I would be wary of insurances that require visual proof since that’s really never guaranteed. The insurance my friend got only needed proof that he purchased a

I would be wary of insurances that require visual proof since that’s really never guaranteed. The insurance my friend got only needed proof that he purchased a sufficient lock, which they do tell you beforehand, so you can just keep the bill as proof. Also, they need the police report. He got his money quickly. (This happened in Germany.) He even had one of those fancy GPS tracking looks-just-like-a-normal-tail-light. Neither the police nor the insurance cared and since he didn’t want to confront the thief (or more likely the buyer) all on his own when he got a signal a couple of weeks later he just dropped it …