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Old 6 May 2019
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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?
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any updates to share

hi .. i was just wondering how you sorted your insurance out .. thanks for sharing.
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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
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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 It was a while ago so our details may be out of date however try gonzalezvibertim@willis.com. If this is out of date check at www.willis.com .
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