Category: Fleet Industry News

If there is one thing that drives up the cost of car or fleet insurance, it’s a crash! But did you know about these three weird reasons as to why you could crash your car?

At the ALD Automotive event, three quarters of all attendees indicated that all vehicles emitting CO2 gas should pay to enter Clean Air Zones.

As well as that, 65%of all fleet operators said that they were looking at purchasing or leasing ultra-lowemission vehicles as part of their fleet.

Now successfully launched, VisionTrack, a leading fleet management software has improved its user experience for those who use its app.

Analysts suggest that the sale of BT Fleet Solutions by BT could aid in their expansion plans.

With Christmas now fast approaching, online shopping and the demand for couriers to deliver goods reaches an all-time high with an additional increase year on year. Long gone has the time of shopping the high streets for gifts, Amazon and eBay are the new high-street.

Demand for couriers is increasing year on year with online shopping constantly on the increase. Off the back of this, a whole market place for new courier companies has opened up offering cheap or niche delivery services.

The CBI has said that the Government needs to design and put forward a full and coherent plan that improves the infrastructure across the UK. Without such plan, many towns could get left behind as other towns excel.

News in the fleet insurance sector has seen Intelligent Telematics release an innovative new product. They hope it will not only provide greater immediate access to incidents but also help fleet insurance costs fall. The cutting-edge product is a real game changer for fleet managers who are looking at better ways to manage their insurance costs.

Research from Intelligent Telematics and Plexus Law has revealed that connected vehicle cameras prove remarkably successful at cutting the lifecycle and costs of insurance claims. This is likely to result in substantial cost savings for commercial fleets and possibilities of reductions in the overall cost of fleet insurance.

In recent news that is sure to impact on those who need fleet insurance, Matrix Telematics have announced details of their new dashcam. Fleet managers at all businesses know the value that dashcams have, both in terms of evidence to support a claim and also bringing fleet premiums down, so this new technology is sure to be welcomed by many in the commercial motor industry.

Latest figures are making it very compelling to ensure all vehicles in a fleet are fitted with advanced camera solutions, especially for a decision maker who’s thinking about the cost of fleet insurance. Why? Well, according to the Insurance Fraud Bureau, ‘crash for cash’ criminal scams are costing the insurance industry millions of pounds every year.

While many professional couriers, delivery drivers and taxi operators have made good use of dashcam recording technology to protect themselves from bogus third-party claims for many years, 2018 is set to see the first of many fleet insurance underwriters implementing a dedicated combination of telematics and camera technology to drive the overall cost of policies down for seasoned, accomplished drivers.

Fleet managers will welcome the opportunity to check out a new software and fleet insights service available on the Drive platform. ODO is a new fleet management system from Drive Software Solutions Ltd that’s specifically aimed at small and medium sized businesses. The software runs in the Oracle cloud, making it easy to access the system from any device, any place.

Let’s be honest. One of the best reasons to use Total Insurance to compare quotes online is that it saves time and money.

As the recent winter weather conditions left many employees in need of recovery because of the hazardous weather conditions, fleet insurance companies are calling on businesses to improve road safety policies.

According to a recent piece of research conducted by ALD Automotive, a staggering 62% of fleet drivers have had ‘no formal driver training’, while only two in five admit they’ve been asked to complete a simple health check to ensure they are fit to work.

Companies often have different motoring needs at different times of the year and this is never truer than in the events industry. When vehicles are needed only a few times each year, it is silly to buy them or even hire them all year round.

The global road transport organisation, IRU has warmed and liked the proposed plans from the Government on Customs and Trade but has warned that a no deal would be catastrophic and the worst outcome.

TeleFleet have launched a new Managing General Agent specialising in Motor Fleet Insurance.

This year’s Road Safety Week is being held from November 20-26. Road Safety charity Brake, the coordinators of the events are encouraging organisations and employers to visit the roadsafetyweek.org.uk website in order to register for a free action pack, which will aid in raising awareness for road safety amongst the motoring community.

The Commercial Vehicle Show of 2017 (CVS) is set to commence in Birmingham on the 25^th April. Alongside countless technological innovations sure to be uncovered at the Britain’s most comprehensive commercial road transport show, Intelligent Telematics have confirmed that they will be showcasing their new 3G vehicle camera designed for the company fleet insurance marketplace.

New technological developments within the fleet industry have meant that wireless connectivity is now available within luxury car models. However, with the current rates of technological growth, predictions state that one in five vehicles will have a wireless network connection by 2020.

If you run a business that relies on a fleet of vehicles, we don’t need to tell you how much of a pain it can be when one of them is out of service; you can lose money, disappoint customers and frustrate staff when there aren’t enough vehicles to go around.

If you own and operate more than two vans or vehicles as part of your business, you could save money on your insurance policies and improve the flexibility of your work practices by purchasing fleet insurance.

Fleet managers are facing a rapidly changing business environment, with new trends in the back offices of their insurers, and on the road with self-driving cars and automated delivery vehicles threatening a gradual reshaping of the market.

By now, you’ll no doubt be aware that 2015 was a massive year for car sales in the UK. In fact, it set an all-time record, with over 2.6 million new registrations for the first time ever.