insurance - lower insurance premiums > Reviews > Insuring a car with a chassis number

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Advantages:	Cover when no ther insurance company could
Disadvantages:	relatively expensive as a limited market

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yes

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I brought home with me a Renault Clio 1.2 RT (left hand drive) which I'd bought and insured in France. I had not anticipated how difficult it would be to insure and register the car in the UK. First I approached the DVLA-they couldn't register the car without proof of UK insurance-the French policy I had would not do! So I started ringing round all the usual suspects for quotes-only to find that none of them would insure my car until it was registered in the UK. Hours of giving the same details over and over again only to be told at the last knockings they couldn't insure my car. Hang on-can't register it without insurance-can't insure it until it's registered ??? Aaarrrgghh!! I found my way to the British Insurance Brokers Association, who recommended me to a broker called A J Insurance Service 0870 444 3511. Straight away they understood what I needed and set me up a policy with a covernote showing the chassis number-this was all the DVLA needed. I have to say the price I paid was a bit more than the first quotes I'd had, but when it came down to it no other insurance company could cover the car. Service from AJ and turnaround of paperwork has been excellent.