Gocompare.com is warning drivers to check with their car insurer before joining up to a lift-share scheme or risk invalidating their cover.
The Wales-based comparison website is also advising drivers signed up to the ‘taxi-like’ smartphone app Uber that they are not covered under standard car insurance – they need taxi insurance.
The warning comes following a review of 227 comprehensive car insurance policies, which revealed that:
One in ten policies specifically exclude cover for lift-sharing; Where cover for lift-sharing is permitted, it is restricted to social journeys and drivers are not allowed to make a profit and all private car insurance policies prohibit ‘passengers carried in the course of a business carrying passengers’ or for ‘hire or reward’ – so, Uber drivers need taxi insurance.
