Do I need commercial cover if I use my car for work?

For occasional business use, a class-of-use extension often works. For regular commercial use, commercial vehicle cover is needed.

How is fleet insurance rated?

On overall risk profile: number of vehicles, driver profile, business type, claim history.

Are tools covered by commercial motor?

Usually not automatically — tools-in-transit extension needed.

Do sole trader trades need any-driver cover?

Usually not — named-driver cover suits sole traders and is cheaper.

Commercial vehicles · Shrewsbury

Commercial vehicle insurance in Shrewsbury

Reviewed by Apex Insurance Brokers · Published 15 July 2026

Shrewsbury sits inside a loop of the River Severn, a county town serving a broad agricultural county, and its commercial vehicles match — livestock and agricultural transport, rural trade vans, and the delivery fleets of a busy market centre. The river is never far from any of it.

Where the risks come from for Shrewsbury businesses

The Shrewsbury exposures carry a hazard many towns do not share: flooding. The Severn regularly tops its banks around the town, and vehicles parked in low-lying yards or riverside streets can be caught; add the usual rural mix of narrow roads and slow farm traffic, and the picture is one of both sudden and everyday risk. Water damage here is a when, not an if.

A Shrewsbury example

A trader leaves his van overnight in a yard near the river during a wet spell. The Severn rises faster than forecast; by morning the water is over the sills, the engine and electrics are soaked, and the van is a write-off. Nothing hit it, but flood damage on a comprehensive policy is the difference between a claim and a total loss carried alone.

What commercial vehicle insurance covers

A commercial vehicle policy on comprehensive terms reaches beyond collisions. Third-party cover meets the legal duty to others; comprehensive cover answers for flood, fire and storm damage to your own vehicle as well as accidents; and theft protects it when it is standing. Tools, goods in transit, glass and recovery can all sit alongside, and a fleet policy keeps several vehicles on one set of terms.

Placing it in Shrewsbury with Apex

Apex is an independent commercial broker in Bristol, trading since 2009 and FCA authorised under reference 724952. Independence means we can weigh a Shrewsbury operator's real exposures — flood included — across more than thirty insurer markets, Lloyd's among them via wholesale, and put a named broker on the file. The number is 0117 325 0027.

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Apex Insurance Brokers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Firm reference number 724952. Registered in England and Wales, company number 07014570. Trading address: QCS, 53 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol BS1 4HQ · Serving businesses in Shrewsbury and the wider region.