A friend of mine from AB is going to be out of the country for several months this winter. He's letting me borrow his truck, but I have to insure it myself. No problem there.
He still owns it, and he lives in Alberta, so it has to be registered there. I was told that in order to register, you need to show proof of Alberta insurance. This is where the problem comes in.
I explained the arrangement to my insurance company in detail, they are fine with it, said they'll cover a car that someone else owns and is registered elsewhere while I'm borrowing it. They said this is not uncommon because college students often borrow parents vehicles while they are out of state at school. They did make me list the registered owner on my policy, but said they won't increase my rate if that person doesn't live where the car will be, has their own insurance on another vehicle, and won't be driving it. All good there.
I can't just register it here even if I wanted to because I don't own it, no bill of sale, and even a dummy one (sell it to me, I sell it back) would result in me owing a ton of sales tax on a truck that isn't even mine, so that's a non-starter.
I also can't get an AB insurance policy because I don't live there (and the truck won't even be there during this time).
If I have this right, the only thing I can come up with is having him get some bare minimum PLPD on it to satisfy the AB registry with proof of insurance, pay him extra to cover that, then get full coverage on my own policy. If anything ever happens to it, I'd claim it on my own, so that AB policy is irrelevant anyway. And maybe have him cancel the policy after the registration, and get a partial refund back, since, again, it's legally insured (does this void the registration? I don't know if they'd know, and as far as I can tell, the requirement to be insured is still met).
Not trying to cheat anything, just can't find a way to make that work and keep everyone happy. Not sure why the AB registry cares where it's insured, but it's making things harder than they need to be.