A Cover note is a document issued when you take out car insurance as temporary evidence that your vehicle is covered by the insurance.

It applies when you’ve bought car insurance yet the certificate cannot be issued at that immediate time because time is needed for the insurance company to assimilate the data, issue the documents and allow the certificate to be posted to you. Then in this case, a cover note is issued by an insurance broker that allows you to drive on the road straightaway.

If you need motor insurance ASAP and you want to get insurance with cover note online there are several insurers who can deliver a printed cover through your printer at home. Swiftcover car insurance being an example of a company who can do this, although you might want to shop around for comparison premiums.

It is worth noting that anyone driving without insurance is liable to be detected in a roadside automatic number plate recognition check.