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Your Green Driving Score and the miles you've driven are turned into amazing rewards.
You don’t need to do anything, we invest in sustainable projects that offsets your carbon.
In The Green Insurer app, you can see how green you're driving, we call this your Green Driving Score.
You earn reward points based on your Green Driving Score and the number of miles you’ve driven.
We call these reward points Leaves.
You can then exchange your Leaves for eGift cards in our exclusive rewards portal.
Our exclusive rewards portal is packed with discounts, offers and freebies.
We've carefully selected brands that we believe may be of interest to you.
In The Green Insurer app you can see how many Leaves you’ve earned, what projects are used for your carbon offsets and your Green Driving Score.
Your Green Driving Score is calculated using acceleration, braking, cornering, mobile phone use and speed to measure how green (fuel efficiently) you’re driving.
The number of miles driven is also used to calculate your carbon offsets and the number of Leaves you’ll earn for driving fewer miles than anticipated.
We then offset these miles using high-quality independently accredited carbon offset projects.
With carbon offset van insurance, every mile you drive is offset by Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) accredited projects.
We calculate how much carbon is produced by you when you use The Green Insurer app.
Beyond the environmental benefits of our eco-friendly van insurance, carbon conscious insurance also reduces the cost of fuel and maintenance and helps you to drive in a safer way.
More about carbon offsets
Our exclusive rewards portal is packed with discounts, offers and freebies.
We select as many brands as we can who have a similar ethos to us.
You can use your Leaves to buy eGift cards.
See what rewards we can offer
Small vans, also known as car-derived vans (CDVs), are essentially vans that are based on a regular car.
Popular small vans include:
Large vans, can be referred to as a light commercial vehicles (LCVs) or heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs).
Popular large vans include:
Pick ups are classed as vans rather than cars. Their versatility allows them to be used for trade or for leisure.
Popular pick ups include:
Chassis cab vans such as flat beds and box vans are used by but not limited to logistics, transportation, construction.
Popular chassis cab include:
Luton vans are well known for its versatility and are ideal for transporting items.
Popular Luton vans include:
Tipper vans can carry a variety of loads and equipment, that tip the vehicle body to unload materials at the rear.
Popular tipper vans include:
Social only covers you if you're using your van for social, domestic and pleasure purposes.
This can include school pick-ups, taking your dogs out, carrying fishing equipment or for model aircrafts.
Social use and business use allowing carriage of your own goods (such as tools and stock) but excluding hiring or delivering goods on behalf of others, for reward.
Get a quoteSocial use, business use and courier use, which is delivering goods on behalf of others for reward.
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Comprehensive van insurance is the highest level of cover. It covers you for damage to your van (including by fire) or if it is stolen.
Comprehensive cover also includes windscreen and glass damage.
You're also covered for claims made against you by other people for injury or damage to their vehicle or property.
TPFT van insurance covers you if your van is damaged by fire or stolen, and if other people claim against you for injury or damage to their vehicle or property.
Third party van insurance covers you for claims made against you for injury or damage to other people’s vehicle or property.
It won’t cover any damage to your van.
Get a quote| Key benefits | Comprehensive | TPFT | Third-party |
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| Injury to others | |||
| Damage to other people’s property | |||
| Up to 90 days cover in European Community countries | |||
| Theft of your van | |||
| Fire to your van | |||
| Courtesy van during repair | |||
| Damage to your van | |||
| Glass damage | |||
| A new van replacement if your van is stolen or written off (for vans less than 1 year old) | |||
| Courtesy van during repair | |||
| Replace locks if keys are lost or stolen | |||
| Medical expenses | |||
| Hotel expenses | |||
| Alternative transport | |||
| Personal Accident cover | |||
| Personal belongings | |||
| Uninsured driver promise | |||
| Tools cover |
All cover and benefits may be subject to acceptance criteria, terms and conditions.
Check your quotation and policy documents for confirmation of cover.
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Breakdown insurance gives you up to one hour of breakdown assistance in the event of a fault or failure that prevents you from driving your van.
If the vehicle cannot be repaired in the hour, it will be taken to either a garage or to a destination of your choice depending on your level of cover.
Breakdown cover is administered by Sparta Insurance Services Ltd and underwritten by AmTrust Europe Ltd.
| Key benefits | Roadside and local breakdown cover £45 |
UK and nationwide breakdown cover £70 |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited call outs* | ||
| Covers anyone driving your van | ||
| Misfuelling cover | ||
| Roadside assistance with local recovery | ||
| At home assistance | ||
| National recovery |
*Unlimited call outs, up to a combined maximum total cost of £10,000 annually
Motor legal expenses from £22 covers you for up to £100,000 of legal costs in relation to a non-fault motoring incident, for:
Uninsured loss recovery
To recover losses following an accident where someone else is responsible in the UK.
Motor prosecution defence
To defend an alleged motoring offence if you have received a court summons.
Motor vehicle consumer disputes
To pursue compensation following a breach of an agreement relating to the sale, purchase, servicing, repair, testing, hire or hire purchase of the vehicle.
Telephone legal helpline
Advice relating to any private motoring matter.
Legal expenses cover is underwritten by RAC Insurance Ltd.
If your van's been stolen, written off or being repaired by our recommended repairer service, we'll guarantee you'll get a hire van.
You'll be given a suitable replacement vehicle for up to 14 days or 28 days depending on your cover level.
Our guaranteed van hire is administered by Sparta Insurance Service Ltd and underwritten by Alwyn Insurance Company Limited.
We have partnered with Close Premium Finance to provide our customers an affordable option to pay for their insurance.
Fees
This is a discount insurers give you for the number of years you have been driving as a policyholder without making a claim against your own policy. It is important to remember that if you make any non-glass claim against your own policy, even if the accident was not your fault, this will still be counted as a claim.
Claims free driving only applies when no claims discount isn't available.
Some insurers may give you a discount if you have been driving for a number of years without a claim, but it’s not been under your own insurance policy. For instance, you may have been a named driver on someone else’s van insurance policy, or been driving a company car. You will need to supply proof of this to get the discount.
If you have a claim under your van insurance policy this is the amount you will have to pay towards the overall cost. The amount may be different depending on the claim - for instance the amount you have to pay for accidental damage may be different from what you pay towards a claim where the is only glass damage. Your insurer will set the excess level, which is the lowest amount you can agree to, but you can choose to apply an additional voluntary excess to reduce your premium.
This can vary from van insurance policy to policy, so please check very carefully before relying on this cover - it will be shown on your van insurance certificate. The “driving other cars” cover that applies to some policies is designed if you need to drive another van in an emergency. It doesn’t cover any damage or loss to the vehicle you are driving.
Driving other cars cover only applies to the policyholder and not any named drivers.
Undamaged parts that have been safely removed from another van to be recycled and fitted to another van when being repaired are referred to as green parts. At The Green Insurer we are keen to use green parts wherever possible, and by taking out a van insurance policy with us you are agreeing them being used where available. We like Green Parts because they avoid the carbon costs of making a new part and reduce wastage generated by disposing of undamaged parts. Wherever green parts are used by one of our insurers they are guaranteed for as long as you own the car, excluding general wear and tear.
Once your policy has ended, you will have access to your account via The Green Insurer app and portal for thirty days, it can take up to 24 hours from the policy ending before the app stops recording trips.
If it looks like you are going to over-exceed your milage you’ll be sent a warning message which will allow you to make an adjustment to increase the mileage on your policy so that you don’t void your van insurance policy.
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