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Auto Electrician Insurance
Auto Electrician Insurance, or Vehicle Electrician Insurance as it’s also known, offers specialist protection to people who maintain or repair vehicles’ electrical systems.
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What is Auto Electrician Insurance?
Auto Electrician Insurance, or Vehicle Electrician Insurance as it’s also known, offers specialist protection to people who maintain or repair vehicles’ electrical systems. It can insure part-time and full-time traders and cover a wide range of risks, including:
- Road risks
- Premises
- Public and employers’ liability
- Machinery and testing equipment
- Stock of parts/spares
- Portable hand tools
- Service indemnity
- Engineering inspection
- Business interruption
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What does Auto Electrician Insurance cover?
While every Vehicle Electrician’s Insurance policy needs will be different, there are some common risks – such as Public Liability Insurance, Road Risks, Stock and Parts, and Premises Insurance – that you’ll want to include. If you’re working as a mobile auto electrician, you’ll also want to include Goods-in-Transit Insurance. Jensten Auto Electrician Insurance allows you to choose from a range of policy elements, including:
Business Contents
Including your stock, computers, phones, and other business equipment.
Business interruption insurance
Should disaster strike – a fire, a flood, or an explosion – and you can’t trade, business interruption insurance can help provide an income until you can get to your previous trading level.
Business premises cover
If you’re trading from premises – be it a forecourt, yard or compound – you’ll want to have them protected. If your premises were damaged or destroyed, business premises insurance would cover the cost of repairs or a rebuild.
Employers’ Liability Insurance (EL insurance)
EL – is a legal requirement if you have any staff, full-time, part-time or contracted. EL insurance can help protect employers’ from compensation claims from their employees should a claim be made against them for loss or injury at work. Your policy must have a minimum of £5m cover, with £10m being the industry standard.
Engineering Inspection Service
If you use testing equipment or machinery, an engineering inspection service element to your policy can help cover the cost of a safety assessment of it, and can include covering the cost of breakdowns and replacements.
Goods in Transit Insurance
Goods in transit (GIT) insurance offers protection if you or your customer’s property or goods are lost, damaged or stolen while they’re being moved from one place to another. For example, when they’re being transported from a factory or workshop to a retail outlet, business premises or private property.
Money and keys
If money or keys are stolen from your premises, this is designed to cover the cost of their replacement. Most policies will stipulate that money needs to be left in a safe, locked cashbox, or a cabinet.
Product Liability Insurance
If products you use or recommend cause damage or harm, you can face claims for compensation. Product liability insurance can help cover any pay-outs should a claim prove successful.
Public liability insurance
If a member of the public is injured or their property damaged while on your premises, you can be held liable. Public liability insurance can help protect you financially should you be sued for damages.
Sales and Service Indemnity
Can help protect you against claims of damage or injury after selling or repairing a vehicle. It can include cover for faulty parts or repair work that’s contributed to the problem.
Service Indemnity Insurance
Also known as defective workmanship cover, can help protect you against claims for faulty parts or for accidentally fitting parts incorrectly.
Tools and machinery cover
Without your tools and machinery, you can’t operate. With tool thefts on the rise in the UK, you’d be wise to insure them. This can help cover tools and expensive pieces of machinery, such as diagnostic equipment. It can also provide Mac and Snap-On tools insurance, plus employees’ tools and toolbox options.
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Which businesses can Auto Electrician Insurance cover?
Auto Electrician Insurance through Jensten Auto Electrians is a flexible policy that can protect:
- Auto electricians and mechanics that undertake vehicle electrical work
- Auto electricians in accident repair centres
- Auto electricians that work from premises
- Mobile auto electricians
- Auto electricians that work from home
How much does Auto Electrician Insurance cost?
As we’ll create your cover around your business, that’s not an easy question to answer. What we can say is that your Auto Electrician Insurance quote will be based on factors such as:
- The size and value of your premises – if you have any
- The value of your equipment
- Whether you need road risk cover and how many people you need it for
- If you need goods in transit cover
- The turnover of your business
- Your claims history
- Whether you want to pay monthly or annually – annually will usually be cheaper
- Your business’s postcode
For some tailored insurance help, please contact the Jensten Auto Electrians team today or call them on 01634 407 103.
Martin Insurance Services Ltd trading as Jensten Auto Electricians is part of the Jensten Group. Sussex Installation Team Ltd is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Martin Insurance Services Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
For some tailored insurance help, please contact the Jensten Motor Trade team today or call them on 0208 298 2100.
Need Auto Electrician Insurance?
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Auto Electrician Insurance
It’s important for motor traders to get the right Vehicle Electrician Insurance. To help you do that, here is our Auto Electrician Insurance frequently asked questions. We hope they are of use, but if you’d like some independent advice, please call us on 01634 407 103, and the team will be happy to help.
Why get Auto Electrician Insurance through Jensten?
As well as flexible, quality cover, Auto Electrician Insurance through Jensten offers you the following benefits:
- Dedicated in-house claims service
- Service from quote to claim
- Legal Liability Insurance
- Road risk-only options
- The option of comprehensive, third-party fire and theft or third-party only cover
Is Auto Electrician Insurance a legal requirement?
Elements are compulsory. If you are going to drive vehicles on the road, you will need a road risks element to your policy. You’ll also need Employers’ Liability Insurance (EL Insurance) if you employ staff within your business and engineering inspection service if you service or repair vehicles.
Am I insured to drive any car on a Motor Trade Insurance policy?
Yes, but only in connection with the business if it is owned by the business or is in custody or control of your motor trade business. It may be more cost-effective to limit the covers to keep your premium down.
What's the difference between Road Risks Insurance and Traders' Combined Insurance?
While these policies may look the same, road risks only covers driving vehicles on the road. Traders Combined Insurance, on the other hand, can offer a much wider range of essential protections, such as premises, material damage cover and liabilities amongst others.
Can Jensten insure mobile vehicle electricians?
Yes, we can offer you Mobile Auto Electrician Insurance.
Can Jensten insure my tools and equipment while on the road?
Yes, Goods-in-Transit Insurance through Jensten can protect your tools, parts, and equipment from damage, loss, or theft while they are being moved.
How can I cut the cost of my Auto Electrician Insurance?
There are several ways of cutting Motor Trade Insurance costs, including:
- Limit the number of employees on your road risks policy
- Building up your no-claims bonus
- Employing drivers with low or no motoring convictions or claims
- Making sure your premises (if you have any) are secure and have CCTV/a web-based security system
- Always use an independent broker such as Jensen Motor Trade. A specialist independent Motor Trade Insurance broker will have the knowledge to ensure you get the Auto Electrician Insurance you need and can do the shopping around for you
At Jensten Motor Trade, we are more than happy to discuss the different ways we can help you save on your motor trade premium. All it takes is a call to our specialist Motor Trade Insurance team to start the quote process. Alternatively, you are welcome to complete our online quote form, and we call you to discuss your requirements.
How can I get a Motor Trade Insurance quote?
Getting a quote is easy. You can call us on 01634 407 103, and the team will be happy to help you find the protection you need. We work with a panel of different insurance companies and can help find the appropriate cover to suit your individual needs.