lady_liberty
Free Member
I've been looking for an insurance for my motorhome, but it's not being easy.
The problem seems to be the non UK driving license.
My boyfriend (26 years old) has held a portuguese driving license for 6 years, and has already drove in the UK with it (in rental cars), but it seems that it is not enough to make an insurance for the motorhome...
We thought about upgrading his driving license to International, but I'm not sure if insurance companies will accept it. We also thought about him taking the UK provisional driving license, but it won't work either 'cause insurance companies require a license held for at least 2 years.
I've phoned all the insurance companies I can find, but so far the only one that would accept his portuguese driving license was SafeGuard, who quoted us with £1020.35 per year. But we do have a problem with their policies too, as it require us to own a house in the UK or a longterm rental contract, which we don't, because we intend to live in our motorhome. It also requires that we are registered in the electoral roll, and we aren't either (we never bothered 'cause we don't believe voting changes anything...). Then it also says that for them to give us the insurance we would need to change the driving license to a UK one, on DVLA, and the address in the driving license has to be the same of the house we own or have a long time rental agreement (which we don't).
Is just too much confusion, and I'm becoming really disappointed, 'cause this insurance thing is the only thing keeping me in this rainy country and not being able to enjoy the summer.
Shouldn't it be good enough to have a valid EU driving license and money to pay the insurance quote?
Please somebody give me some advice, or suggest any other companies I should try to contact, 'cause I don't know what else to do...
Thank you very much.
The problem seems to be the non UK driving license.
My boyfriend (26 years old) has held a portuguese driving license for 6 years, and has already drove in the UK with it (in rental cars), but it seems that it is not enough to make an insurance for the motorhome...
We thought about upgrading his driving license to International, but I'm not sure if insurance companies will accept it. We also thought about him taking the UK provisional driving license, but it won't work either 'cause insurance companies require a license held for at least 2 years.
I've phoned all the insurance companies I can find, but so far the only one that would accept his portuguese driving license was SafeGuard, who quoted us with £1020.35 per year. But we do have a problem with their policies too, as it require us to own a house in the UK or a longterm rental contract, which we don't, because we intend to live in our motorhome. It also requires that we are registered in the electoral roll, and we aren't either (we never bothered 'cause we don't believe voting changes anything...). Then it also says that for them to give us the insurance we would need to change the driving license to a UK one, on DVLA, and the address in the driving license has to be the same of the house we own or have a long time rental agreement (which we don't).
Is just too much confusion, and I'm becoming really disappointed, 'cause this insurance thing is the only thing keeping me in this rainy country and not being able to enjoy the summer.
Shouldn't it be good enough to have a valid EU driving license and money to pay the insurance quote?
Please somebody give me some advice, or suggest any other companies I should try to contact, 'cause I don't know what else to do...
Thank you very much.