Why You Should Shop Around For Specialist Small Van Insurance

Small vans have been one of the largest growing sectors in the van market over recent years as businesses have added these economical, comfortable commercial vehicles to their fleet. They are also the perfect van for sole traders and small companies. As many of these vans are bought for their economy and lower running costs it is also vital that owners shop around for the best value small van insurance in order to make sure they aren’t paying more than they should for their cover.

Most small vans on the market are normal passenger cars with the rear side windows replaced with metal panels and the rear seats removed to increase the load carrying area. Some also have a raised roof. Many small vans are termed ‘car derived vans’ (CDVs) and they offer good fuel economy, comfort and a pleasant driving environment for both urban and motorway use.

The Volkswagen Caddy is a great example of a small van and the Caddy was voted the Best Small Van in the 2008 Fleet News Awards by a panel of industry experts. According to the judges, the new Volkswagen Caddy had ‘superb build quality, proven reliability and fantastic residual values’.

Other popular small vans include the Fiat Doblo, the Ford Transit Connect, the Vauxhall Astra and Combo and the Renault Kangoo. Citroen also provide a superb range of small vans and recent figures showed that almost one in ten new vans sold in the UK were from the Citroen range, including their Dispatch, Nemo and Berlingo models.

Whichever of these high quality small vans you own, it is vital that you shop around to find the most appropriate and cost-effective small van insurance. With over forty van insurers in the UK market place offering a range of policies including comprehensive, third party, fire and theft the easiest and least time consuming way to obtain a small van insurance quote is by using an online price comparison service such as Quote Zone. Not only can you compare the costs of insurance for your Peugeot Partner or Volkswagen Caddy but you can also compare the features and benefits offered by each of these policies.

For example, do you need the contents of your van to be insured? Do you need European cover for taking your van overseas? And what level of excess are you happy to include on your policy?

Small vans are the heartbeat of many British businesses and so it is vital that you source the cheapest and most suitable small van insurance, whatever model of van you own.