Latest Trucking Headlines
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Freight Truck, Express Bus Crash in Upstate New York Kills 6, Injures 3: Officials
Jan 30 2023 // LOUISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Six people died in upstate New York when a freight truck and an express bus carrying more than a dozen people collided Saturday near the U.S.-Canada border, state police said. Three others were...
Sentry Teams Up With Motive For Commercial Trucking Telematics Program
Jan 25 2023 // Sentry Insurance, a leading provider of commercial trucking insurance, has announced a telematics program with Motive that will give customers up to 5% on their Sentry premiums for sharing their electronic logging device...
People Moves: Chubb Global Mkts Promotes O’Brien to Head of Cargo; AXIS Promotes Maher to Head of Cyber and Technology, London
Dec 9 2022 // Chubb Global Mkts Promotes O’Brien to Head of Cargo Chubb announced the appointment of Alex O’Brien as head of Cargo for Chubb Global Markets (CGM), the company’s London Market wholesale and specialty...
Coast Guard Blames Pilot for Cargo Ship Grounding in Chesapeake Bay in March
Dec 8 2022 // A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay faulted the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the waterway, saying he relied too much on one piece of equipment to...
California Trucking Firm Owner Sentenced in Deadly Blast
Dec 5 2022 // A Southern California trucking company owner who ordered the illegal repair of a tanker that led to a deadly explosion was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison. Carl Bradley Johansson, 64, of Newport Beach...
Facebook Accused by Female Truckers of Skewing Job Ads
Dec 2 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. unlawfully steered dozens of hiring ads from trucking companies and other advertisers to mostly one gender or age group, an advocacy group for female truckers alleged in a U.S. complaint on Thursday,...
Dept. of Transportation Declares Texas Motor Carriers to be Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
Nov 22 2022 // The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Texas Interstate Express and PAC Express LLC related motor carriers located in the Houston area, to be an...
Moving and Storage Businesses: Heed FMCSA Clearinghouse Requirements to Reduce Drug and Alcohol Violations
Nov 18 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Drug and alcohol violations have increased by 10.2% for truckers,[1] making it more important than ever for motor carriers to utilize the Federal Motor...
On the Road: Tough Trucking Market Brings Challenges, Opportunities for Specialists
Nov 7 2022 // The demand for transportation services remains strong and experts believe that trend will continue throughout 2023. That’s good news for transportation insurance experts. At the same time, the trucking sector today...
Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot Resumes Quoting Cargo Insurance for Black Sea Grain Shipments
Nov 2 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is once again quoting on its cargo insurance facility for the Black Sea grain corridor, the facility’s lead underwriter said on Wednesday after Russia announced it would resume...
Illinois Trucking Company to Pay $259K Over Clean Water Act Violations
Nov 2 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. The company has agreed to purchase and secure 15.5 wetland acres to...
Insurers Stop Offering Cargo Insurance for Ukraine Grains Shipments: Sources
Nov 2 2022 // Insurers are no longer offering new cargo insurance cover for shipments out of Ukraine through a U.N.-backed safe corridor after Russia suspended its participation, industry sources said on Tuesday. An export deal, agreed...
Markets/Coverages: Liberty Specialty Markets Launches Project Cargo Consortium at Lloyd’s
Oct 13 2022 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, announced the launch of a new Lloyd’s facility for the London market. The Liberty Project Cargo Consortium...
An End of an Era: AB 5 and What It Means for Motor Carriers and Their Independent Contractors
Oct 7 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. For the last two-and-a-half years the entire nation has been tracking California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), which changed the definition of who is considered an...
People Moves: Arch Ins. Int’l Names Lockton’s Stallard as Cargo U/W; Beazley Hires van Ommeren as Financial Lines U/W; Aon Reinsurance Taps Sompo’s Shedden for Analytics
Oct 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International, Beazley, and Aon Reinsurance Solutions. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Names...
Pay-As-You-Go Cargo MGA Closing Insurance Protection Gap for Shippers
Oct 4 2022 // After many years working as a freight and logistics broker in the London market, Johnny McCord understood where the freight industry’s “pain points” were and thought technology and artificial intelligence...
Insurers Ask Court in New York to Seize, Sell Vessel to Pay $39M in Cargo Losses
Sep 29 2022 // More than 30 insurers that have paid an estimated $39 million in lost cargo claims, along with cargo owners without insurance, have asked the courts to seize and sell the Japanese vessel ONE Apus to cover their claims. The...
RB Jones Acquires ‘Smart’ Ocean Cargo Business From Corvus
Sep 21 2022 // Specialty risk broker RB Jones announced its marine and energy division has acquired the Smart Cargo Insurance business from Boston-based managing general agent Corvus Insurance. The Corvus ocean cargo product offers an...
Georgia Shrimpers, Businesses File Suits Over Capsized Cargo Ship Pollution
Sep 13 2022 // Fishermen, shrimpers and business owners dependent on coastal tourism have filed lawsuits over pollution caused when a cargo ship capsized off the Georgia coast in 2019. The two federal lawsuits filed last week in Georgia...
Illinois Trucking Repair Company Fined $326,000 for Workplace Hazards
Sep 9 2022 // A 48-year-old worker entered a tanker-trailer in Lemont, Illinois to inspect it as part of an annual U.S. Department of Transportation requirement and was overcome from exposure to bleach and chlorine gas. The worker was...
