Hi UKJeeper,

succcessfully as in you successfully filled in the formular or as in you got insurance? Because:

https://www.fernet.com/Pages/overseas.htm

Got insurance. Yes, it's misleading. However when I called them, they're going through Progressive, as Dairyland pulled out.

Weird. There is a thread on the facebook page at the moment. A bunch of us trying to find insurance. Everyone who has foned progressive directly so far has been told that progressive does not currently offer insurance to foreign registered bikes unless they are going to be registered as a us bike within a month of the policy. So you would not be able to claim from them.

Maybe they have changed their policy in the last couple of days? Has your agent checked the fineprint? Or have progressive confirmed this?
Any chance you could post a copy of your policy?



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Don't talk to Progressive. Call Fernet.

OK, I've been trying to get some clarification on this for the past week or so and keep hitting brick walls and getting different info.

Fernet are agents for Progressive so you'd think they would know but I have my doubts. Cheryl at Fernet is off sick and a girl called Phyllis is doing her job. She has heard of the social media chat and when pressed, Phyllis says she doesnt really know if the cover will be live. She's working hard but I'm not she really knows what's happening but no one has told her that progressive will not insure.

I spoke with Jens at Lion Insurance today who I've also been dealing with. Jens is a progressive agent and he categorically told me that Progressive WILL NOT insure foreign bikes in the USA. He has no idea how Fernet are doing it but when progressive find out that a bike is foreign registered and you do not live there, they will cancel the policy so you will be f*cked. They will refund you the money but that doesn't help if you aren't insured. He's been at it for years and I'm inclined to believe he knows what he's talking about.

After this, I called Progressive directly and spoke to a guy who asked all the right people and he confirmed Progressive will not insure us. Foreign vehicles are regarded as transient and cannot be insured through Progressive.

Quite how Fernet are doing this is anyones guess as they only use Progressives online applications. Phyllis told me they never speak to them. Now I'm not saying they do anything illegal but I do wonder if they are filling in teh forms as if the US address we give is our home address. If this is the way they do it, the policy would be null and void in the event of an incident.

As far as I can see, no one will currently insure foreign vehicles in the US and Canada so if anyone knows different, shout up.

I've dealt with Phyllis several times through this whole flustercluck. She is, I've found, not the brightest bulb. I've had to steer her straight on several screw ups. I have a policy and written confirmation, from Cheryl, that it's good to go. Wish Cheryl had picked a better time to go sick.

That's really interesting as I've been told by progressive that they do not cover foreign vehicles and Lion has confirmed that.

Did you get a 12 months policy?