Riding in Bosnia - Insurance

[Georgio Scorchio]

Has anyone ridden to Bosnia? I'm setting off in September and Carole Nash won't cover riding or breakdowns in Bosnia
Anyone know a way around this?
Thanks

[1675]

I'm with Catole Nash too and thought they covered all of the former Yugoslavia with both insurance and recovery.
Have you actually spoken to them, I have always found them helpful. Having said that, a friend needed recovery after a breakdown and the operator told him Scotland wasn't in the UK.
If they don't cover you, you may find you can get insurance on the border, which I have done for Armenia, Albania and Montenegro (I think it was). It was cheap, but very much doubt it would cover much at all if needed.
As for recovery insurance, you may be on your own and need someone with a van. I always find being 1000 miles away from your recovery insurance sharpens ones mind!

[Georgio Scorchio]

Thanks, Yes I' spoke to a couple of the reps (needed a second opinion) but both confirmed Bosnia is excluded.
Hooked up on a bike forum called Horizons Unlimited where there is some info. on this.  Apparently the border kiosks for insurance have been removed now and you have to obtain cover in the nearest town which seems a bit bizarre, but if that's what I have to do, then I'll do it.. in Mostar

[1675]

Just had a rethink, age was to blame!!
I only had to get insurance in montenegro and Albania  because my green card ( given by your insurer to extend your cover in certain countries) only lasted for 4 weeks and I ended up being away for seven.
The cover in Armenia was around £15 and in the other 2 countries about 60 euros.
Still not convinced I was covered for much though!

[Georgio Scorchio]

Update on Bosnia Insurance should anyone be considering riding to this amazing country.
We crossed the border into Bosnia from Split at Granični. You just need your licence and registration document.
From there we were advised to go to Grude where there is an insurance office.
Full cover for 10 days was 11 Euros, so worth doing if only for peace of mind.

Its located next to the Police Station.  We struggled to find it as no-one spoke English, or French or German etc
A screenager with Google Translate came to the rescue!
Link to map below..

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@43.364027,17.4191195,18.49z/data=!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu

[1675]

Any ideas what your 11 euros covers?
Or is it just a very basic cover to allow you to ride in Bosnia?

[Georgio Scorchio]

Difficult to decipher ... we were given one form covering the third party and one form covering self.. looking very official with a multitude of stamps.
However, its all in cyrillic so who knows.. and we had sod all other options, other than to cancel our current policies and take out a new 12month policy with another company at an exorbitant price which was a rip-off. The lady who did speak a bit of English assured us it covered all.... academic now... it sufficed for the three days we were there

[Georgio Scorchio]

The key thing was we were in a country that's not EU ... if we had put someone in hospital or worse without insurance, I suspect it would have been a spell in a cell till we paid up.
The police paid a lot of attention to us at the border... probably because we had a group with us from the States on German registered bikes.

The funniest bit was there was an Austrian on a GS in front of us at the border... once he went through the Croation border gate, he took off at great pace much to the excitement of the Bosnians who were ready to do whatever to stop him... he had to wheel his bike all the way back to the Bosnian gate to have his passport stamped in ... he then took off again and the same happened as he didn't stop at the customs gate.. it was quite comical but made you aware this was not your normal border crossing, and the Bosnian police took great exception to any messing about. 

[1675]

An oaf on a GS?
Well I never.