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Driver Number
Due to changes in Road Traffic Legislation, due to take effect from 1 December 2024, all insurers and insurance intermediaries, including An Post Insurance, must collect driver numbers for every driver named on motor insurance policies.
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Open driving is an optional cover available from An Post Insurance. Open driving allows other drivers to drive your car, with your permission, as long as they are a certain age and hold a full EU/UK licence. Driver/vehicle eligibility criteria and restrictions may apply. Please see your specific Underwriter below for further details.
AIG & Aviva Policies: Cover is provided for any person free from accidents, claims, disqualifications, endorsements and convictions, aged from 25 to 70 years holding a full EU or UK driving licence - The driver cannot have any penalty points unless they are named on the policy.
FBD Policies: Cover is provided for any person free from accidents, claims, disqualifications, endorsements and convictions, aged from 25 to 71 years holding a full Irish, UK or EU driving licence. Up to 6 Penalty Points are allowed provided they are not court awarded.
Allianz Policies: Cover is provided for any person free from accidents, claims, disqualifications, endorsements and convictions, aged between 30 to 70, holding a full clean Irish, UK or EU driving licence & no more than 6 penalty points or 2 fixed charge notices.
It is not necessary to purchase this optional extra in order to purchase a Car Insurance policy.
Step-back No Claims Discount is an optional extra, which allows you to keep part of your no claims discount in the event of a single claim.
Allianz policies, Stepback included as standard. For full breakdown of their NCD scales please see their policy booklet here.
For AIG, Aviva & FBD your No Claims Discount will reduce as follows:
AIG policies
- 55% to 30%,
- 50% to 30%,
- 40% to 20% or
- 30% to 10%
Aviva policies
- 50% to 20%,
- 40% to 10% or
- 30% or less to nil
FBD policies
- 75% to 55%,
- 70% to 55%,
- 65% to 55% or
- 55% to nil
- 35% to nil
It is not necessary to purchase this optional extra in order to purchase a Car Insurance policy.
For an additional premium, our protected No Claims Discount option allows you to have either one or two unlimited claims in a three year period, without losing your No Claims Discount depending on your policy underwriter. (We will not take account of windscreen, fire or theft claims.)
For each policy underwriter's No Claims Discount scale please see their policy booklet in our Document & Forms page.
It is not necessary to purchase this optional extra in order to purchase a Car Insurance policy.
For an additional premium, and depending on your Policy Underwriter, Protected No Claims Discount with Step-Back option allows you to have either one or two unlimited claims in a three-year period, without losing your No Claims Discount. (We will not take account of windscreen, fire or theft claims.)
For subsequent claims, the Step-Back No Claims Discount will then apply.
For each policy underwriter's No Claims Discount scale please see their policy booklet in our Document & Forms page.
It is not necessary to purchase this optional extra in order to purchase a Car Insurance policy.
Your certificate of insurance will be issued once you have arranged payment terms and returned all of the necessary documentation to An Post Insurance.