I too..

A friend drove on a boy near Tata two months ago. He got insurance and he get his passport retained for a week. If he wouldn´t have an insurance I don´t want to known what would became of him.

I think going without insurance foolish

insurance
 

Hi All,

"surely as cuetta is a spanish enclave you are covered by european insurance. with regards to morocco NFU also include it on your green card"

Quite right but you're still not covered for Morocco without a Green Card. NFU only issue Green Cards on a discretionary basis so not all can get cover. Same with Aviva (used to be Norwich Union) CIS will, but only if you've held a policy with them for a year or more.

"After taking advise from a regular traveller to Morocco (7 years organising tours and never asked to show insurance) I decided to take their advice and not get insurance."

That's not a reason for not carrying it. What were you planning to say to the police if you'd run over a kid?

Don't understand why folk are so reluctant to fork out a few quid for insurance when the whole trip's probably cost a couple of thousand all in.

Happy trails,

Jojo

How did you get the insurance if the shop was across the border but they wouldn't let you in? I only ask as I'm doing this route in a couple of weeks time and I'll need to get insurance on arrival.

It´s easy. The first thing you must do is get your passport stamped. Then you can cross the border on foot and buy the insurance, it´s only a few meters.

When you cross into Morocco you enter the resitriced frontier zone with booms/fence on the sides and buildings in the middle. You do immigration. customs and insurance formalities in this area. The gate/boom which separates this area from the rest of Morocco can only be crossed if they are happy with all the paper work. So, to answer your question, you do the paperwork in an area which is separated from the rest of the country. Most borders in Africa work like this.

Wrong. Spanish insurance companies can´t sell insurance for vehicles not registered in Spain.

That might be the case, but the reference to NFU, AVIVA etc was a reference to UK based insurance companies and some do give cover for the rest of Europe. In some cases this may extend to Morocco, but it is not automatic. It has to be explicitly agreed with the company concerned.

Sorry, I´ve not read properly... In Spain we get automaticly a green card valid for all the mediterranean countries but in our neighbour Portugal you must pay an extra for the extend to Morocco too.

Insurance at Tangiers
 

There's no requirement for insurance to pass through Tanger Ville Port. We've regularly passed through the customs area without and been sent on our way. The insurance office is outside the gated area on the right just before the banks and ATMs.

As I've said before, don't travel without insurance!

Jojo

Yes, ten years ago it was compulsory to show the green card at the customs, but since then they don´t control it at customs. Last october at Ceuta I tried to give the green card joint the grey card to the customs officer and he refused it.

That's useful to know as I'm new to all this. Thanks.

car insorance
 

You can enter cross the border without insorance in Ceuta, and you can continue to drive without insorance, on your own risk!! It is not >atleast on Ceuta border< required insorance for entering the county. I arrived in the night, continued to drive... and in the morning, in Tetouan, i bought insorance - 950 dirhams, valid for one month. On the way out of the country, you must show insorance papers, so, it is not posibile to drive Morocco without insorance.
Cheers, Lana

Does anyone know if we can buy insurance from Ceuta for Morocco?

Since our first time in Morcco in early 90's, we've been ALWAYS asked for to show both, the grey and the green card, always; so I'm very surpirsed when you Pera say you were not asked for it and even refused !!! :confused1:
We always enter Morocco through Ceuta.

In my trips to Morocco I have never, ever been asked to show insurance or Green Card.
That is, until last trip when I passed Dahkla Junction - but that was a young officer for some reason looking to stir up trouble for me. Could be because there was a recent Swedish documentary made about fishing and West Sahara, with very negative views of Morocco? Parts of it were from Dahkla, using a hidden camera.
In that other Green card country Tunisia, I have been asked to show insurance a few times.
BTW with a Swedish registered car all I have to do for a Green Card is call my insurance company. It is free. 30 days.