Liability Insurance Requirement to Gain Your Own Trucking Authority?
What is the liability insurance requirement to gain your own Trucking Authority? Whether you have been an owner-operator leased under another company or just looking to start your own trucking business, one of the first steps is logging on the FMCSA website and applying for authority. The trucking authority [...]
Legal Implications in the First 24 Hours After a Crash
First 24 Hours After a Crash Can Affect Legal Implications Later Please take the time to read the excellent article, “First 24 Hours After a Crash Can Affect Legal Implications Later”, recently published in Transport Topics magazine. Drivers can often be confused and afraid after a major accident, not to [...]
Smart Dashcams & Truck Insurance
Smart Dashcams for Proof Truckers are Driving Safely Do me a favor, on your way home from work today...go ahead and count how many drivers you pass that are texting on their phone! Insurance will be one of your biggest cost as you grow your trucking business. One thing [...]
What steps should you take in the event you’re in an accident?
Here are some tips and ideas you could incorporate into your training, in the event of a truck accident: • Take pictures, of where the vehicles were left. • Try to work in a landmark like a power pole, bridge, or road sign. • Start taking pictures of the [...]
IS THE STATED AMOUNT FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IMPORTANT?
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES - IS THE STATED AMOUNT IMPORTANT? When you’re coming up on your yearly commercial auto renewal, a good insurance broker is going to ask you to review your Power Units and determine whether the stated value for each power unit is accurate? In a total loss/wrecked truck situation, the insurance company [...]
Do I need trailer interchange coverage on my policy?
Do I need trailer interchange coverage on my policy? This entirely depends on what shipping companies you plan to work with and whether you’ll be pulling your own trailers or the shipping companies. One of my appointed carriers, Great West Casualty, has some really great coverages for trailer interchange agreements. Under a trailer interchange agreement, the shipping company’s coverage must be [...]
If It’s Not Documented, It Didn’t Happen
If It’s Not Documented, It Didn’t Happen We meet with many fleet and safety managers who are boastful about their safety programs. However, when an insurance loss control representative asks for documentation to back up the good story, the evidence is scant. This is exactly what plaintiff’s attorneys love—a [...]
Great West Hosts Trucking & Economic Update Webinar 6/23/21
Photo by Gabriela Juri on Scopio Great West to Host Trucking & Economic Update Webinar On June 23, 2021, Great West Casualty Company is proud to present its latest GPS webinar featuring Bob Costello, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of International Trade Policy and Cross-Border Operations at the American [...]
Improving Unsafe Driving Policies – Operation Safe Driver Week
Time To Beef Up Your Unsafe Driving Policies Operation Safe Driver Week 2021 To Focus on Speeding The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is promoting the 2021 Operation Safe Driver Week from July 11 – 17th this year. Safety-focused fleet managers should already have unsafe driving policies and procedures [...]
Worried About a DOT Safety Audit?
Worried About a DOT Safety Audit? Wait Until Freight Brokers Jump Into the Audit Game. The dreaded DOT safety audit. It’s enough to strike fear in the hearts of many hardened fleet managers. However, there may be a new player in the safety audit game—freight brokers. A bi-partisan bill [...]