HGV Drivers – A Winter’s Guide
Know your responsibilities, be informed and be prepared. HGV’s weigh between 3.5 tonnes to 44 tonnes and more. At this weight, they can do a lot of damage to pedestrians and other vehicles and their drivers, HGV drivers bear a huge responsibility to minimise risk in difficult driving conditions where it is very cold and…
Parliament / Government – Driver CPC Changes
As always, here at Isis Insurance we strive to keep our HGV drivers and owner / operators up to date with any changes in the Haulage and Logistics landscape, and the recent important changes to Driver CPC, approved by Parliament, is certainly worthy of an article. So, what’s happened? A major consultation on the future…
What type of questions will I need to answer for an HGV Insurance Quotation?
HGV Insurance – whilst the same underlying principles – is significantly different from your standard car insurance. Yes, it is a legal requirement to have lorry insurance the same as car insurance, but given the weight, size, mileage and cargo a truck might be carrying, the differences are significant! That’s one reason why…
Overnight Subsistence – Lorry Drivers
Lorry Driver Subsistence Allowances One of our HGV Insurance advisors here at Isis Insurance was last week chatting to a client about overnight subsistence allowances for HGV drivers. Many HGV drivers sleep away from home during the course of their work, either in a hotel or in their sleeper cab (if they have one.) Looking…
The Road Haulage Association say that more Government investment is required in HGV Driver facilities
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) say that more Government investment is required in HGV Driver facilities. This has been heightened recently as from 30th April 2024, lorries at both Dover and the Eurotunnel at Folkestone will be subject to more physical checks, and these extra delays might mean more HGV drivers having to park in…
Claims inflation impact on motor insurance premiums (including HGV Insurance)
It is an understatement to say that the last few years have been very challenging for the insurance industry – for insurers, insurance brokers and customers alike. The knock on impact is unfortunately with the end-users – the policyholders – who have been impacted with higher premiums and longer waits for motor insurance claims. To…
Is the HGV Driver Shortage Over in 2024?
They say “no news is good news” and this is probably the case in early 2024. Firstly, lets recap. A combination of factors contributed to an HGV driver shortage of 100,000 in 2021 which was crisis point for the UK Government. These factors were all hugely significant and included Covid-19, Brexit and changes to the…
Further evidence the HGV Driver shortage is decreasing
Whilst there is still an HGV driver shortage, the Government initiatives and other supply chain issues means that the HGV driver vacancies are being filled at a quicker rate than anytime in the last three years, which is great news for the Haulage industry. Recent figures suggest that the number of HGV driving vacancies has…
New HGV rules now the Brexit transition period has ended
Now that the Brexit transition period has ended since the UK left the EU on January 31st 2021, some may call this the end of the honeymoon period, new rules are now in place for HGV drivers entering and leaving Europe. Having the correct documentation in place, and producing a negative Covid test (if required),…