Rwanda - Obtain a Motor insurance

ProcedureEdit

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 DocumentsEdit

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

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

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 [email protected]

[email protected]

+(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: [email protected]

Web-site: www.uap-group.com

Phone : +252500905 7

EligibilityEdit

All motor vehicle owners in Rwanda

FeesEdit

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

ValidityEdit

Motor insurance is valid for one year.

Documents to UseEdit

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Sample DocumentsEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

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

InstructionsEdit

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

Required InformationEdit

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 DocumentEdit

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 helpEdit

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.

External LinksEdit

http://ycmis.comesa.int/?page_id=41