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How to get insurance if you have a conviction.. At any stage during your driving lifetime, you can find yourself shut out of the standard motor insurance market. In our experience, people that have had a motoring or non motoring conviction can find it difficult to get affordable insurance when they look to get driving...

Don’t be ashamed if you can’t get motor insurance – get covered.. Shame – it isn’t a good feeling to ring up a standard insurance company to be told you are not wanted. Standard insurers want to put people into neat boxes, but what if you are different and don’t fit into a neat box?...

What makes a commercial vehicle non standard and how can I insure it? Most insurance companies like risks to be straight forward so they can easily rate it. So they are happy to quote a carpenter (for example) with a small van with his own goods inside and who has a lot of claims free...

So you need to insure a second vehicle within the family – what are  your options? It can often be the case that one person in a family has a vehicle insured for a number of years and built up a no claim bonus in their name. That is fine until a second vehicle is...

What makes a commercial vehicle non standard and how can I insure it? Most insurance companies like risks to be straight forward so they can easily rate it. So they are happy to quote a carpenter (for example) with a small van with his own goods inside and who has a lot of claims free...

No no-claim bonus? No problem.. There can be a number of reasons that you can find yourself without a no claim bonus for your motor insurance policy, such as: You have been outside of the country for a number of years and don’t have any proof of driving. You may have had a recent insurance...

What to do when you cannot get motor insurance.. At any stage during your driving lifetime, you can find yourself shut out of the standard motor insurance market. It is not just those with driving convictions that can find it difficult to obtain motor insurance. You may have been unlucky to have a number of...

Been refused insurance cover for your property? You’re not alone.. We at Nonstandardinsurance.ie have noticed a marked increase in those contacting us that have been refused property and home insurance cover. Some of the common reasons we see people been refused insurance cover for their home include: An insurer may have revised their acceptance area...

Insurance for people moving/returning to Ireland. A survival guide! Depending on where you are coming from, insuring yourself/your vehicle/your property can be difficult when either coming to Ireland for the first time, or returning to Ireland after being away for a number of years. Some of the common issues we see include: Unable to obtain...