Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trucking Under the Influence
May 19 2008 // Number of Drug and Alcohol Abusing Truckers Unknown It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or...
Insurance Industry: One Cog in the Cargo Theft Prevention Machine
May 19 2008 // Supply chain players advised to combine strategies for a multi-level solution to loss control While cargo theft can affect every sector of the supply chain, competing interests among the various players in the chain can...
Trucking Under the Influence
May 19 2008 // Number of Drug and Alcohol Abusing Truckers Unknown It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or...
Catlin Syndicate Leads Coverage for Europe/China Rail Cargo Link
May 2 2008 // The Catlin Syndicate, the largest syndicate at Lloyd’s of London in terms of premium capacity, is leading the cargo insurance coverage for goods transported by an innovative new rail container service linking Europe...
Better Data Needed to Fight Cargo Thefts, Say Insurers, Law Enforcement
Apr 17 2008 // It’s like “Gone in 60 Seconds” with tractor trailers. Thieves steal billions of dollars of electronics, medicine, vehicles and other items from U.S. businesses each year by targeting trucks and other...
RLI Opens Its Small Fleet Trucking Insurance to More Agents
Apr 3 2008 // RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Co., announced the expansion of its small fleet trucking program to include new retail agents. The program had previously been limited to existing, appointed agents. The...
Arkansas Truckers Cite Fuel Prices, Park for a Day
Apr 3 2008 // Arkansas truckers parked their rigs on April 1 to have their say in a national protest over high fuel prices that independent operators say is putting them out of business. Dale Burri of Greenbrier, a driver for J.B. Hunt...
Truckers to Review Snow-Removal Ideas in Wake of Connecticut Concerns
Mar 11 2008 // The country’s leading trucking industry group says it will seek new ways to help truckers in Connecticut and nationwide remove ice and snow from atop their rigs without endangering themselves. The American Trucking...
The Promise of NAFTA Not Quite Fulfilled
Feb 24 2008 // It’s been a long, frustrating process for most participants In February 2002, Insurance Journal reported that Congress and the Bush Administration had reached a deal whereby the trucking provisions of the North...
10 Things to Know About Commercial Auto
Feb 24 2008 // 1. When should an insured consider a commercial auto policy over a personal auto policy that is rated for business use? Generally speaking, when the vehicle is: Used for business and owned by a corporation or...
Gramercy Insurance Company Launches Trucking Liability Program
Feb 7 2008 // Gramercy Insurance Company (GIC), a global property and casualty insurer, announced the expansion of its Commercial Auto division with the addition of truck liability insurance. GIC now provides a single source solution...
AI Risk’s LexExpress Delivers Excess Auto Liability for Truckers
Jan 22 2008 // AI Risk Specialists Insurance, Inc., a brokerage subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., has unveiled LexExpress, excess auto liability insurance for small to medium sized fleets in the trucking industry. It is...
Houston Group to Handle Marine Cargo Business for OneBeacon Sub
Nov 27 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group announced an agreement with Houston-based Southern Marine & Aviation Inc. to represent OneBeacon’s International Marine Underwriters (IMU) division. Under the agreement, IMU will assume...
Cargo Ship Crashes into San Francisco Bay Bridge, Causes Oil Spill
Nov 12 2007 // A cargo ship sideswiped a support on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last Wednesday, leaving a gash nearly 100 feet long on the side of the 926-foot vessel, and spilling fuel into the bay. The crash ruptured two fuel...
How to put the brakes on truck crashes
Oct 27 2007 // Drivers of large trucks and other vehicles involved in truck crashes are 10 times more likely to be the cause of the crash than other factors, such as weather, road conditions, and vehicle performance, according to a study...
For small truckers, exceed the minimum
Oct 27 2007 // The past few years have not been easy for the U.S. trucking industry. Rising fuel prices, threats of terrorism, new regulations and the daily challenges of simply moving heavy freight from point A to point B, have combined...
AIG Opens Trucking Unit
Oct 22 2007 // AIG Cos. launched a new unit dedicated to providing insurance solutions for the U.S. trucking market. AIG Transportation Solutions, to be headed by Lentz Merisier, director of Transportation Solutions, will provide a broad...
Chicago SUA Contracts with Partner Agent Writing Trucking in Southeast
Oct 2 2007 // Chicago-based Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. (SUA) recently announced that the company has entered into a new Partner Agent contract with First Light Program Managers, Inc. (“First Light”) to...
Guy Carp Forms Cargo Modeling Team
Sep 7 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has formed a specialized project team to identify a more scientific, practical approach to cargo accumulation modeling. The bulletin said the “new team’s efforts have resulted...
Federal court throws out rules on extended hours for truckers
Aug 6 2007 // A federal court dealt a blow to U.S. trucking companies in July by striking down rules on working hours that were strongly criticized by safety advocates. The decision is the latest chapter in a long-running battle between...
