Hired Telehandlers Insurance
Insurance4Plant can provide you with telehandler insurance on a short term or annual basis, ensuring you are fully covered.
Whether you’re hiring a telehandler to provide high lift, forward reach, heavy lift or good manoeuvrability, it’s essential that the equipment is fully insured.
Insurance4Plant’s bespoke equipment hire insurance includes accidental damage, fire, theft or attempted theft, malicious damage, flood and water damage, plus other perils. It’s provided on a full reinstatement basis for equipment that is under 24 months old, with indemnity cover for older items. The insurance for plant hire covers equipment anywhere in the UK, whether on your own premises, in transit or on site.
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Why do I need plant and machinery insurance for a telehandler?
Telehandlers are versatile lifting machines with the capability to perform many different functions, including forklift, crane and work platform. Available in different sizes, from around 4m up to 20m, they are suitable for most on-site lifting and materials handling requirements.
A range of accessories, including extension forks, rehandling buckets, brush attachments, tipping skips and lifting hooks ensures they can be used for a wide range of activities, making them a popular choice of equipment on construction sites.
If you hire any kind of telehandler, it is likely you will be responsible for loss or damage to the equipment during the hire period. In addition, it is usually a contractual requirement to arrange insurance for the machinery and provide evidence of this.
Accidental damage, fire, and theft are all tangible risks that can occur at any time. With a plant and machinery insurance policy, you will be protecting yourself from your contractual liability and will be ensuring you are compliant with the hire contract.
Should the worst happen, you can claim up to £100,000 in repair or replacement costs, and if you are responsible for paying continuing hire charges until the machine is repaired or replaced then that cover is included within our short term plant hire insurance policy up to a limit of £5,000.
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Insurance4Plant has a team of brokers with over 65 years of experience in the insurance sector. We work with a wide range of insurance providers to arrange a wide range of policy covers to suit your individual needs.
Call now or apply online using our straightforward online process. In a couple of minutes, you can have a plant hire insurance quote that covers your hire telehandler from many different eventualities. Read our FAQ section to see if your query has already been answered.
Insurance4Plant provides insurance in association with Aviva
More about usCan I take out insurance for plant hire for demolition purposes?
Many rental companies do not allow their telehandlers to be used for demolition, and we cannot provide telehandler insurance for machines used exclusively in this manner.
There are many construction projects that would require demolition as part of the contract. Where this is the case then it is likely that a breaker will be used, and this can be incorporated within our standard policy cover.
Where the contract is purely a demolition contract then, this would not be covered within our policy, and such work should be undertaken by professional demolition companies.
Demolition by nature carries a substantial risk if undertaken, and diggers can be easily damaged by inexperienced individuals. For these reasons, we cannot provide coverage for pure demolition contracts. If you are unsure, you can talk to a member of our team at any time and receive comprehensive answers to your questions. We also have an FAQ that answers many more of your questions.
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Get a quote nowDo you provide cover for other types of hired heavy machinery?
We can provide cover for a wide range of hired in equipment with one of our short term or annual hired in plant insurance policies. In addition, we can provide cover for specialist construction items and hired construction site accommodation.
We are unable to provide cover for heavy machinery used for non-construction type roles. Examples include:
- All-terrain vehicles
- Processing machinery
- Site surveying equipment
- Unattended aerial vehicles (also known as drones)
- Road surfacing sprayers and paver
- Lorry mounted sweepers
- Drilling rigs
- Vehicle mounted concrete mixers
- Concrete pumps
Note: the definition of processing machinery is: plant used to perform mechanical or chemical operations on any material in order to change or preserve it including but not limited to bailers, compactors, crushers, harvesters, picking stations, shears, shredders, trommels and washing plant. Such operations shall include but not be limited to baling, compacting, crushing and washing, granulating, grinding, harvesting, pulverising, screening, shredding.
If you wish to obtain a quote in respect of an excluded item, then please contact the insurance4plant team and we shall be happy to provide you with a bespoke quotation.
Can I get plant and machinery insurance on a short term basis?
Yes, you can. Insurance4Plant has worked with Plant and Tool Hire companies for over 25 years, and experience has provided us with the ability to arrange a bespoke short term hire insurance scheme.
The policies offered under this scheme are perfect if you know you only need telehandler insurance once or twice a year.
We can match you with policies that cover you for up to a maximum of 6 months. If you require cover for a longer period, then we would need to provide you with an annual hired in plant insurance quote. Apply online for a short term hire quote or contact the Insurance4Plant team to obtain annual cover.
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Get a quote nowThe table features an example of the sliding scale excesses applicable under the short term hired in plant policy.
This table feature examples of typical insurance excess amounts.
| Item Value | Excess |
| Up to £1,000 | £100 |
| £1,001 – £2,500 | £250 |
| £2,501 – £5,000 | £500 |
| Over £5,000 | £750 |
Insurance4Plant provides insurance in association with Aviva
More about usThe claims process?
Settling a claim is a quick and straightforward process if you come prepared. As soon as the incident happens you should notify us as well as the hire firm.
You will need to provide policy details, including the policy number and details of the hire. Then provide us with a claim form and as much detail and evidence about the incident as possible.
If theft is involved, you will need to submit a police report and crime reference number as essential evidence. You may also need to provide evidence of the continuing hire charges charged by the hire company following the loss of the equipment.