Category Archives: Fleet Risk Management

WHAT LINKS ACCIDENTS WITH RISK MANAGEMENT?

It is mostly the case that fleets buy risk management as a separate service to accident management.  In fact most fleets still use the insurer helpline for managing claims.  This way of doing things is due partly to tradition and partly because very few risk management providers are set up to provide an integrated claims service into...

What’s the point of Telematics if you don’t use it?

The majority of fleets now use one of the seemingly numerous telematics solutions available in the UK.  These systems use a combination of technologies to monitor other road users, location, speed, driving behaviour, fuel usage, idling time and several other important aspects of driver and vehicle performance. Apart from the most obvious advantages these systems offer such...

Other than legal compliance, what else should outsourced fleet risk management do for you?”

This question goes to the heart of what fleet risk management is really about. In addition to satisfying your duty of care, many fleets buy fleet risk management to reduce insurance costs, others feel strongly about protecting the company brand and still others simply wish to increase safety for drivers and the public at large. So let...

“Driver Licence Checks – just a compliance issue or actually much more than that?”

Clearly, it is important to make sure that your main fleet and grey fleet drivers are legally allowed to drive.  That much is obvious and demonstrated by the fact that most fleets now have a formal checking procedure in place. However, a licence check result can do much more than perform a simple compliance test.  Indeed, the...

The love of reducing fleet risk – is in the eye of the beholder

As in life generally, the level of attraction you feel towards a good looking fleet risk profile may depend on your mood, whether you’re a newcomer to the art of risk reduction and how much pain you think will be involved in keeping that profile looking at its best! Of course, we’ve all dabbled with risk, maybe...

Driver Safety Incentives

Ensuring your drivers are safe while working It’s probably true that in the broadest terms there are certain driver types.  If I were to label them they might range from the timid, to confident, to over-confident!  We all know the types. Much is the same for driver safety incentives in that they need to vary according to...