Hi Matt

So you paid in Serbia, did you pass through any other of the ex-Yougoslav states?
We are looking to come across from Romania toward the Adriatic, but I am keen to slip into Kosovo en-route as well.

rob

You can buy insurance on most boarders in those countries. The prices vary wildly thou... I paid over 100 euro for Serbia.

What we did is got a lady at a hotel we happened to go into at a vineyard in Croatia to right us a note! It read something along the lines of "sir, needs a green card insurance". Really helped us at the border!also got a few laughs......

Dan

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We [wife n i] went through and stayed in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Hertzogovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, Serbia again and through to Bulgaria with just the green card from Carole Nash. I did tell them i was going there first tho. Oh and Turkey. In 2009.

Hi Rob,

The only other ex-yugo states I've been through are Croatia and Slovenia, in 2009. No problems with green card insurance in either.

Matt

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*Disclaimer* - I am not saying my bike is better than your bike. I am not saying my way is better than your way. I am not mocking your religion/politics/other belief system. When reading my post imagine me sitting behind a frothing pint of ale, smiling and offering you a bag of peanuts. This is the sentiment in which my post is made. Please accept it as such!

For what it's worth, I have just driven from the UK to Belgrade and back. Prior to leaving I searched high and low for insurance in the UK that would cover me in Serbia.
My current insurer (Admiral) didn't cover me. The only way to do it would have been to cancel my current insurance and take out a new policy with somebody like RSA but this wouldn't have made economical sense as my whole family are on Admiral's Multi Car policy. I even considered taking out an additional policy with the intention of cancelling when we got back; but this I was told was not allowed. So we set off with the intention of buying what I expected to be a fairly worthless, third party policy at the border for an exorbitant sum just in order to stay on the right side of the law.
However when we reached the border (near Lipovac) where we have bought insurance in the past, the authorities assured us that, as of Jan 1st 2012 we were covered by our UK policy, so there was nothing to worry about.
My wife who speaks fluent Serbian could not get them to understand that we were not covered and that we would like to purchase Serbian insurance. He told us that this was no longer necessary or possible as the facility did not exist at the border anymore.
So the outcome was, we had a very nervous week driving around Serbia knowing we were uninsured. Something they would no doubt have been happy to point out to us in the event of a claim...... If I had caused a serious accident, the consequences in a country like that don't bear thinking about. We breathed a heavy sigh of relief when we were back in Croatia!
The only solution I can suggest to this very unsatisfactory situation is to plan well ahead and change your UK insurance, when it comes up for renewal, to one of the few companies who will cover you in Serbia - even then, you will have complications if you go too far south in the vicinity of Kosovo.

This is a little off topic, but I've just moved to England from Netherlands.
I have 3rd party bike insurance thru MCE and I asked them how I get a Green Card.
They say they don't issue one and I don't need it.
My policy serves.

Is that right??

My Dutch insurance automatically sent me a Green Card.

UK insurance is VERY expensive compared to Dutch too.

Alan

Welcome to rip-off Britain.

Don't know if this will help anyone from the Uk, I have just recieved a green card from AXA ins, no problems and no extra cost.

Dave,

In case it's of help to anyone (this thread has been to me!) I'm with RAC motorcycle insurance, run by Devitt insurance and underwritten by Red Equity. As part of the insurance document it says, in a numbe rof languages, that the insurance document is now used instead of a green card. Further, I've just rung them and confirmed with both them and Red Equity that I'm covered for Serbia (but unfortunately not for Bosnia H or Montenegro).

I'm now with BMW Motorrad Insurance thru Devitt Insurance, underwritten by Allianz Insurance.
I jumped from MCE who were very expensive.
The BMW insurance is to a large part much cheaper because there's no broker's fee.

I asked about the Green Card and they say they will only do a selective one: you have to tell them in advance, there's a daily charge for it, and it only lasts a max of 90 days. And not all countries are covered: for instance not Russia.

So if you are looking at taking a big trip that includes Turkey or Russia it's probably worth changing companies. I think it could be quite pricey to buy 3rd party insurance at the Russian border for a foreign bike (but maybe I'm wrong).