Exactly what I required without any of the faff and unwanted stuff. Very, very competitive and a very good price.
5 Star
Mr. Carter
For Flexible Owned or Hired-In Crane Insurance, call 0115 930 3030
Looking for high-quality crane insurance?
Need a crane insurance quote? Let the specialists at Jensten Insurance Brokers compare our markets to find you the protection you need. Our team is experienced in all forms of plant insurance and can offer you quality mobile crane, crane operators’ liability, and crane insurance cover. To get your crane insurance quote, call 0115 672 2468 or start your crane insurance quote today.
What is Crane Insurance?
Crane insurance is a dedicated form of cover designed to meet the needs of businesses that hire, lease, or own cranes and other lifting equipment. A flexible, comprehensive policy, crane insurance can insure your equipment and your operators and cover your public liability insurance needs.
What does crane insurance cover?
Crane and mobile crane insurance can offer a range of protections. The exact makeup will depend on the policy you take out, but generally speaking, the options are:
- Comprehensive – which covers damage to your equipment or someone else’s regardless of who is at fault
- General liability – this protects you against damage to property or injury claims made by a third party
- Theft and accidental damage
- Goods on the hook insurance – of upto £50,000
- Crane liability – which covers things like loads accidentally dropping, overhead power cables being brought down, or the crane toppling over owing to rain softening the ground it stands on
- Equipment floater – this covers equipment from while being transported between jobs and includes theft, so it’s particularly useful for mobile crane operators
- Rented equipment – should your crane breakdown and you need to rent one, this will cover rental costs
- Auto liability – covers mobile cranes while driven on public roads
- Crane operator’s insurance – a toppled crane or a dropped load can cause serious injuries to those working on or near a site. Crane operator’s insurance is a form of employers’ liability insurance, which can lessen the financial impact if you face a personal injury claim from a crane operator or another employee
For Affordable Owned and Hired-In Crane Insurance, call 0115 672 5661
Does a crane need insurance?
Given the complex environments in which cranes operate – such as construction sites, marinas, and highway maintenance – and the dangerous nature of the work, having adequate insurance protection is vital.
Construction firms and other companies that have a range of plant equipment will often take out plant insurance, but if you only have a crane or mobile crane that needs insuring, then crane insurance might be a better option for you as it can protect you from:
- Crane liability and damage to property
- Injury to employees through employers’ liability insurance
- Theft
- Ongoing hire charges
- Accidental damage
- Malicious damage
- Road risks
- Goods on the hook
How much does crane insurance cost?
The cost of your crane insurance will depend on factors such as:
- The number of cranes or mobile cranes you have – if you have two or more, you may want to consider a plant insurance policy
- The value of your cranes
- The nature of your business and the work you do – whether you’re operating in confined spaces such as inner-city construction sites or on motorway maintenance, you will be faced with a number of potentially challenging risks
- Where is your equipment stored at night
- Your claims history
Speak to our experienced team about crane insurance
If you’d like some crane insurance help or a crane or mobile crane insurance quote, contact the Jensten Insurance Brokers team today. Our team of experienced specialists can give you all the help you need and can compare our markets to find you the cover you need.
To get your crane insurance quote, call 0115 672 2468 or start your crane insurance quote today.
Crane Insurance FAQs
This is one of the more complex areas of construction cover, so to help you get the protection you need, here are our crane insurance frequently asked questions. We hope they will be of help, but if you’d like some independent advice, then please call us on 0115 930 3030, and we’ll be only too happy to help.
Crane insurance provides a wide range of covers designed to protect businesses using this specialist equipment. Given the cost of cranes, which many are hired in rather than owned, that they often need to have road risk cover, and the public liability and employers’ liability risks associated with this sort of work, having a crane insurance policy makes sense.
No, but if you have employees who use cranes, then you will need employers’ liability insurance.
Hired-in plant is equipment that you hire for a specific job as opposed to equipment that your business owns.
Yes, an auto liability or road risks element to your policy will cover mobile cranes while driving on public roads.
If a hired-in crane is damaged or stolen, you’ll usually be liable to continue paying the hire charges, even if it is no longer used by you. In most instances, charges are covered for 90 days but it’s always worth checking the policy.
Yes. When you hire machinery, it means that you are responsible for that item, and you need to make sure you send it back in the condition you hired it. If a crane you have hired was to break or be damaged and you didn’t have hired-in plant insurance, you would have to pay for any repairs.
Testimonials
5 Star
Ideal cover for my situation with a reputable company.
Mr. Woodford
5 Star
Best price by far, documents sent promptly.
Mr. Schofield
5 Star
It’s such an easy uncomplicated way to insure with these guys and gals and there always happy on the phone.
Mr. Richardson
5 Star
Again, can’t fault them. Kyle and the team help us.
Mr. Hall