Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Motor Truck Cargo
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a motor truck cargo program. Gas haulers are okay, no containers, no target items and no hazardous items. Call for appointment. Dollars: Policy limits of $150,000. Deductibles...
NAFTA Officials move in on Final Details Prior to Border Crossing Openings
Jun 3 2002 // Transportation officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States, as well as insurance and trucking representatives from those countries, met this week to review final safety, implementation and insurance concerns before...
Home Healthcare-PL; Truck Physical Damage and Cargo
May 27 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: APG Insurance Services is offering a program for home healthcare- professional liability and truck physical damage and cargo. Dollars: Minimum premiums of $1,000. Carrier: Rated States Available:...
The Ocean Marine Market: A Unique Animal
Feb 25 2002 // Like life itself, insurance began in the ocean, eventually spawning the various land-based descendants we’ve come to know. While those terrestrial variants-auto, homeowners, commercial liability, among others-now...
The Ocean Marine Market: A Unique Animal
Feb 25 2002 // Like life itself, insurance began in the ocean, eventually spawning like the varius land-based descendents we’ve come to know. While those terrestrial variants-auto, homeowners, commercial liability, among others-now...
Commercial Auto Agents: Between a Rock and a Hard Market
Feb 11 2002 // The cyclical ups and downs of the multisegmented arena referred to collectively as commercial auto are nothing new. Though the years referred to as “soft” and “hard” vary in both length and...
Before & NAFTA: Open Borders, Long Term Effects on Long-Haul Trucking
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
Building Profitability into the Commercial Auto Market
Feb 11 2002 // Like most property and casualty insurance lines, the commercial auto insurance market has witnessed rate increases over the past year and expects to see more. And, as in other lines, underwriters are scrutinizing accounts...
Before & NAFTA: Open Borders, Long Term Effects on Long-Haul Trucking
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
Insurers, Companies Look to Stem the Tide of Cargo Theft
Feb 11 2002 // Staying one step ahead of criminals is a challenge for both the companies that transport cargo and the insurers who provide coverage for them. As the criminal gets smarter and comes up with new ways to steal,...
Perceptions of Mexico
Feb 11 2002 // Oh, down in Mexico. I never really been so I don’t really know…. Actually I have been to Mexico, and loved it. But that line from the James Taylor song, “Mexico,” has been swirling around in my...
Minn. Trucking Industry Hit Hard by Rising Insurance Increases
Jan 23 2002 // Minnesota’s trucking firms have been hit hard with insurance rate increases according to results of a joint survey conducted by the Minnesota Trucking Association (MTA) and the American Trucking Associations...
CNA Uses OMMni.com to Improve Cargo Insurance on the Internet
Jan 17 2002 // CNA has launched a new, enhanced version of OMMni.com, the interactive and fully automated cargo insurance system which is accessible over the Internet to all CNA’s ocean cargo customers worldwide. Available free of...
Top 10 Stories of 2001
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth,...
Alliance Voices Support for Congressional Trucking Compromise
Dec 3 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers voiced support Nov. 29 for the congressional compromise allowing Mexican trucks greater access to the U.S. with inspection and safety requirements. The fiscal 2002 Transportation spending...
KEMPER OFFERS OCEAN CARGO CERTIFICATES ONLINE
Nov 5 2001 // Kemper Insurance Companies announced its Ocean Cargo Certificate Insurance System is now accessible through the Internet, providing brokers, agents and customers with immediate and unlimited access for issuing ocean cargo...
AIA URGES TOUGHER TRUCKING STANDARDS
Oct 29 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. meeting in Ottawa under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to adopt and enforce more rigorous cross-border trucking...
Kemper’s Ocean Cargo Online Certificates Now Available
Oct 22 2001 // Kemper Insurance Companies announced its Ocean Cargo Certificate Insurance System is now accessible through the Internet, providing brokers, agents and customers with immediate and unlimited access for issuing ocean cargo...
AIA Urges Stronger Safety and Security for Cross-Border Trucking
Oct 19 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. meeting in Ottawa under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to adopt and enforce more rigorous cross-border trucking...
Brown and Brown Offers New Cargo Insurance Program
Oct 16 2001 // Broker and insurance services provider Brown & Brown has joined forces with Starlink Logistics, Inc., Electronic Data Systems and a number of cargo insurance underwriters to offer a new program employing advanced...
