A game of give and take
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• Days after receiving £3,31:10 in government VED rebates a south Devon haulier was back where he started, thanks to a 25% leap in his insurance costs.
Andy Gorman, who runs six trucks out of Dawlish, near Exeter, says he has not made a claim in three-and-a-half years, but his insurance bill jumped from £9.000 to £12,000. He says he feels let down by insurers GM, who have handled his insurance since he started out 20 years ago.
It's hard enough out there anyway with
out this sort of thing happening," says Gorman. "I'm very thankful for the rebate but with this insurance hit we just can't win. Truck drivers are pretty good when you consider what they are up against every day, but insurance companies know they have got you over a barrel. Their attitude is take it or leave it."
A GM spokeswoman says insurance premiums are rising across the whole of the motor industry in response to increasing numbers of claims.