You are no doubt aware that a temporary car insurance policy is a good way to get covered to drive a car when you only need to do so for a short period. A temporary policy can cover you for anywhere up to 28 days to drive a vehicle fully insured.
Daily insurance is still relatively new and is currently only being provided by a small number of specialist insurers. The larger car insurance companies are steadily catching up and some of them are also starting to provide policies for daily insurance. Until then the best place to get covered is by going to one of the handful of temp car cover providers. They will be able to provide you with an online quote in only a few minutes based on your current circumstances, just like any other type of car insurance quote.
There are however limitations to this type of cover, specifically there are certain circumstances for which you will not be able to get a policy. One such major limitation is the ability to provide car insurance to young drivers.
At the time of writing temp car cover under 21 is not currently available. This means that if you are less than 21 years of age there are currently no car insurance companies that are able to provide you with temp cover. Unfortunately all of the insurers have decided to withdraw cover for this age group.
There is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of pay as you go car insurance, this allows you to buy insurance a month at a time. This means that you could by 1 months worth of cover and temporarily provide yourself with cover for one calendar month. You can get cover from as young as 17 years of age and although providing a longer period of coverage it is the next be alternative to a temporary car insurance policy.