car Insurance for Greece

[mungbeanz]

I want to take my UK registered car to Greece at the end of the month just for two days. Does anybody know the cheapest way to insure it? Can I get short term UK insurance? At the moment it just has Albanian insurance which won't cover it outside of Albania. Thanks.

[SlackAlice]

Wouldn't have thought so. Why not contact your existing insurers to ask about a 2day extension to Greece. You could try a Greek insurer.

[rojash]

I'm pretty sure that it's now illegal for Greek insurers to cover non-Greek registered vehicles (introduced as a response to all the Brits who brought cars from the UK and failed to re-register them).

[EvianBaby]

When we've had to take our work vans abroad I've been able to call the insurers and get a short term foreign policy added on to ours. Just need to tell them where you'll be driving and the dates you'll be there.

[EvianBaby]

Sorry, I misunderstood the bit about the Albanian insurance so my answer is completely useless.

[mungbeanz]

With regards to insurance in England, I had a right game with the DVLA. I was wih Esure and they told me i couldn't keep my policy as I was 'exporting' the car. The DVLA said i wasn't exporting it so, after speaking to a load of clueless call centre ops. I was advised in the end by the DVLA to SORN the car. My Albanian company won't extend teh cover to Greece. It's all a bit of a polava really.