My wife has a poor driving record and I am wondering if I can do a named motorist exclusion from car policy in Tennessee?

Dan

Nashville-Davidson, TN

Insurance company guidelines differ but you should be able to find an insurance provider in Tennessee that will permit you to exclude your wife from your auto insurance policy if you wish to. When buying, choose the option to not include that motorist on the insurance policy and choose the appropriate exclusion options to get an accurate insurance rate.

Make sure that if you did exclude your wife then none of the coverages under your auto insurance would extend to her in any way if she was to operate the vehicle(s) listed on your insurance policy and cause an accident. So even in an emergency situation she should not operate your vehicles.

Whether family or household or named-driver exclusions are allowed in Tennessee has gone to the courts on various occasions. On the court cases I have read about the courts have found that these types of exclusions in auto liability insurance policies do not violate TN law or public policy.