What about roadside assistance abroad?

Assistance after an accident is covered as standard on your car insurance policy. More and more insurers want to go a step further by also offering roadside assistance. Not only within the Netherlands, but also breakdown assistance abroad is increasingly offered by insurers.
With roadside assistance in the Netherlands, you are insured if you break down in the Netherlands. This insurance can be interesting if you rarely make long trips outside the Netherlands. If you regularly take your car across the border, you can opt for roadside assistance abroad instead of roadside assistance Netherlands.

When taking out roadside assistance insurance, be careful not to double insure yourself for roadside assistance. In fact, there is often a similar service for new cars from the car brand.
For many years, the roadside assistance was the only provider of roadside assistance. Nowadays, there are several providers, so prices have dropped tremendously.

Car breakdown abroad

Even if your car breaks down abroad, you obviously want to be helped as quickly as possible. Allianz Assistance is ideal if you regularly travel by car. You can choose the areas for which you take out roadside assistance insurance. You can take out Allianz Global Assistance roadside assistance separately and it fits with any car insurance policy. Even if you have not taken out your car insurance throughalpina.nl , it is possible to take out this roadside assistance insurance. You can take out Allianz Global Assistence up to 1 year in the future. The premium will then also only be collected in the future.

On the French freeway, if your car breaks down, you will be helped by salvagers. Only salvage companies have the authority to help people. You will be taken by these salvagers to a garage where they will check exactly what is wrong and here the repair will take place. Along French highways there are talking posts that allow you to call for help. When you call for help via such a talking post, it is immediately clear to the emergency services where you are and you do not have to explain.

The premium amount for the Car breakdown abroad module is logically higher than if you choose only breakdown assistance within the Netherlands. The difference in often so that the difference in premium is relatively small. This is because the insured area with worldwide breakdown assistance is much larger than when you only get breakdown assistance in the Netherlands. If you regularly drive your car abroad, global roadside assistance is worth considering.

Car breakdown assistance abroad

With Allianz Global Assistance roadside assistance insurance, you can count on fast and professional help wherever you need it, all year round. This very complete roadside assistance insurance is already available from €2.49 per month.

You can also take out Allianz Global Assistance for motorcycles. This applies in the areas for which the breakdown insurance is taken out. That means that this is also possible abroad.

Allianz Global Assistance is the world leader in assistance. They offer a very complete and professional service. They have their own emergency centers in 28 countries with thousands of employees and contracts with universal emergency services, rental companies and car companies. Allianz Global Assistance has its own fleet of replacement cars abroad. Most cars have a tow bar, and in winter most are equipped with winter tires and a ski box, so you can get back on the road quickly.

Need help taking out the car breakdown assistance abroad module? We are happy to help you! Please contact us. We can be reached Monday to Friday from 08:00-18:00 on telephone number 088-6883700.

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