Published: 13/02/2025

What Does 2025 Hold For The Construction Plant Sector?

What does 2025 hold for construction plant owners and users?  From the rising number of plant thefts to what will happen to plant insurance costs, in this article I’ll look at what’s likely to happen in the plant sector this year.  Plant insurance expert Andy Price looks ahead to an exciting year for the sector.

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Published: 20/01/2025

What Does 2025 Hold for Fleet Owners?

What Does 2025 Hold For Commercial Fleet Owners?

Fleet insurance expert Andy Price looks ahead to what's in store for fleets and fleet insurance in 2025.  While 2024 was a year of change, Andy sees 2025 being a year of stability and opportuinity...

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Published: 01/07/2024

Truck Insurance Guide

Truck Insurance Guide
The insider’s guide to saving on HGV and truck insurance

The last few years haven’t been easy for truck and HGV owners.  Truck insurance quotes have risen thanks to disrupted supply chains and spiralling claim costs.  The 50,000 unfilled driver vacancies and inflation have made staying competitive harder, and Brexit has made European runs more difficult.  It’s vital then that HGV and truck operators look for things like cheaper truck insurance quotes to stay ahead of the competition.

In this guide to truck insurance from Coversure Hull, we’ll give you the insider’s tips on how to get cheap truck and HGV insurance.   We’ll also give some advice on other covers that can help protect you and your business, tell you which vehicles can be covered by HGV and truck insurance and what you need to get a truck insurance quote.

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Published: 01/07/2024

Plant Insurance Guide | Hired-In Plant | Coversure Hull

Plant and Hired-In Plant Insurance Guide

Demand for plant insurance has never been greater.  Whether it’s people wanting hired-in plant insurance for specific jobs or businesses needing owned plant insurance, the market’s booming.  The risks associated with construction plant are also rising.  Plant thefts are at record levels and risks from flooding and damage are high.  This makes getting the right plant insurance cover even more important.  Getting the right plant insurance and hired-in plant insurance can be a complicated business though and questions abound: 

  • Do I need owned or hired-in plant insurance? 
  • Is it better to get regular temporary policies or go for annual cover? 
  • What types of vehicles be covered by plant or special types insurance? 
  • What’s the difference between plant and hired-in plant insurance? 
  • How much does hired-in plant insurance cost? 
  • How can I get cheaper plant insurance or contractors’ plant insurance?

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Published: 05/02/2019

Are Electric Vehicles The Only Way Forward For Fleets?

Are Electric Vehicles The Only Way Forward For Fleets?

The calls for fleet owners to switch to cleaner vehicles has become almost constant in the past 12 months.  With pressure mounting on both local and central government to clean up their air act and car buyers continuing to desert diesels in droves, drivers are increasingly looking for cleaner, greener fleets.  Up to now most attention has been focused on electric fleets, but are there alternatives to this accepted fuel solution? 

 In this latest blog from getaquoteinsurance – the UK’s leading provider of affordable fleet insurance cover – we’ll take a look at some other potential fuels of the future.

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