Bosnia insurance warning!

[pottsy]

Yesterday i passed from Serbia to Bosnia through the post at Vardiste.As usual i needed to buy insurance (UK insurance for EU only, etc) so was directed to the (solitary) hut selling insurance from "Kosig Dunav Osiguraje AD - Banja Luka". The guy there then charged me 30Euros for 3 days insurance... if i wanted 5 days it would be 50Euros etc. As i didn´t have any Euros left i paid the rough equivalent in Sterling. So i left none the wiser. In Sarajevo i visit the National Auto-Moto club BihAMK and they suggest i try another Sarajevo-based firm instead of having to go to Pale (a few Km´s out of Sarajevo) to extend with Kosig Dunav at the office there. So i visit "Sarajevo Osiguranje" and they offer 17 days for 17KM (about 9Euros!!).So i buy a policy there. I then visit the Tourist Info in Sarajevo to see if they can help with finding out about this massive change in costs. The lady there is fantastic help, ringing the Director of Kosig Dunav for an explanation... He says the true cost should have been 20Euros (not a lot of change there, then) so the Border guy has pocketed the difference. He had "forgotten" to print the true price of the policy on the Insurance note, you see. Turns out this (still) enormous price is the price at the Border for no Green Card. Utter rubbish, of course, as in Macedonia i paid 50Euro for 15 days, and Serbia 85Euro for a year (no option of course!). So i heartily recommend an email to saosfsar@bih.net.ba (or any other insurance co you can find)for info re a quote for Bosnia insurance.