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U.K. Car Insurance Expiring....

U.K. Car Insurance Expiring....

Postby mcctinker » Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:18 pm

I arrived - in my U.K. car - a few weeks ago. I paid for extra insurance cover for the journey. My normal U.K. car insurance policy expires next week. I am about to start the process of getting my car transferred over onto Spanish plates. However, when I rang Linea Directa today, they said they would not insure my car until it is actually on Spanish plates. I see lots of adverts for ex-pat car insurance. Which ones will insure me to drive here in Spain on my U.K. plates and then update the policy once it has been re-registered on to Spanish plates ? I am now worried that I will struggle to be insured to drive after next week, gulp.
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Re: U.K. Car Insurance Expiring....

Postby tinak » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:33 am

If you go to Jennifer Cunningham Insurance off the main street behind Oscars etc., and where the chop shop is, I know they will do it as they have done it for me with a company called Liberty Seguros, and I just have to tell them the spanish plates numbers and they change it. Just happening with me, whole process with Amanda has taken 16 days.
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Re: U.K. Car Insurance Expiring....

Postby Gasplumbman » Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:27 am

According to my agent (Cunningham)you can insure a uk car driven in the uk and insured from Spain,but if you are a resident in Spain you have 30 days to start the process of change to Spanish plates,maybe things are going to change I would think you have a rouge agent
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Re: U.K. Car Insurance Expiring....

Postby Sylwina » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:35 pm

Rightmove in Quesada will do it. Offered to do mine but fortunately I was able to change plates before my UK insurance lapsed. It will also be Liberty Seguros policy. Not clear if you intend to become a resident - but if so it is a pity as you will have missed an opportunity to import your car without the import tax as this has to be done within a month of arrival. Doesn’t apply to non residents. If people are thinking of changing to Spanish plates better to do it sooner rather than later as I noticed in the course of doing mine that non EU members pay a different rate which presumably will be more.
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