by Sarah Clements | Nov 7, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
Over the past two years the police have caught over 4,000 lorry drivers committing driving offences, as part of a special operation using an unmarked HGV. Driving offences have included: Steering a lorry with his knees while a driver ate his lunch and used a mobile...
by Sarah Clements | Nov 7, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
The Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, was at the ABI yesterday where he announced 10 criteria set out by insurers to qualify a vehicle as automated: Naming: clearly describes automated capability Law abiding: complies with UK traffic laws and the...
by Sarah Clements | Nov 3, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Personal insurance
If your car or van has been involved in an accident recently you may have been surprised to find out how even quite minor damage can deem your vehicle a write-off. But what constitutes a write-off and did you know that there are different categories of write-off? In...
by Sarah Clements | Oct 27, 2017 | Business insurance, Cyber insurance
There have been a number of high profile cyber attacks reported in the media this year – shipping giant Maersk lost $200m in an attack; courier TNT was severely affected by the same incident; and the NHS has suffered a number of ransomware attacks – to name but...
by Sarah Clements | Oct 25, 2017 | Business insurance, Vaping insurance
The modern e-cigarette was first marketed in 2004 and, since then, there has been significant growth in the number of vapers globally. In the UK alone, there are now almost 3 million people who vape regularly, four times more than in 2012. This is a market that has...
