PIB Insurance Brokers (PIB) is pleased to welcome the latest acquisition made by PIB Group. Simply Insurance Services Ltd has joined the growing family of specialist businesses, in a move that further strengthens PIB’s Motor Trade Practice Group offering to its clients in the automotive sector. Based in Purfleet, Essex, Simply Insurance has been providing risk solutions for VSME customers … Read More

As restrictions continue to ease, here is a summary of the most recent updates from the Scottish, Welsh and Jersey governments. In addition, we summarise the recent changes in Northern Ireland.  At present, England, Guernsey and the Republic of Ireland are continuing with current measures. Scotland – To Level 0 and Beyond Scotland has announced a move to Beyond Level … Read More

Earlier this year the Government introduced new rules for hauliers entering England from outside of the Common Travel Area (UK, the Crown Dependencies (Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man) and Ireland) staying for longer than 2 days. Under these rules hauliers must take a coronavirus test within two days of arrival and every 3 days … Read More

As part of plans to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses the government has announced that over the summer in England, Scotland and Wales the standard grade of petrol is changing from the current E5 standard to E10. The current E5 blend contains up to 5% bioethanol, E10 petrol will see the amount of bioethanol increase to 10%, the main benefit … Read More

Driving performance through innovation and insight PIB has a unique Motor Trade Practice Group that delivers tailored solutions to the automotive sector. Emerging challenges around perceived flood exposures, the rise of disruptors and a shift towards electrical vehicles mean that it is even more important to mitigate risk and protect profits. The Motor Trade Practice Group covers three key areas: … Read More

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its Annual Report and Accounts. This covers the period 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. This report shows a fall in the number of fatal accidents with 11 deaths in the latest year (down from 13 the previous year), an 11% fall in the number of major injuries … Read More

PIB Risk Management’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic We are very conscious of the difficulties and concerns that many of our clients and contacts will be experiencing during the Coronavirus pandemic. We want to reassure our clients of the measures we have taken to ensure that we continue to provide a high level of client service. Our priority is to … Read More

Concerns have been raised about the safety of SMART motorways and following a recent review, the Government has announced a number of measures it intends to take to improve safety. But do you know how to use SMART Motorways correctly as a driver? Detailed guidance is provided by Highways England and can be found on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-drive-on-a-smart-motorway In this … Read More

Following concerns about driver safety in October 2019, the Government announced a review of SMART motorways. The findings of this review and the actions the government intends to take have now been published. The term SMART motorway covers three types of road: Controlled Motorways – like conventional motorways, these have a permanent hard shoulder but with added variable speed limits … Read More