UK Car Insurance for Expats in Germany
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Re: UK Car Insurance for Expats in Germany
How does this affect things if you still have an interest in the UK, ie still have a home address.?
I know there are insurance companies in the UK that specialise in allowing a UK car to spend all year overseas.
Furthermore, what do you do with your UK driving license if you move abroad - should you register a new address ?
I know there are insurance companies in the UK that specialise in allowing a UK car to spend all year overseas.
Furthermore, what do you do with your UK driving license if you move abroad - should you register a new address ?
So I can get European insurance in the UK? My car is taxed, mot'd and insured until end of February. If I can find a UK insurance company that will give me full European insurance then surely it can stay here as long as I do. I have done a search on google but don't seem to come up with much. The only reason I want keep it here is because I don't have time to return and sell it at the moment. Do you know which ones do it?
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So I can get European insurance in the UK? My car is taxed, mot'd and insured until end of February. If I can find a UK insurance company that will give me full European insurance then surely it can stay here as long as I do. I have done a search on google but don't seem to come up with much. The only reason I want keep it here is because I don't have time to return and sell it at the moment. Do you know which ones do it?
Residence laws overrule anything that an insurance company will sell you.
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Re: UK Car Insurance for Expats in Germany
Yes, I did read them and I was ready to return the car but then Zel said
"There are 'specialist' insurers but make sure you read the small print very very carefully to see if the policy suits you and your status" and I wanted to look into it. So, there is insurance available but it's not valid? I give up!
"There are 'specialist' insurers but make sure you read the small print very very carefully to see if the policy suits you and your status" and I wanted to look into it. So, there is insurance available but it's not valid? I give up!
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Yes, I did read them and I was ready to return the car but then Zel said
"There are 'specialist' insurers but make sure you read the small print very very carefully to see if the policy suits you and your status" and I wanted to look into it. So, there is insurance available but it's not valid? I give up!
"There are 'specialist' insurers but make sure you read the small print very very carefully to see if the policy suits you and your status" and I wanted to look into it. So, there is insurance available but it's not valid? I give up!
Every EU country has a stipulation that depending on the time you stay there, either 3 or in some 6 months then you are deemed resident, thereby technically making the UK insurance invalid.
It is a nightmare situation, and the only way out is to buy a car registered in the country you live in.
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So I can get European insurance in the UK? My car is taxed, mot'd and insured until end of February. If I can find a UK insurance company that will give me full European insurance then surely it can stay here as long as I do. I have done a search on google but don't seem to come up with much. The only reason I want keep it here is because I don't have time to return and sell it at the moment. Do you know which ones do it?
In the end it was easier to sell the car in the UK and buy a little C1 here in Belgium - what a funky little car !
Insurance is a pain in the butt though, that piddly little 995cc car at 1000 Euro a year
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Re: UK Car Insurance for Expats in Germany
Does anyone know of a British insurance company that will insure a British car in Germany? My current insurance only has 90 days european cover and then I have to return. I thought I would be able to insure it here but I'm told it would need to be registered here and I don't want to do that.
Wondering if that's the same way vica versa? www.dvla.gov.uk might help ?
Stephan
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Re: UK Car Insurance for Expats in Germany
Stuart Collins in Swansea will insure you for a year. You can do this on line