Assuming no claims were made (or a reasonable amount of claims depending on fleet size), fleet insurance premiums have remained flat in the last 12 months and in some cases we have seen small reductions.

Compare this against single vehicle polices, whether these are private cars, business cars or commercial vehicles such as vans. Single vehicle insurance – private or business use - continues to rise with premiums going up anywhere between 10-30%. Even if you have been claim free this year. We don’t see this trend stopping in the next 12 months either.

Fleet insurance policies – starting from 3 vehicles – are remaining static price wise and there are good reasons for this. These can be summarised as:

1. Fleet insurance underwriters can build a clear picture up of the combination of vehicles and drivers
2. They get to know more about the business, so understand the risk better. This is a big positive.
3. A business owner who takes a fleet insurance policy could be considered a lower risk as they are forward thinking, well organised and might have some fleet management policies in place to reduce accidents

So if you have had a fleet insurance quote before but didn’t get around to migrating to a fleet policy, the next few months represents a great opportunity and financial incentive for your business to do so.

1. Single vehicle insurance premiums are rising steeply. Fleet insurance isn’t. Thus you’ll save money on each vehicle. This can represent a significant saving when you add this across all vehicles.
2. It offers you more flexible business driving for your company – efficiency increases margins.
3. It saves the  business owner (or whoever is responsible for the policies) valuable time rather than dealing with a number of individual policies. Imagine renewing all of your vehicles in one go, or swapping vehicles on a policy with one point of contact….

Fleet insurance policies start at 3 vehicles, and any type of vehicle can be considered. Most of our clients have a combination of cars and vans, with some having more specialist vehicles such as HGV’s and Tippers.

Please call our fleet insurance specialist team on 0800 142 2820 or visit our fleet insurance quote page to submit your details and we’ll call you back with a quote.

The insureFLEET Team wish you a Happy New Year!

insureFLEET would like to wish all of our valued business fleet insurance customers a Happy New Year!

We wish you all the best for a successful 2012!

Remember, we’re here if you need us! Call us on 0800 980 3141 with any fleet insurance queries or click here for a fleet insurance quote.

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Jan Evans outside County Insurance's Head Office in Crewe, Cheshire

Proud insureFLEET would like to say a big “Well Done!” to fleet insurance advisor, Jan Evans for completing the Snowdonia Marathon on 29^th October 2011!

Jan works in the insureFLEET, company car and business fleet insurance department within County Insurance.  In the daytime Jan offers the cheapest company car insurance and fleet insurance to businesses and in her spare time trains for marathons!

The Snowdonia Marathon, her most recent and greatest challenge to date, was 26.2 miles around Snowdon and involved a 1200ft climb and then decent.

Jan and friend Neil crossing the line!

“Around 5 years ago I lost my Dad to prostate cancer (the most common form of cancer in men) so I wanted to run the marathon to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Charity”.  I have raised nearly £1,000 so I’m really pleased!”

Jason Mullenny, insureFLEET’s Fleet Insurance Department Manager, commented “All of the fleet insurance team were pleased to support and sponsor Jan and we were absolutely delighted to hear that she had achieved her goal!”

Do you need fleet insurance?  Call one of our experienced fleet insurance team (including Jan!) on 0800 980 3141 or click here for a fleet insurance quote.

THIS WEEK has been very exciting for insureFLEET (providers of great value fleet insurance)!  ITV and The BBC came to our head office in Crewe to film news stories!

Insurance4your, our car and home insurance department are proud sponsors of Nantwich Town Football Club (Evo Stick Premier League) who are impressively through to the first round of the FA Cup!!  One of their top players, Mat Bailey, also works for County Insurance‘s insureFLEET, (business fleet and company car insurance department) as a fleet insurance advisor.

In the build up to NTFC’s big game against MK Dons on Saturday (12^th November), ITV and The BBC were interested to know how Mat balances his career at County Insurance and being a professional footballer. 

Mat has taken the sensible decision to plan for his life after football by starting to work for County Insurance as an insurance advisor.  It’s his first ever job.

“It’s been a big change for me but one that I’m really enjoying” says Mat. “Adapting to life in an office after being a full-time professional footballer has been an eye opener but the team at County Insurance are genuinely brilliant and it’s been much easier than I expected!”

“I’m really enjoying it and for me it’s the best of both worlds at the moment.  I am learning an important and long lasting skill being a fleet insurance advisor and hope to complete my Cert CII qualifications.  It’s a varied role and quite fast-paced.  It’s great to get customers the best deal on their company car insurance and business fleet insurance.  At the same time I am still a semi-professional footballer, playing for a great club like Nantwich who have a strong team and experienced manager in Jimmy Quinn”

Mat scored one of the goals and was also “Man of the Match” in the game that put NTFC through to the FA Cup first round in their 3-2 victory over Northwich Victoria last week.

County Insurance’s Tim Crighton (Director) comments “We are very proud of Mat and the team’s achievement!  We’re looking forward to travelling down to Milton Keynes to watch them play this important match.” 

Tim continues with saying “Mat has done a great job for us, so we’re pleased to support him in his sporting career.  As he’s played at a top level, he’s completely used to the importance of teamwork; you can certainly see this in the office environment.  He has integrated into the team perfectly, has an upbeat personality and brings a winning mentality to his role within County Insurance.   He is very bright, which has probably aided his sporting development too.”

So what would happen if a bigger sporting opportunity came along? “We would support Mat 100% if he had the opportunity to play at the highest level.  He would leave with our best wishes and we’d keep the door open for him if he ever wanted to return.  We admire him as he is doing the sensible thing in building a career in a respected industry for after his football days.  However, if he gets an opportunity to climb the sporting ladder even further, we’d be delighted for him”.

The story will be aired at 6pm on Friday (11^th November) on ITV Granada and 6.30pm on BBC Northwest.

Need fleet insurance, company car insurance or commercial vehicle insurance?  Call us on 0800 980 3141 and speak to our expert fleet insurance team, which includes Mat!  Alternatively, complete an online fleet insurance quote form.

insurance4your - Proud Sponsors of Nantwich Town FC

We at insureFLEET (providers of cheap fleet insurance), are delighted to announce that our sister company insurance4your  has continued its first team shirt sponsorship of Nantwich Town FC for a second season.

Insurance4your – the online personal insurance brand of County Insurance Consultants (who also own insureFLEET) – provide private car, van and home insurance quotes online.

Nantwich Town play in the Evo Stik League and have recently employed the services of experienced league manager Jimmy Quinn.

Tim Crighton, Marketing Director at County Insurance Consultants, explains the rationale behind the sponsorship. “Last year was the first time we have ever sponsored a football team and it was largely unchartered territory for us. It just felt like it was a good thing to do in terms of giving a little back to the local community but with the bonus of increasing our brand awareness.”

Tim continues “We’ve been delighted how well it has gone so far. From a personal point of view we have been made very welcome at the club and are now friends with a number of the directors and staff there.  From a commercial point of view it’s apparent to us that our brand recognition has increased. We can see the benefits in a number of ways including an increase in organic search website visits and also a pleasing amount of phone calls from the unique phone number we offer in all club advertising campaigns”

“Our main objective is to offer the customer what we call ‘best of both worlds’ car or home insurance – the convenience and price advantages of buying online but with a local customer service team fully trained to deal with any questions or claims. We hear a lot of complaints from customers who buy insurance online but then get lousy customer service.  In our view, insurance is far too important to consumers to warrant poor service”

“The new strip is modern and eye-catching so hopefully increased sales of this will boost awareness of our brand further, alongside any good F.A. cup run!”

Jon Gold, the Nantwich Town Chairman, adds “We’re absolutely delighted that Insurance4your have continued their valuable support. Their support really helps the club push forward and it’s really pleasing that they come to all home games, meaning it’s much more than just pure financial support. They, like us, see it as a partnership and hopefully all Nantwich Town supporters will recognise that too and use their services.”

For more information on private car, van or home insurance from insurance4your call 0800 980 3265 or visit www.insurance4your.co.uk

We’ll do a top ten – in the next 3 blogs – so here is the first three for you.

1) How many vehicles do I need for a fleet insurance quote?

A – 3 is the minimum you need to obtain a fleet insurance quote. Please note that they don’t have to be the same sort of vehicles, you could have a car, a van and a truck all on one fleet insurance policy

2) How many drivers can I have on the fleet insurance policy?

A – the choice is yours. We can specify “any driver” policies for you if that suits the needs of your business – its cheaper if you specify driver age so an “any driver over 30″ policy is normally cheaper than an “any driver over 21″ due to the reduction in perceived risk. You can also have named drivers who are permitted to drive any vehicle on the policy

3) Can I have a monthly fleet insurance policy?

A – No. We can only provide an anuual fleet insurance policy BUT you can pay monthly with just a 25% deposit. All fleet insurance quotes we provide are an annual rate, but we can break it down to monthly amounts very easily for you and payment by direct debit is fine

Part 2 of the top 10 most frequent questions coming soon….!

Dave Clapp (MD) and Lesley Garratt (Operations Director) from insureFLEET accepting the award from Heidi Cowen – Lloyds TSB

In a highly contested and fought out category, insureFleet were proud to be announced as Professional Service Provider of the Year, by East Cheshire Chamber of Commerce at their recent award ceremony.

We are delighted to have won such a prestigious award against some very stiff competition.  In the highly competitive insurance industry, the big brands and supermarkets have made choosing your insurance very price-focused.  We pride ourselves in being competitively-priced whilst also offering first class customer service throughout your policy lifecycle.   

There is the option get an online quote, 24/7 at your convenience or call our experienced team to discuss your specific requirements.  We also welcome you to our offices based at Crewe, Southport and Chester if you would prefer to speak to one of our experts in person. 
All of our staff are thoroughly trained and have achieved, or are working towards, professional insurance qualifications.  We answer all queries quickly and efficiently and provide support during stressful times such as claims and replacement vehicles. 
We would like to thank East Cheshire Chamber of Commerce, all of our team of staff for their hard work and of course our valued customers.

Click here for an online fleet insurance quote or call our expert team on 0800 142 2810.

Some of the insureFLEET team outside our new office on Chester Business Park

We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our new branch at Regus House on Chester Business Park!  Due to expansion  and the demand for cheap fleet insurance supported by excellent customer sevice,  we have had to open new offices (in addition to our base in Crewe) and recruit further fleet insurance specialists.

Managing Director Dave Clapp said “We’re delighted to open a new branch to help support our continued growth which has been at a rate of over 30% every year for the last seven years.”

“With our history in the North West, we see Chester as an ideal location to further our expansion with the catchment area of thriving businesses needing insurance solutions.”

“In the current challenging trading climate, we at insureFLEET have worked hard to increase our provider portfolio to get exclusive access to great rates for our customers.  We support this with excellent service and our industry leading renewal rates of over 80% are testament to this.” 

“We are very proud to be able to increase our employee numbers and welcome further local talent to our team.”

Click here for an online fleet insurance quote, call our expert team on 01244 893730 or visit our new branch at Regus House, Herons Way, Chester Business Park, Chester, CH4 9QR.