US resident, bike insurance for UK Holiday
Hi,
I have been looking through some related threads but cant find anything specific to my issue so apologies if I have missed something.
I am a UK resident and a friend and I are booked to go to the Isle of Man for the TT races this June. I naively figured he could simply borrow my other bike and secure temp / short term insurance. Little did I know that most if not all UK insurance companies will not touch non-UK residents (He is an American citizen with an american license). The bike is in my name and is insured by me but I am unable to add him to my insurance policy and as yet have not found anyone willing to offer temp cover. The big insurance companies (Bennetts, MCE, CN etc) have been absolutely no help at all! All we need is cover to make it legal for him to ride...I am not worried about the level of cover only that he is fully legal.
Has anyone else managed to find a solution to this? I have seen an older thread where an American citizen secured insurance through a German underwriter for a trip to Europe on a UK registered motorbike but had to register the bike in their name, unfortunately all the links are dead now. In any event, I am not sure how that would work if they do not have a UK registered home address...?
The short answer of course is to hire a motorcycle but that can get very expensive, very quickly.
Any advice will be greatly received as I am running out of ideas!
Thanks.
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