0 a document that is used temporarily as proof that someone is insured until the final official document is available
1 a short letter that contains information about the thing it is sent with:
2 a temporary document provided by an insurance company as proof that you are insured, until the final official document is available:
They simply obtain a temporary cover note and get a tax disc for a year, if necessary.
The police might think that they have stopped someone who does not have proper insurance only to find that he has a cover note.
A cover note is not necessarily evidence of insurance.
I am afraid that they shop around to see where they can get the cheapest cover so that they can obtain a cover note just to satisfy the licensing authority.
If the cover note has not arrived but the insurance has been accepted by the insurance company, a person is insured although he does not have a cover note.
It is possible under certain circumstances—although it is illegal—for him to get an ante-dated cover note, in which case he avoids the illegal act he has committed.
I know that it is true that often they do not take the trouble to read the policy, the cover note or the certificate of insurance.
A cover note may not normally be regarded as a policy in the ordinary sense of the word.
