XP: French/UK Insurance Catch 22
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From: Mike Ricketts on 20 Dec 2008 08:23 Looking for advice here. I live and work in France and I am in the French system - tax, health etc, etc. I have been looking for a Yam 900 Divvy and the cleanest ones I have seen are in the UK. Now here is the problem. My French Car Insurer will not cover me on a UK plated bike. They will not even give me a cover note to bring one back and then get it transfered to French registration. I have tried a few other Insurers here and their interest stops as soon as I mention that it is not on French plates. So I tried Carol Nash and a few others but now the problem is that they will not insure me because I am a French Resident. Grrrrr I was told by one on the QT that if I had a temporary UK address (relative) I could try that but they would want to know my driving history and of course my car is French, on French plates, French Insurance and French address, so that doesn't work. Plus, even if it did and I was unlucky enough to be in a shunt, it would soon unravel and the Insurers would dump me very quickly. Does anyone know of a UK Insurer that mightl give me cover, even temporary, to get a bike back?. I am only looking to pay around 2 grand for the bike, so its not worth hiring a van to go 2,500 kms from near Bordeaux to collect one. As the girl in my local Insurer said - "One Europe really works". Mike
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Dec 2008 08:29 Mike Ricketts <kinsarvik(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Does anyone know of a UK Insurer that mightl give me cover, even temporary, > to get a bike back? Insure on a UK address, with the policy to start the day before you intend to pick up. Ride bike home. Cancel insurance on arrival, within the 14-day cooling-off period. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere Honda CB400F CB125RS SH50 If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. Workshop manual? Buy one instead of wasting my time asking where the free PDFs are
From: SteveH on 20 Dec 2008 08:48 Mike Ricketts <kinsarvik(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Does anyone know of a UK Insurer that mightl give me cover, even temporary, > to get a bike back? https://www.dayinsure.com/flexirider/ Give them the address of a UK based relative. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed Alfa 156 TSpark Lusso - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso - Ducati 750SS
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Dec 2008 08:52 SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > Mike Ricketts <kinsarvik(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a UK Insurer that mightl give me cover, even temporary, > > to get a bike back? > > https://www.dayinsure.com/flexirider/ > > Give them the address of a UK based relative. Bloody hell, Steve, that's a *really* useful site. I never knew such a service existed. Bookmarked. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere Honda CB400F CB125RS SH50 If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. Workshop manual? Buy one instead of asking where the free PDFs are chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: SpamTrapSeeSig on 20 Dec 2008 09:01
In article <1is91dh.193f0fn1gni4euN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes >Mike Ricketts <kinsarvik(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a UK Insurer that mightl give me cover, even temporary, >> to get a bike back? > >Insure on a UK address, with the policy to start the day before you >intend to pick up. > >Ride bike home. > >Cancel insurance on arrival, within the 14-day cooling-off period. Or take a trailer over to the UK, or buy a trailer here and sell it in France once you've got back... -- SimonM ----- TubeWiz.com ----- Video making/uploading that's easy to use & fun to share Try it today! (now with DFace blurring) |