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Car insurance in Denmark

  • 27-02-2015 4:36pm
    #1
    m4r10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭


    I'll be going to Denmark for a week in May and was planning on renting a car, but a friend told me that they have a car they could give me for the said period. I don't know how the insurance system works over there, if it's the driver or the car that is insured so I'm a bit unsure of accepting the offer.

    Can anybody shed a bit of light on this for me? Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    conor_ie
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 1,809 ✭✭✭conor_ie


    m4r10 wrote: »
    I'll be going to Denmark for a week in May and was planning on renting a car, but a friend told me that they have a car they could give me for the said period. I don't know how the insurance system works over there, if it's the driver or the car that is insured so I'm a bit unsure of accepting the offer.

    Can anybody shed a bit of light on this for me? Thanks in advance.

    Ask your friend if you can be added to their policy while your in Denmark, if their insurance company agrees to it you'd need to email over front and back pictures of your driving license.


  • #3
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    In a lot of European countries, it's the car that's insured not the driver so it doesn't matter who drives (as long as they're not disqualified of course). I presume you'll be staying in the countryside as you won't need a car in Copenhagen.


  • #4
    m4r10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭m4r10


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    In a lot of European countries, it's the car that's insured not the driver so it doesn't matter who drives (as long as they're not disqualified of course). I presume you'll be staying in the countryside as you won't need a car in Copenhagen.

    That's what I was thinking as well, that it would be the car that's insured as opposed to the driver here in Ireland. Let's hope my friend puts my mind as ease about this by confirming the above.


  • #5
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    In a lot of European countries, it's the car that's insured not the driver so it doesn't matter who drives (as long as they're not disqualified of course). I presume you'll be staying in the countryside as you won't need a car in Copenhagen.

    Never take this as a given, the company can have restrictions on age, how long the license has been held and also they may have a problem with non residents driving.

    Better for your friend to ring the insurance company.


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