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Commercial Vehicle Insurance Questions

The commercial vehicle is a very flexible thing, vans specifically. They can be had with anything from 2 to 15 seats, depending on how many people you want to carry, and/or a load bay from half a ton up to two tons or more, all within something nearly as wieldy as a family car.

Damaged Roads Causing Damaged Vans

Last year the UK had one of the coldest snaps for many years, and not only did this affect travel in the ways that you might expect from snow and ice causing accidents and congestion, but it also caused a lot of damage to roads. This is down to the way ice forms.

Why Public Liability Insurance Is Important

Why is public liability insurance so necessary for a business? Well, I came across a tale of a public liability claim that ideally illustrates what could happen if a business neglects to cover themselves for this kind of thing and what the consequences could be.

Five Common Issues with Van Insurance

The commercial vehicle is used for a variety of tasks – transporting cargo, tools or people, so there is a wide variety of types of commercial vehicle. Because the humble commercial or van, can differ so much, so can it’s insurance premium, and sometimes policyholders can unwittingly fall foul of the differences in policy wordings. Here are a few common questions.

Insuring Your Office

There are many different insurers offering products to protect your office. Normally, this involves several different covers wrapped up in the one package policy. Not only is this more convenient for insurers, but it is more convenient for the policyholder, and that’s just the start of the benefits. Due to the spread of risks, insurers can offer a standardised product at a more competitive price than otherwise, potentially attracting more business to them, but this also results in cheaper rates, and wider cover, for the buyer too.

Theft Prevention Tips for Vans

Van theft in the UK is now so common place that 2 of Britain’s most stolen vehicles are the Ford Transit and the Mercedes Sprinter. The Ford being stolen more than any other car or van. Partly, as a result of this, insurance rates for these vehicles have gone up recently.

The In’s and Out’s of Van Insurance

Surprisingly, there’s a lot more to van insurance than you would think.

Cheaper Ways to run your Van

Being green has it’s benefits. Vans are not usually the cheapest vehicles to run, and what with fuel prices going ever skywards, it’s simple common sense to do what you can.

Roofers Insurance

The roof above us is something the vast majority of us are lucky enough to benefit from, but give little consideration to. Considering shelter is one of the very basic needs we all have, it’s important that the roof of our home is weatherproof and durable. Of course, although a roof has a long working life, that life is not indefinite and at some point work is going to have to be done on it. At this point a roofing company needs to be chosen, but how can you avoid the cowboys?