Hello all, first post here, though I've been lurking for a long time, and have even been used in examples by a friend of mine who is a frequent poster here!

My wife (chinese) and I (british) have now returned to the UK to settle and set up home. She has held a full chinese driving license for over 5 years now.

I'm well versed on the rules and regs governing driving in the UK on a foreign license, and know she can drive without any learner restrictions for one year before she must take her test. I see this as a cost effective way of getting her used to driving in the UK, and hopefully she will only need a minimum of lessons to ready her for the test.

This is all well and good except for the stipulation from most insurers that you must hold a full UK driving license to be insured, and the car we are looking to insure is unlikely to entertain insuring someone with a provisional license!


Does anybody have any advice/recommendations for insurers that do cover foreign licenses for the one year period you are allowed to drive on it in the UK?
I've subsequently found a number of reasonable quotes using gocompare.com but would like to hear of an other experiences/pitfalls i need to look out for.

Thanks