I'm a foreigner and i need an insurance...

Blackpitts

hey guys
just bought a nice Vespa here and i need to get it insured...
the fact is that I'm foreigner and it's the first time i buy an insurance for a vehicle here in Ireland. I have a full licence and a very good claim bonus but it's not in English, so i wonder how the insurance companies would react to my request for a quote.
was anyone in the same situation? what are the troubles i have to expect? am i going to be ripped off big time?
thanks

Persius

Yeah, you'll be ripped off big time. Sorree
Insurance companies generally don't recognise no claims bonus certs from outside the jurisdiction. Some do recognise them from the UK, but I'm guessing yours is from further afield.

Also AFAIK Quinn only offer insurance if your licence is from Ireland or UK. So ring up the other three and see what they say.

kowloon

Most wise folks try to insure abroad to drive here.

FiSe

Most wise folks try to insure abroad to drive here.

You wont get insurance on a vehicle registered in other country. You'd have to re-register your scoot do all the relevant tests like NCT, pay the duty and whatever else.
Then you'd should get insurance in which you have to state that this vehicle will be driven abroad most of the time and so that you are covered...
If those wise folks don't have this little thingy on their ins. policy and crash then they are fuc..d as are other participants in that accident.

If you're from the EU no problem with no claim bonus from your country as long as there are some dates on the letter from your original insurance comp. That's the same with your driving license. That's the law.

But yes, you'd pay a bit more, but nothing too serious. Ring them up and ask. The best way.

J-blk

Persius wrote: »

Also AFAIK Quinn only offer insurance if your licence is from Ireland or UK. So ring up the other three and see what they say.

I'm insured with Quinn on a non-Irish licence - if you have an EU member-state licence, they can't actually refuse you insurance. My bike was bought and registered in Ireland though, you can't insure a bike with foreign plates on it.

I thought only Aon/Axa, Carole Nash and Quinn do bike insurance now - so who's the fourth one ("...ring the other three)?

Beruthiel

Blackpitts wrote: »

hey guys
just bought a nice Vespa here and i need to get it insured...
the fact is that I'm foreigner and it's the first time i buy an insurance for a vehicle here in Ireland. I have a full licence and a very good claim bonus but it's not in English

If you have a no claims bonus in another language, then you can get it translated into english by a registered company.
This is how my fella got his french no claims transfered to an irish insurance company.
Go talk to the insurance company and discuss it.

Oryx

J-blk wrote: »

I thought only Aon/Axa, Carole Nash and Quinn do bike insurance now - so who's the fourth one ("...ring the other three)?

Adelaide

J-blk

Oryx wrote: »

Adelaide

Cool, thanks! Not up for renewal until next summer though, but it's always good to have more options...