The tribulations of trying to get insurance for German import

[bellabee]

2015 thread He must be home by now .

We sure are! We used Safeguard and drove 3rd party to the continental port, covered fully comp when we hit British soil.
2 years later, we traded that van in against a new one in Belgium. This time, the dealer drove it to the port on his insurance. That time, we used a sister company of Safeguard who's name escapes me
(PS Rob Hammond I'm female)

 

[gus-lopez]

Would the German dealer 'drive home' insurance cover you for third party in the UK also till you got home. Then insure with UK insurer once you have it registered?

Yes ,you can also get it for different periods of time but obviously this costs more-

 

[Lenny HB]

That time, we used a sister company of Safeguard who's name escapes me

Scenic Insurance,

 

[bigwood]

This problem with insurance is nothing new. When we moved back from Germany our car was British Forces registered. Because we were settling in the UK rather than just staying for a short time the nice man at customs said our German Insurance was only valid if we were going back to Germany. I didn’t see why we couldn’t sort this out later but he said it had to be done in 24hrs. Being Saturday morning we would have to re insure the car that morning.
After a force twelve gale during the crossing I was tempted to risk driving to Manchester and sorting it on the Monday. The customs person was a jobs worth and told us to come back with proof of insurance within 24 hrs. That meant a taxi into Hull, find the AA office and return with the insurance.
On returning to the customs office the lady behind the counter said he had no rite to make us go through that. It would have been ok to drive home and sort it latter.
I keep looking for him when we go via hull but we never saw him again.

 

[Rob Hammond]

We sure are! We used Safeguard and drove 3rd party to the continental port, covered fully comp when we hit British soil.
2 years later, we traded that van in against a new one in Belgium. This time, the dealer drove it to the port on his insurance. That time, we used a sister company of Safeguard who's name escapes me
(PS Rob Hammond I'm female)

Do accept my apologies

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[Speve]

Would the German dealer 'drive home' insurance cover you for third party in the UK also till you got home. Then insure with UK insurer once you have it registered?

The German export plates will cover Third party anywhere in the EU we imported ours in 2018 and then got the import procedure completed and registered the van then we were able to get fully comp be aware though it can be pricy as companies don’t like self imports for some reason