's hope your teenager doesn't decide on pursuing the pizza delivery career on a permanent basis though!
About the Author:
Susan Reynolds is the content coordinator for a leading South African Insurance Provider who specialises in Car Insurance.
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