Depending on the car, you can try the http://www.dayinsure.com/ which was recommended from my dealer in UK. I could not get a quote for the Audi i am waiting for. The answer was that they are not willing to underwrite.

What you also can do is to go to Strassenverkehrsamt and they will give you temporary plates. I think it is for max 4 days and cost 100 CHF. These are called Tagesschilder in german. The trick is, they are only third party liability so no comprehensive (Kasko) insurance is from them available.

I also talked to my insurer and he said that Swiss insurance companies won't give an insurance with foreign plates. I will clarify this as my car is ready for collect in UK and i am struggling to get a full insurance.

Hi,

Can you tell me how the Swiss customs valued the car once it was here? Do they take the invoice value and convert it to Swiss francs? I am also looking at buying a BMW from UK.

thanks

I got lucky with one swiss company. So the car is now in Switzerland. All the others said it was not possible to have an insurance unless the car had a swiss serial number.

If you need more details you can PM me.