Insurance from a UK company??

caddy2

Im just wondering is it possible to get insurance from a company in the UK,when the business is operating in Ireland and is an Irish business

Otis Driftwood

Ehhh,why would you want to do that?

Wouldnt it be much easier to get insured with an Irish based insurer?

coylemj

The bigger insurance companies like Allianz and Aviva will refer you to their Irish office, any UK insurer with no Irish operation which elects to take your money will probably give you the runaround if you try to claim, I'd avoid it I was you.

caddy2

ok thanks guys, interesting about the claims situation

ravima

I'd reccommend paying the extra and staying in Ireland. Remember when the UK Independent went belly up, the Irish policyholders were not covered at all. Unlike the UK policyholders of Quin.

Richie_c

What does your business do?

Don't listen to people talking about the run around from a claims perspective, its b/s. There's any number of london / lloyds based companies offering products in the Irish market through various different schemes and various Irish companies!

oldyouth

Richie_c wrote: »

What does your business do?

Don't listen to people talking about the run around from a claims perspective, its b/s. There's any number of london / lloyds based companies offering products in the Irish market through various different schemes and various Irish companies!

Yes, but they are operating through underwriting agencies based here. I, personally, would not deal directly with the UK companies purely from a service point of view

aujopimur

ravima wrote: »

I'd reccommend paying the extra and staying in Ireland. Remember when the UK Independent went belly up, the Irish policyholders were not covered at all. Unlike the UK policyholders of Quin.

I had a uk indepndent classic car policy thru' Carole Nash, I was covered when they went belly up.

Richie_c

oldyouth wrote: »

Richie_c wrote: »

What does your business do?

Don't listen to people talking about the run around from a claims perspective, its b/s. There's any number of london / lloyds based companies offering products in the Irish market through various different schemes and various Irish companies!

Yes, but they are operating through underwriting agencies based here. I, personally, would not deal directly with the UK companies purely from a service point of view

I'm fully aware of that! There's no one operating in Ireland from a UK base (that I'm aware of) so he'd have to use a broker! In terms of claims thats what they're paid to do so he shouldn't have any issues with dealing with the the insurers claims departments. I've placed business into Lloyds with no issues

ravima

UK Independent MOTOR policies were OK as that is COMPULSORY insurance in both IRELAND and UK.

Pity the employers who had EMPLOYER LIABILITY claims and who had to close down. EL is not compulsory in IRELAND so tough...........

oldyouth

Richie_c wrote: »

There's no one operating in Ireland from a UK base (that I'm aware of) so he'd have to use a broker!

There are many

Richie_c

oldyouth wrote: »

Richie_c wrote: »

There's no one operating in Ireland from a UK base (that I'm aware of) so he'd have to use a broker!

There are many

Such as?