VanPrep
A facts-and-questions worksheet for UK tradespeople, self-employed workers and small businesses. Sort out vehicle use, tools, goods and changes before you approach a comparison service or your current insurer.
For UK work-van preparation only. This public preview does not provide a price, determine eligibility, recommend a policy or confirm that you are covered to drive.
No names, registrations, addresses, policy numbers or free text. Answers remain in the page and clear when you reset or reload.
What has changed in your working day?
Four separate working lists
No account. No saved answers.
Use the checklist to turn a working day into facts and questions. Unknown information remains unknown and mixed uses stay visible. Choose your next step separately; an available comparison link does not confirm eligibility or cover.
- Vehicle: drivers, dates, mileage, parking and the use to describe.
- Tools: ownership, limits, excess and unattended or overnight questions.
- Goods: your stock, customer property, payment and transit questions.
- Special use: changes, extra vehicles, modifications, towing and other provider questions.
Guides for one question at a time
All guides are reviewed 8 October 2026 and identify their source roles.
- 01
What information should I prepare for a work van insurance comparison?
A working list for the vehicle, drivers, mileage, use and existing documents.
- 02
What should I check when a form says “carriage of own goods”?
Translate your working day into facts before choosing a provider’s option.
- 03
Own goods or paid delivery: which facts should I explain?
Check ownership, purpose and payment together, including bundled charges.
- 04
What should I confirm before using my work van for paid parcel deliveries?
A provider-first list for paid deliveries, occasional work and base-policy questions.
- 05
Are my work tools covered when they are left in the van?
Read the documents for ownership, theft, overnight storage and limits.
- 06
Does van insurance also cover goods in transit?
Keep the vehicle, tools and load as separate document checks.
- 07
What should I recheck before renewing work van insurance?
Review work, drivers, loads and dates rather than copying last year.
- 08
What should I confirm before another person drives my work van?
Check actual roles, driver records and an effective change date.
- 09
Does adding a second van mean I should use a fleet insurance route?
Prepare each vehicle and ask which route the provider supports.
- 10
What van modifications and signwriting should I discuss with the insurer?
Record the changes and check the provider’s definition.
- 11
Is commuting included in my work van’s use description?
Separate a regular workplace, sites, customers and private journeys.
- 12
What should I tell my insurer when my van’s work changes?
Separate proposed work, current facts and the effective arrangement.