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Need a forklift truck insurance quote? Let the specialists at Jensten Insurance Brokers compare our markets to find you the cover you need. Our team is experienced in all forms of plant insurance and can offer you Moffett and forklift insurance cover. To get your forklift truck insurance quote, call 0115 672 2468 or start your forklift insurance quote today.
Forklift insurance is a dedicated form of cover that’s designed to meet the needs of businesses that hire, lease, or own forklift trucks. You can take out third-party or comprehensive cover, which, depending on the options you go for, can protect you against theft, loss, and liability issues.
Forklift truck insurance can offer a range of protections. The exact makeup will depend on the policy you take out, but generally speaking, the options are:
Some businesses that use a forklift assume that their business insurance covers it, but this isn’t the case, and specialist protection is required. Construction firms and other companies that have a range of plant equipment will often take out plant insurance, but if you only have a forklift truck, then forklift needs insurance might be a better option for you as it can protect you from:
The cost of your forklift insurance will depend on factors such as:
If you’d like some forklift insurance help or a forklift truck 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 forklift truck insurance quote, call 0115 672 2468 or start your forklift insurance quote today.
This is one of the more complex areas of cover, so to help you get the protection you need, here is our forklift truck 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.
Forklift insurance provides a wide range of covers designed to protect businesses using this specialist equipment. Given the cost of forklifts, hi-loaders, and high lifters, that 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 forklift insurance policy makes sense.
No, but if you have employees driving them, 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 them while driving on public roads.
If a hired-in forklift 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 forklift 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.
Lloyd’s is proposing to transfer certain EEA insurance policies to Lloyd’s Brussels. The proposed transfer will not change terms and conditions of any policy, except that Lloyd’s Brussels will become the insurer and Data Controller in respect of the transferred policies.
Further information about the proposal (including whether it could affect your pre-transfer position), which policies are transferring, your rights and what you need to do can be found at www.lloyds.com/brexittransfer