Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Insurance for non UK residents

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Sat 18 Jul 2009 12:11
Insurance for non UK residents - Loxi Lane
My daughter has a Canadian boyfriend who works in foreign parts for 2 months then has one month off. He's got UK parents and has applied for a UK passport.
He's decided that from now on, he'd prefer to spend his off-duty weeks here in the UK rather than Canada.

My daughter tried to add him to her insurance as a temp or full time driver (with SwiftCover) but they would only insure him after he'd been a resident for 3 years which doesn't really help.

Numerous phone calls to all the usual suspects have produced similar results.

Can anyone point me in the direction of an insurance company who might want the business please?

The car is an 04 Focus 1.8 Diesel.

Thanks in advance!

Brian
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Sat 18 Jul 2009 12:23
Insurance for non UK residents - bell boy
you need a broker to do the leg work
they love challenges like this (sometimes)
use them or lose them,my wife insists on using ours in town every year because once they are gone they are gone
ps he was only £8 dearer than all the internets too
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Sat 18 Jul 2009 12:31
Insurance for non UK residents - Alby Back
Seconded bell boy. Our local broker is competitive, when you trouble to remind them of the competition of course ! I still prefer to do business with a human being too.

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Sat 18 Jul 2009 16:06
Insurance for non UK residents - Loxi Lane
Good suggestions. I do use a broker for my Westfield XI - don't know why I didn't think of phoning them for this!

Thanks!
Brian
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