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Rwanda - Obtain a Motor insurance


Procedure

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  • To getmotor vehicle insurance the vehicle owner has to visit an insurance provider and present a Yellow card,
  • The applicant then signs a contract with the insurance company (this is renewable and flexible depending on the wishes of the vehicle owner.)
  • The applicant then makes payment for the insurance premium of his/her choice(this can also be paid in installments and it is done annually).





Required Documents

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  • Form for applying for insurance
  • National identity card
  • Drivers permit
  • Car log book (yellow book)






Office Locations & Contacts

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http://www.bnr.rw/index.php?id=321

NATIONAL BANK OF RWANDA

http://www.bnr.rw

National Bank of Rwanda

KN6 Avenue, 4

P.O Box 531 Kigali Rwanda

Customer Care Email customercare@bnr.rw

info@bnr.rw

+(250)59142200

+(250)59142231


UAP INSURANCE RWANDA LIMITED

Grand pension Plaza 7th Floor,

BP 6644 Kigali, Rwanda

Telephone: +250 252 500905-7, Fax: +250 252 500908

E-mail: uapinsurancerw@uap-group.com

Web-site: www.uap-group.com

Phone : +252500905 7





Eligibility

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All motor vehicle owners in Rwanda




Fees

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  • For Aluminum Insurance one pays 372,441 Rwandan francs per annul,
  • while third-Party- one pays 55,316 Rwandan francs.



Validity

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Motor insurance is valid for one year.



Documents to Use

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Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links





Sample Documents

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Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.




Processing Time

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It takes between 2 to 7 working days to obtain motor insurance in Rwanda.




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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	





Instructions

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That all Motor vehicles are compulsory to carry a Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance Scheme




Required Information

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  • Full Name
  • PIN NO.
  • Occupation/Profession
  • Contacts
  • Postal Address
  • Age
  • Period of Insurance
  • Vehicle Registration Number
  • Vehicle Chassis number
  • Engine Number
  • Make of Vehicle
  • Type of body
  • Vehicle Cubic Capacity
  • Year of Manufacture
  • For what purpose will the vehicle be used?





Need for the Document

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Car insurance is mandatory in Rwanda. Insurance providers include: SONARWA, SORAS, CORAR, COGEAR and others. The motor vehicle insurance covers third party liability, material damage and theft, permanent disability and bodily injury to passengers on board.




Information which might help

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  • The Council of Ministers at its sixth meeting, which was held in Bujumbura, Burundi in July, 1985 decided that a compulsory Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance Scheme be established
  • and the Protocol on the Establishment of the Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance Scheme was signed on December 4, 1986 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by fourteen countries.
  • Following the signing of the agreement on the implementation of the Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance Scheme, known as the Inter-Bureaux Agreement on April 26, 1987, Lusaka, Zambia (in conformity with the provisions of the Protocol by National Bureaux designated by governments to administer the operations of the Scheme in their countries ) and the ratification of the Protocol on the establishment of the Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance by the eleven member countries, namely:
  • Burundi,
  • Ethiopia,
  • Kenya,
  • Rwanda,
  • Swaziland,
  • (then also Somalia),
  • Tanzania,
  • Uganda,
  • Zambia
  • and Zimbabwe.
  • The COMESA Yellow Card Scheme was implemented and started its operations in the above member states.




Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.





External Links

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Others

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Proof of insurance is required when applying to register a Motor Vehicle




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