Have you tried Hdi seguro? Go online and it's fast and easy tu buy soapex, if you can't find a mercosur and want to have one for Chile. At the office you need to know what you want and not give up. I had to show what I wanted on their pc the first time

Thanks for all help and suggestions, much appriciated!

Oh brother, seek and thou will find

There is a happy ending to this By the sixth try I found an insurance company in Chile that offered me an insurance that covered 6 countries in SA - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Peru. Unfortunately not Chile but you cant get it all. For a six months insurance for the above mentioned countries I paid 130 000 chilean pesos or 192 USD, just above a dollar a day. Which is in fact a tad cheaper than a similar insurance other travellers putchased in Bolivia.

The company is called Penta Seguros Generales Penta Security phone 600 369 0000 or 22 382 1000.
I found the office in Puerta Varas. They seem to be represented in most major city in Chile.

So now you know that, also you who said such an insurance isnt possible to purchase in Chile....

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Good

To back that up you need to say where, when and what it was bought for.

This is not the experience of my self and many others.

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It was said all along, that you could get Merco-Sur, but not Chilean insurance in Chile. It was just a case of asking and asking and asking ....... :-)

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It's explained in the previous message, but maybe it's not clear, anyway: in October2016 I checked on the web, forum etc and found out that in Chile (from 2015?I don't remember) any foreign vehicle must have a soapex, an insurance that covers third parts but also the mc driver and passenger. I've tried to buy it online, but website didn't work, so I went the nearest insurance office (hdi) and they told me I could not get a soat for a foreign mc. I showed on the pc that there was a soapex and they sold me it (for 10days as I asked). They told me, and it's also written in the web, that it's valid only in Chile and they didn't have something valid for mercosur for foreign mc. Now we are coming down again, 10days ago I went on their website and just bought it for how many days I wanted, payment by credit card and insurance paper arrives via email.


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Ok, I've found it now, https://www.hdi.cl/seguros/seguros-d...njeros-soapex/ , I was suggesting you posted the link to make it easier for others.

It looks like it has been since 2013. But it sounds like the Aduana don't enforce it on the way in (unlike Argentina).

Our approach has always been to attempt to buy insurance, if it is required in a country there will be a booth/shop by the border.

Peru is one where that experience differed. We were allowed in without it, and found it 3 days later (in Piura) after much asking around.

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Sorry, but I didn't remember any link to post (I've been searching for so many things in this period). I had to look for it as any other can do.
Perú? Yes, that was our plan, too , but not so lucky

Snakeboy,

At first blush, it seemed a little strange that an insurance company would sell you an international motorcycle insurance policy yet not sell you a policy for Chile.

Here is the page describing "international insurance" I found on the web site of the insurance company Penta Seguros Generales doing business in Chile. This is the company you claim sold you a policy for several Mercosur countries.

:: Penta Seguros Generales ::

I carefully read the descriptions of policies offered and could not find the policy you describe, but I did discover that Penta Seguros Generales does sell the "SOAP" policy - the third party insurance required to operate a motor vehicle in Chile.

Could you share your policy here and explain why Penta Seguros Generales would not sell you a "SOAP" policy - Moto insurance needed for Chile? Once I see the policy I will translate and let you know what coverage you actually purchased.

The only info I found at the Penta site was a caution that insurance had to be purchased at each border for each Mercosur country. I don't get it? Please see link posted above. This link does not indicate that Penta sells such a policy as you describe.
Perhaps Penta found an underwriter - another company and sold you that policy.

Did you purchase vehicle/moto insurance or personal liability insurance? As stated at the Penta site, every Mercosur country requires vehicle insurance....

I welcome comments from others too.

xfiltrate

After reading this thread I went to Pentaseguro in Calama. They told me they didn't have mc products, but, after I showed them this post, they called Puerto Varas and...they have. Good price for a 6 months (the same written by Snakeboy, 150usd x 3 months, 120usd x 2 months and 60usd x one month...crazy I know). You can purchaise only at the office or order by email, but pay in the office. It's an Rci seguro; if you need the one for Chile it's a Soapex.


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After reading this thread I went to Pentaseguro in Calama. They told me they didn't have mc products, but, after I showed them this post, they called Puerto Varas and...they have. Good price for a 6 months (the same written by Snakeboy, 150usd x 3 months, 120usd x 2 months and 60usd x one month...crazy I know). You can purchaise only at the office or order by email, but pay in the office. It's an Rci seguro; if you need the one for Chile it's a Soapex.


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Camomillo,
Thank you for your excellent research. Yes, the branch offices of many South American insurance offices often do not offer the same policies as the main/major offices. I have found that insurance web sites often do not actually reflect the policies sold or not sold.

So, according to Camomillo snake boy did actually purchase a mc policy - I would very much like to see a copy of the policy. If snake boy reads here could you post the policy?

Now, why is it that Pentaseguros could sell snakeboy a partial Mercosur policy yet could not sell him a SOAPEX policy as required to ride Chile?

I really would like to see and read the policy snakeboy purchased.

Thanks Camomillo Good Work, this is the kind of on the ground research that is needed on the HUBB. xfiltrate

After spending some days on web, mail etc I got my insurance for Argentina from Atm seguro.
Some travellers gave me other contacts, but it would take too many time and money.
While I was in Chile I wrote to Atm seguro in Salta, but they didn't succed in selling the policy. They gave me this contact, I had to call and then we did all via mail (payment, sending docs, sending back the signed ones) and I got the basic insurance in half day, so we could go to Jama Pass the same day (30nov2016)! Great job!!!
I also suggested to take away the 'dni' from the chat, otherwise non Argentinian persons can not use it, and maybe organize a selling online.
The insurance is for one year and costs 180ars/month. Once I do not need it anymore I have to write an email and stop it.

atmbasesanmartin@hotmail.com
011 47135226

To clear out one thing - I didnt ask for any soap or sopaex or Chilean insurance. I had given up a chilean insurance already and just wanted an insurance for Argentina since several persons have mentioned that a mercosur insurance that covers several countries in SA could relatively easy be purchased there and an argentiean insurance so that I could get over the border as several persons lately have mentioned that argentieans do check if you have insurance when you enter Argentina and if not one would not be let in.
Almost accidently I asked in my very bad spanish if they sold insurance that covered several paises in SA and the employee said "si". And so I asked which countries and the price for different time periods and voila - there I had it.

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Hi!

We would like to re-check something with insurances as well! We're on two Colombian motorbikes, both with valid insurance(SOAT) on our own name. We'll cross the border to Ecuador in a week. One of the bikes has SOAT till the 28th of december 2016. We don't have to renew this insurance right? Because we're leaving Colombia before the insurance expires and we'll get new insurance at the border of Ecuador?

Thank you very much!