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Keep on trucking with HGV insurance

Large semi truck hauling freight on the open highway in the western USA under an evening sky.

With heavy goods vehicles representing less than 3% of vehicles on Europe’s roads yet accounting for nearly 15% of all road fatalities, Rachel Gordon examines how new standards and data are shaping fleet insurers approach to products, services, and risk management.

It’s a rocky road for UK truck insurance. There are too few insurers, it’s largely loss-making, and hauliers are going bust at record rates. 

Finding cover is challenging and so any safety measure that

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