Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required on Brokers
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Non-Construction Laborers, Freight Movers Had Most Occupational Injuries, Illnesses in Texas in 2003
Mar 31 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that non-construction laborers and freight, stock, and material movers recorded the largest number of occupational injuries and illnesses in Texas in 2003,...
ACE Forms Logistics Industry Practice Division
Mar 28 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, has created the ACE Logistics Industry Practice. This specialized practice will focus on providing comprehensive insurance coverage and...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required on Brokers
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Unions Oppose Efforts to Stretch Trucker Workday
Mar 10 2005 // Wal-Mart and other retailers are lobbying Congress to extend the workday for truckers to 16 hours, something labor unions and safety advocates say would make roadways more dangerous for all drivers. Rep. John Boozman, an...
Excess Trucking, Transportation
Mar 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jeffrey L. Heath Inc., dba Heath XS, is now offering excess trucking and transportation including all types of excess auto, except LPG, haz-mat, livery and buses. Dollars: Policy limit is $4 million with...
Excess Trucking, Transportation
Feb 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jeffrey L. Heath Inc., dba Heath XS, is now offering excess trucking and transportation including all types of excess auto, except LPG, haz-mat, livery and buses. Dollars: Policy limit is $4 million with...
Trucking, Transportation
Jan 24 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jeffrey L. Heath Inc., dba Heath XS, is now offering excess trucking and transportation including all types of excess auto, except LPG, hazardous materials, livery and buses. Dollars: Policy limit is $4...
NAIS Offers Admitted Truck Cargo Legal Liability
Dec 20 2004 // Clifford Mapes, president and CEO of National Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., recently added a new financially stable carrier for monoline motor truck cargo legal liability. The carrier is admitted and rated A++XV by...
Loss Ratios Improve in 45 States Nationwide
Nov 22 2004 // The commercial auto market went through some tough times. After years of deteriorating loss ratios, things have definitely turned around. What does this mean for the marketplace? In some cases, prices have started to...
Trucking Program
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Crump E&S of California Insurance Services Inc. announced a new trucking program. Coverage includes auto liability, physical damage and cargo. Dollars: Limits range from $750,000 to $1 million....
Crump of California Offers Trucking Program
Oct 12 2004 // Crump E&S of California Insurance Services Inc. announced a new trucking program for agents in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Admitted carrier First Financial Insurance is rated “A- VIII” by A.M. Best....
Legal Liability for Motor Truck Cargo
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. broadened and simplified its carrier-for-hire cargo coverage, which addresses a trucker’s legal liability when carrying cargo under contract. Key...
Trucking Program
Jul 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a new Trucking Program: BI/PD (with filings), Physical Damage, Cargo. Dollars: Policy limits of $1 million CSL. Minimum deductible of $1,000 and a minimum premium of $500 for...
Legal Liability for Truck Cargo
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. broadened and simplified its carrier-for-hire cargo coverage, which addresses a trucker’s legal liability when carrying cargo under contract. Key...
Trucking Program
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a new Trucking Program: BI/PD (with filings), Physical Damage, Cargo. Dollars: Policy limits of $1 million CSL. Minimum deductible of $1,000 and a minimum premium of $500 for...
BOGUS TRUCKING POLICIES’:
Jul 5 2004 // Lloyd’s America revealed it is investigating allegedly bogus umbrella trucking liability policies reportedly placed through the Oakland, Calif.-based broker Ambassador Insurance Services and/or GIO International of...
Trucking Program
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a new Trucking Program: BI/PD (with filings), Physical Damage, Cargo. Dollars: Policy limitsd of $1 million CSL. Minimum deductible of $1,000 and a minimum premium of $500 for...
Legal Liability for Truck Cargo
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. broadened and simplified its carrier-for-hire cargo coverage, which addresses a trucker’s legal liability when carrying cargo under contract. Key...
