by Sarah Clements | Jul 3, 2018 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) is the term given to intelligent technology added to vehicles to help assist motorists with their driving. It is believed that ADAS could be transformative to road safety whilst we await fully automated, driverless vehicles....
by Sarah Clements | Jun 28, 2018 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
There has been much discussion in the media around motor fraud and its impact on insurance premiums in recent years and it seems that this isn’t an issue which is likely to go away anytime soon. In fact, cases of organised motor fraud involving criminal gangs who...
by Sarah Clements | Jun 26, 2018 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
One of the most obvious pre-requisites for driving safely is having good vision, however one in three optometrists report seeing patients who continue to drive despite their eye sight being below the required standard. This has resulted in recent calls from the...
by Sarah Clements | Jun 21, 2018 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
Whiplash claims have reached what seems to be an endemic level in recent years, with figures showing that despite a reduction in the amount of road traffic accidents reported in the last decade, personal injury claims from such accidents are 50% higher. With whiplash...
by Sarah Clements | Jun 19, 2018 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
We blogged back in February about the drastic shortage of qualified HGV drivers in the UK, with the Haulage Association estimating a current shortfall of up to 60,000 drivers. A recent survey carried out by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) showed a perception...
