Secondary Occupation goes hand in hand with the ‘Check for Occupations’ tool. However your screen will look slightly different.
Here you have the ability to make changes to the second driver occupation, this is exactly the same as the primary driver occupation tool.
Tips and tricks:
- Insurers like detail – as you can imagine, the more information we give the insurers, the more accurately they will be able to price their policy. By providing vague occupations, like engineer, consultant, company director etc. insurers won’t have a clear understanding on what the vehicle will be used for.
- Get prices currently saves the details for to the quote to calculate the new premium. Ensure you are making a note of the occupation selected by the policyholder in case you need to revert back to the original occupation.
- Occupation and usage go hand in hand. So you may find that by changing the occupation, your currently selected class of usage could still impact the price. For example, a builder usually costs more to insurer for social use compared to business use. In these cases, you should make sure you’re checking if the class of use