Getting mercosur in Uruguay
 

Hi ...

I am a South African starting a motorcycle trip of South America. I shipped my bike from South Africa to Montevideo in Uruguay and now I'm having difficulty finding Mercosur insurance cover.

Apparently Mercosur cover is easy to get if you're a local, but everywhere I've looked I've been told there's no mercosur insurance product available in Uruguay for foreigners. I have a 1 month tourist travelers insurance with BSE at the moment, valid for Uruguay only.

I'm heading to Argentina in a month via Fray Bento so I need cover before then. I plan on visiting most of South America but for now, I need cover for Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia (not sure if this country is covered by Mercosur), and Chile.

As a last resort, I can head into argentina via a border crossing that does not ask for insurance (I heard the crossing near Paysandu is pretty lax), then get Mercosur cover once I'm in argentina, but I would prefer to be properly covered before then.

For now I have emailed a few insurance companies and I'm waiting for responses.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

any updates to share
 

hi .. i was just wondering how you sorted your insurance out .. thanks for sharing.

insurance Montevideo
 

Hi I leave my bike in montevideo and return once a year there is a Insurance guy in the old town they can give you an insurance but its minimum 3 month
Its through Allianz I only have his what's up number left on my phone

+598 96 201 790

company is

wave-logistics.com

they also can organize shipping your bike

hope this helps

cheers Henri

Try Willis in Buenos Aires. We bought Mercosur insurance from them prior to arriving in Argentina which covered us for the region. It was a while ago so our details may be out of date however try gonzalezvibertim@willis.com. If this is out of date check at www.willis.com .