Vehicle details on insurance certificates
Some insurers list covered vehicle classes instead of a vehicle’s registration number to simplify administration and allow uninterrupted cover when owners change vehicles. The Minister said the cover is qualified by registration in the owner’s name, considered the arrangement satisfactory, but noted it was under review.
asked the Minister for the Environment why certificates of insurance issued in pursuance of the Road Traffic Act, 1961, in some cases no longer show the index mark and registration number of the vehicle.
Comment on this
The prescribed form of the certificate of insurance provides for the entry of the registration number of a specified vehicle or a description of the classes of vehicles convered. Some insurance companies use the latter for the purposes of administrative efficiency and to facilitate owners whose cover is not interrupted on change of vehicles.
Comment on this
Is the situation now that insurance certificates do not actually give the number and registration mark of the car on the certificate?
Comment on this
As regards some insurance companies the necessary qualification is that the car be registered in the name of the owner.