sillius soddus

Hello Guys.

We are moving back Mid October from Canada. We will be in the North East.

Can anyone recommend a good insurance company or broker over there ?

We have a good clean driving history and will be taking our driving abstract back showing this.

Just need to find a company that can roll with this .....

Thx in advance

Mick

spouse of scouse

We found it difficult to find an insurance company who'd honour our no claims discount, but someone here recommended Aviva so I rang them and they applied the maximum discount. I liked their customer service too so subsequently did all my insurances with them.

durham_lad

Another vote for Aviva. Check with them on the wording needed on the letter and hang on to your last insurance certificate because when my son, from the USA, applied for insurance with them last year completely online, he downloaded the no-claims letter plus a copy of his last certificate and got full no-claims discount with them. Other insurance companies offer similar but you need to check the list of countries they will honour no-claims letters. For example I initially was going to sign up with Churchill, after going through Comparethemarket.com, but in their long list of countries, the USA was not listed. You may find Canada to be more acceptable to more insurance countries than just Aviva.

ETA
His former insurance company in the USA, GEICO, was very good in supplying him with a PDF of a no claims letter including the wording Aviva required.

Novocastrian

Another Aviva vote. They respected our Canadian no-claims record and have a policy option which covers up to 180 days a year in Europe,which we need. The premium was a bit high in the initial year because I still had an ON driving license, but halved in year two after I revived my GB license.

This year, while in France, our car got considerably damaged while it was parked on a street. Aviva got on it straight away through their overseas dept and covered the 2800 euro repair bill, then later when the paperwork completed they returned my £200 deductible and confirmed our NCB remains intact.

ETA: to the OP, we live in Newcastle when we're not in France, where are you headed?

sillius soddus

Thanks Guys.

I've just spoken to Aviva UK to figure out what we need.

Take care.

Mick

spouse of scouse

No worries Mick - by the way, love your user name

minhan

durham_lad

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