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Insurance pla aids recovery
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• Backers of a new recovery service being launched to (Thursday 11 October) claim it will remove the risk of ov charging that has plagued hauliers for years.
Auto-Rescue Logistics (ARL) says the recovery cha for a truck involved in an accident will be far lower ti existing rates because payment will be guaranteed by vehicle's insurers. This will remove the temptation to up prices simply to recoup losses on call-outs where vehicle owner refuses to pay.
ARL's backers also say its nationwide network of recovery operators will be able to respond to call-outs quicker than any recovery schemes managed for po forces because there are more of them.
ARL chairman Mike Eagles says: "In Kent, which is main through route between the UK and Europe, we haw least three times as many operators as the police schen He adds that a fair deal for hauliers and insurers will guaranteed because their representatives will autnuml recovery operators on the six-strong chairing committ Eagles promises: "Auto-Rescue will be built upon era( cal and transparent working partnerships providing ins ers, hauliers and the general motoring public with a tar ble alternative to the police schemes" Jon Beech, MD of Stoke-on-Trent-based Jon Bei Recovery, believes that membership of ARL will insure long-term viability: "When we worked for the Staffordsh police scheme we weren't getting paid for around 20% the CVs we recovered." he explains.
"This will be one of the best things that happens to In fide operators because there is nobody actually milking I system In some way."
Last month the High Court ruled that Beech and f other operators had no contract with Staffordshire poli so they could not force the police to chase up unpaid del from operators I CM12-1B Sept).