subject: What Is Motor Trade Insurance? [print this page] Any individual or firm involved in any business related to motor vehicles must carry an insurance cover. Whether an individual tunes cars, does oil changes or it's a workshop that repairs cars or owner of a fleet of trucks, or cars that are used for commercial purposes will need to get motor trade insurance. Getting motor trade insurance is a legal requirement in the UK.
Insurance companies offer different types of insurance covers for people who are involved in the motor trade business. Motor trade businesses that routinely use their employees to pick up and deliver cars of their customers from and to them; will require getting road risk insurance. This insurance covers the risks of their employees damaging or getting involved in an accident while driving a customer's car.
Car dealers of both new and used vehicles need to get motor trade insurance of the cars that are standing in their showrooms, warehouses and lots. Similarly a workshop owner where customers bring and leave their cars for repair need to carry insurance in case any loss occurs while the car is in their workshops.
Public liability insurance is not a legal requirement for people in the motor trade business. Yet some firms in the motor trade business get this cover as well. This insurance protects a business against third party claims for injury or damage to property during the course of a business.
Vehicle owners need to get their vehicles insured and in case they own fleets they need to get the fleet plus the drivers who drive the vehicles insured. The insurance company will ascertain if the drivers are licensed to drive the class of vehicles for which the owner wants to get insurance.
Asides from these insurances there are other insurances that firms and individuals involved in the motor trade business can take out. Property damage would cover any loss incurred to vehicles while they are on the business premises. Business interruption would cover any loss that the business sustains due to loss or damage to the property. Loss of money is another insurance that is commonly taken by businesses that are involved in the business of buying and selling cars. If a car is sold through them and it later on transpires that the person selling the car is not its legal owner, or is not legally entitled to sell the vehicle. This business loss would be covered in this insurance.
A truck or truck fleet owner may opt to get goods in transit insurance to cover any loss of customer goods and the vehicle in case of an accident, theft or fire during transit. Motor vehicles importers also get goods in transit insurance to cover for any loss that they may incur during shipment of vehicles.
There are several insurance companies in the UK that specialize in motor trade insurance and there are different insurance policies that they offer to clients. Clients can opt for getting the minimum insurance cover to run their business or they can opt to get comprehensive insurance. It's similar to a private car owner getting a third party insurance or a comprehensive insurance for his vehicle.
It's up to the owner of the motor trade business what insurance cover does he or she want and how much do they want to pay for insurance of their business.
by: Paul Delaney
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