Can an insurance broker add a driver to your policy with you knowledge or consent?

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Can an insurance broker add a driver to your policy with you knowledge or consent?

My fiancée’s son was added to her policy and she was charged even though she had not given the broker permission to make changes to the policy.

Asked on August 22, 2013 under Insurance Law, Washington

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Answered 10 years ago | Contributor

It is entirely possible and even allowable for an insurance broker to add another insured person to an insurance policy without that person's knowledge or consent IF the holder of the polciy specifically asks that there be an additional insured under the insurance policy.


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