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What to ask your broker about lorry haulage insurance Insuring your lorry is unlikely to prove unduly difficult but there are nevertheless a number of considerations that make it different to the more straight forward process of insuring your private motor car. So that you succeed in getting the lorry haulage insurance you require, the…

Haulage is typically defined as the carriage of another person’s or company’s goods for hire and reward. If this is the principal activity of your business, you may want to give serious consideration to the need for haulage insurance. The haulage industry The haulage industry plays a significant role in the UK economy by ensuring…

Benefits of HGV Insurance If you are going to use a Heavy Goods Vehicle on the roads or other public space, the law demands that you have a minimum level of third party insurance. Whilst insurance may be something you have little choice but to arrange, are there any benefits that come to you in…

Looking for HGV Insurance Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) may be used for a whole variety of purposes which may be broadly categorised by the following use categories adopted by insurers: haulage insurance – the insurance necessary for an HGV to be used for the carriage of goods for hire or reward or in other words…

Do I need goods in transit insurance? At some time or another practically everything we buy may have been described as goods in transit. These are the products or goods that need to find their way from one part of the world – either just down the street or from the other side of the…

What is haulage insurance and is it the same as HGV Insurance? There may be times when the terms commonly used in the insurance of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) may be less than precise. Nevertheless, it may be helpful to establish some of the ground rules in order to ensure that you get the insurance…

What about those Christmas presents!? This month the Sky News channel reported that Christmas deliveries are under serious threat of being made because of a shortage of HGV drivers. The report drew on warnings from the Freight Transport Association, which has warned that there are simply not enough drivers prepared to invest the amount it…

Finding suitable lorry insurance There may be many considerations to take into account when searching for insurance for your lorry. It may be helpful, however, to take a look at one crucial aspect and that is who is going to be driving your HGV: it may be an important factor in determining the cost of…

Top tips to save money on HGV Insurance It is an expensive business operating a haulage operation. There is your investment in the HGV itself, of course, but then a host of other running expenses that are likely to include: paying your drivers; vehicle licensing and tax-heavy fuel costs; a seemingly endless need for repairs…

What is the difference between van and haulage insurance? Conventionally, the word haulage simply means the carriage of goods for hire or reward. Whether the goods are being transported by the ubiquitous white van or a mammoth heavy goods vehicle, therefore, the principle may be very much the same – the carriage of goods for…