Keep on truckin'.
There is a convoy of insurers looking to pick up goods-in-transit business, with some very cheap rates being offered. Steve Banner surveys the main players in the market.
Whether it is a sophisticated computer system destined for the headoffice of a bank, or a load of tinned soup bound for the local
supermarket, all goods being transported by road need to be insured, and
the goods-in-transit sector is extremely competitive.
"It's a very soft market, and there's no indication that it is going to
improve," says Rob Cook, manager, transit, at Royal & SunAlliance.
"There's a lot of capacity out there, and there always has been."
Along with Axa, RSA is one of the UK's
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