They sell it, now you need a soapex and it's for foreign vehicles. But it's only valid where you drive in Chile.


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Well - as for now I have been visiting 5 different insurance companies/offices from Concepsion south to Valdivia and none of them could offer me any insurance at all. Not for Chile, not for Argentina and not for several countries in SA. If it continues like this I wount be able to make it even to Argentina...

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As stated in previous post, I attempted to call ATM insurance of Argentina to ask if they sold "Mercosur" or "limitrofes" (insurance for bordering countries). The tel number is a free number from within Argentina, but did not accept my Skype calls.

So, I tried to ask the question on the blog at their website but the blog was not working.

ATM motorcycle insurance information for Argentina is available via web site : ATM Seguros
office is in Buenos Aires, Argentina Florida 833 2nd Floor (downtown Buenos Aires)
phone 0810 345 6286 Web site states coverage is for all of Argentina, I could not find info about bordering countries.

Perhaps Javier -Javcap - someone in Argentina can confirm if "limitrofes" / partial Mercosur coverage in available from the ATM insurance company of Argentina.

I do recall that it might make a difference if a tourist is buying insurance for a foreign registered bike as opposed to for a bike registered in the country where he/she is purchasing the insurance. And, some coverage is available only for citizens or permanent foreign residents with an address in country.

Many countries will not insure foreign registered bikes.

It makes sense to me that a company - if insuring for various countries, (Mercosur) that the company would want a local - in country - address for the insured. So, tourists may not qualify for the Mercosur coverage if it exists.

Sorry I was not more helpful. Also, it is possible the bikes registered in Mercosur countries might be ore easily insured than bike registered in a non Mercosur country. Learn about Mercosur here:

Mercosur: South America's Fractious Trade Bloc - Council on Foreign Relations

and here: Explainer: What Is Mercosur? | AS/COA

Updated August 12, 2015 — The Southern Common Market is one of the world’s leading economic blocs and its fifth-largest economy. Mercosur comprises five member countries—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela—and Bolivia is in the final stages of the accession to become the sixth member. Known as Mercosur in Spanish or Mercosul in Portuguese, the group encompasses 295 million people and has a combined GDP of nearly $3.5 trillion. One of Latin America’s largest regional integration projects, Mercosur also counts Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname serve as associate members.

I do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I do say a prayer for the souls of the indigenous peoples of North America, please join me.
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I purchased my SOAP for Chile in line. This available for foreign vehicles in Chile. Only in Chile. Only vehicles with Chilean plates can get for Mercosur countries. There was a WhatsApp contact to answer questions and had to pay by PayPal
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I was finally able to buy an insurance for my bike in Tarija Bolivia at Fortaleza Seguros. The price was 50 USD for 6 months coverage. They also had monthly coverage for 30 USD. Its supposed to be valid for several countries in SA such as Bolivia, Praguay, Uruguy, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil.
Details on iOverlander.

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just to make it easier to find later - iOverlander | Insurance Office

you say "supposed to be valid..." does it state countries covered on it on the paperwork to show officials if asked

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ad Snakeboy - Scam Alert: sorry to hear about your bad luck with Gisela. Others had better luck with this contact. Bea and Helle from timetoride bought their insurance online with Gisela, and they seemed to have no problem. But this was 2 or 3 years before your problem.

I am now in the same situation. Shipping me and my bike in October to Montevideo, and looking now for an insurance for South America. Anyone here who has latest infos? Or who got insurance for SA online lately?

Thanks in advance for every tip!

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!

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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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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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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'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