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How much risk data does a fleet generate?

Most fleets would be surprised to learn that for every 100 drivers there could be between 5000 and 8000 separate items of available risk data that need reviewing, testing and acting upon every year.  In our experience, more than 1000 of those data items will exceed acceptable thresholds of risk, form a potential alert and require follow-up action. These...

How can Fleet Risk Management save money?

In these strange times, some businesses are forging ahead based on unprecedented demand.  At the same time, there are thousands of others whose turnover hasn’t recovered and who are faced with the need to cut back drastically in order to live within the reality of reduced income levels.  This is understandably difficult. Some of these businesses cannot...

What is happening on our roads?

During the eighteen-month battle to beat the pandemic, some people have stuck to the guidelines and continue to apply them enthusiastically and to the letter. At the same time, some people don’t feel the rules apply to them and proceed as if life carries no more risk than usual. Fortunately, most people tend to sit somewhere in...

Pandemic Risk = Fleet Risk?

It won’t have escaped your notice that we are all experiencing risk management on a daily basis as we watch the 10 o’clock news and read the daily stats of vaccinations, hospitalisations, lockdown measures and best-practice advice.  As the Prime Minister was wrangling with the decision to delay the ‘freedom date’, the similarities of his position and...

What can Drivers learn from a Fleet Risk App

The driver may not be the only insurance risk for a fleet but he or she does represent the principal risk whilst at the wheel, controlling the direction and speed of the vehicle.So, what does the driver actually know about the level of insurance risk they represent to their employer?  What would motivate fleet drivers to drive more safely and moreover,...

The case for outsourcing Fleet Safety

Some fleets are comfortable with the principle of outsourcing HR to a qualified expert in the field.  Similarly, the concept of outsourcing training for staff members is well-established.  Indeed, fleets outsource to qualified experts in many fields such as maintenance and repair. Outsourcing doesn’t work so well when there is confusion between what should be done-in-house and...