Whether you’re managing a large nationwide fleet of coaches or a small local bus service, we can help you get the insurance cover you’re looking for.

When it comes to insuring your bus and coach fleet in the UK, there are several coverage options to consider:

• Comprehensive Bus & Coach Cover: This is the most extensive coverage option, protecting your vehicles against a wide range of risks, including accidents, theft, fire, and vandalism. It also covers third-party liability, ensuring that you are protected if your vehicles cause damage to other people or property.
• Third-Party, Fire, and Theft: This option provides coverage for damage caused to third parties, as well as protection against fire and theft. It is a more affordable option compared to comprehensive coverage but offers less protection.
• Public Liability Insurance: This is essential for bus and coach operators, as it covers your legal costs and compensation one of your passengers or amember of the public is injured, or their property is damaged due to your business activities.
• Employers’ Liability Insurance: You are legally required to hold this cover in the UK if you have employees. It covers you for legal costs and for injury, illness or disease where there is legal liability.
• Breakdown and Recovery: This minimises disruption to your operations by ensuring that your vehicles can be quickly repaired or recovered if they break down,.
• Windscreen Cover: Damaged windscreens can be a common issue for buses and coaches. This option covers the cost of repairing or replacing damaged them when you need to.
• Goods in Transit: If your vehicles carry goods, this protects against loss or damage to those goods while they are being transported.
• Medical Expenses: This covers medical expenses for passengers who are injured while traveling on your vehicles.
• Legal Expenses: This covers the legal costs you may encounter when defending claims made against your business.

At Anthony Jones, we are partnered with DAC Beachcroft whose criminal motor defence lawyers work closely with our clients and ourselves on issues of civil and criminal liability.

In the event of a serious motor accident, we can offer a service that includes:

• A dedicated 24/7 helpline connecting your drivers with a specialist lawyer for advice as soon as a collision occurs.
• Attendance at police station interviews and early dialogue with the police to advise the driver from the moment the collision occurs.
• Pragmatic advice as to the charges faced, ramifications of those charges and advice/representation in the event of being charged.
• A dedicated Police Misconduct Defence team.
• As well as a telephone helpline the DACB Crisis Room app can provide an organisation, and specifically their fleet drivers, with urgent access to legal advice should a driver be involved in a fatal or serious injury road traffic collision.

Using Anthony Jones for your bus and coach insurance offers:

• • Expertise and Knowledge: We can help you find the best deals around with our knowledge of the insurance market and the access we have to several markets.
  • Access to Many Insurers: We save you time and effort compared to searching for insurance on your own. It’s what we do and we do that for free – we don’t charge you for the service, we only earn from the insurer when we place insurance.
  • Claims Assistance: Unlike many brokers, at Anthony Jones prides itself on having our own in-house claims team. So in the event of a claim, we can provide support and guidance throughout the process, and work with you on claims defensibility.
  • Risk Management: We help you minimise potential risks and reduce the likelihood of claims through our work in partnership with independent risk management companies.
  • Our People: We have great people – our team are friendly and experienced, they know what they are doing and make the difference to our clients day in day out.

Ensure your bus & coach fleet is fully protected with bespoke insurance cover. Contact Anthony Jones today for a competitive quote and dedicated support.