Driving in UK on the US driver license

Hello!

I've read somewhere that I can drive in the UK on the US driver license for up to 12 months since the day I move to the UK.
My wife is a British citizen (and has UK driver license) and I hold US driver license.
My question is: if she buys a car in her name, can I drive it using my US driver license? Would UK insurance companies actually cover secondary drivers with non-UK driver licenses? If so, any suggestions on which insurance company (and policy) to use will be greatly appreciated!

Your car can even be in your name while on the US license, but insurance may cost more. I went with Aviva the first year and now on Admiral (who have an app that lets you get a safe driving discount if you're a good driver).

Great, thank you for the confirmation! Another random question - my US driver license is actually from Puerto Rico (used to have NYS driver license but replaced when I moved to PR) - do you know if UK has any issues recognizing licenses from US territories? I don't even know how to go about finding that out...

Great, thank you for the confirmation! Another random question - my US driver license is actually from Puerto Rico (used to have NYS driver license but replaced when I moved to PR) - do you know if UK has any issues recognizing licenses from US territories? I don't even know how to go about finding that out...

I'm sure you will be fine.  Although PR is not a US State their driving licence is recognized as a US licence in the whole of the USA.

Besides, I believe you can drive for up to a year in the UK using any foreign driving licence.

Hello!

I've read somewhere that I can drive in the UK on the US driver license for up to 12 months since the day I move to the UK.
My wife is a British citizen (and has UK driver license) and I hold US driver license.
My question is: if she buys a car in her name, can I drive it using my US driver license? Would UK insurance companies actually cover secondary drivers with non-UK driver licenses? If so, any suggestions on which insurance company (and policy) to use will be greatly appreciated!

This will tell you.  https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence

If you are allowed to drive, don't forget that Great Britain is 3 of the 4 UK nations. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.

You must be named on the insurance to drive it, however. It'll be in your wife's name but you must be a named driver.

And you can be the primary driver on your USA license as well.  I was in my first year here, just cost quite a bit more than it did after I got my license.  I wasn't married (here for work).  No requirement to have a UKC on the insurance at all.

When I moved (on a work permit, no spouse) I was able to get a copy of my no claims from my US insurance provider ( I think it was Allstate that I had) and my UK insurance provider took that which lowered my rates a bit. What it didn't accept was the fact that I had been driving on a license since 16, since you have to be 17 here 

When I moved (on a work permit, no spouse) I was able to get a copy of my no claims from my US insurance provider ( I think it was Allstate that I had) and my UK insurance provider took that which lowered my rates a bit. What it didn't accept was the fact that I had been driving on a license since 16, since you have to be 17 here 

THIS is very smart and good advice! I would've never thought to try to get no claims info from US provider!