There are three types of courier insurance: vehicle insurance, goods-in-transit insurance and public liability insurance. Which are direct and indirect costs? Let us go through this one step at a time. Vehicle insurance is definitely an indirect cost. It is a cost that must be paid by your courier company in order to protect your assets. You can add this to your overhead cost, which will eventually be part of cost factors considered
when determining the true cost of delivery. Goods-in-transit insurance fees are direct costs for sure. Some courier companies offer insurance as an optional service to their customers, allowing them to choose to insure or not to insure their delivered goods when they sign the delivery papers. This way, your customers are paying goods-in-transit insurance fees directly, and you will not have to spend a thing. Of course, public liability insurance is an indirect cost as well, since it is protecting your interests. You can choose to add it as part of your overhead costs of delivery, or simply put it as part of your company's overall operating cost.
So from above example it is clear that direct and indirect costs can be go to gather for one good or service at the same time.
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