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Self-Driving Company Kodiak Robotics Hauls Freight For CEVA in Texas, Oklahoma

Mar 9 2022 // Kodiak Robotics on March 9 said it has partnered with France-based CEVA Logistics to transport freight in self-driving trucks across Texas and Oklahoma, marking the latest autonomous trucking partnership in the...

FMCSA Declares Texas Motor Carrier to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety Following Fatal Crash

Mar 8 2022 // The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Koboat Trucking LLC, USDOT No. 3273682, a Houston-based motor carrier, to be an “imminent hazard”...

Shipping Firm Warns Delays May Damage Perishable Cargo Shipments to Russia

Mar 2 2022 // Shipments of foodstuffs and medical supplies to Russia risk being damaged or spoiled due to significant delays at ports and customs, shipping group Maersk told its customers on Wednesday.Maersk and two other large...

Burnt-Out Cargo Ship With Luxury Cars Sinks Off Portugal’s Azores

Mar 1 2022 // LISBON — A burnt-out cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys, sank on Tuesday off the Portuguese Azores archipelago nearly two weeks after it caught fire, a port official said.Joao...

VW Fears Most of Its Cars on Cargo Ship ‘Felicity Ace’ Are Beyond Salvage

Feb 26 2022 // Volkswagen AG has lost hope that many of its roughly 4,000 vehicles aboard a cargo ship that caught fire last week in the Atlantic can be saved.The automaker’s brands and dealers have started notifying customers that...

Insurance Technology: Nationwide Sponsors Homecare Robots; Trucker Platform Nirvana Raised $25M; DealerPolicy Rebrands as Polly; Dent.co Aids Auto Repairs

Feb 25 2022 // Nationwide Sponsors Labrador Retriever RobotGiant insurer Nationwide is partnering with an early-stage robotics company, Southern California-based Labrador Systems, on a multi-state pilot program with the Labrador...

Canada’s Trucker Protests Cost Businesses Tens of Millions in Lost Sales

Feb 25 2022 // A three-week long protest in Canada against pandemic measures that snarled trade and shuttered Ottawa’s core likely cost billions in trade delays, tens of millions in lost sales for businesses, and left behind a...

Fundamental Underwriters Expands Commercial Trucking Product Into Three More States

Feb 22 2022 // Fundamental Underwriters, a specialty managing general underwriter, announced today that it would expand its mid-market commercial trucking insurance product offerings into three additional states – Louisiana, Michigan...

Porsches and Lamborghinis Lost at Sea in Cargo-Ship Fire Could Cost $155 Million

Feb 22 2022 // The cargo ship that caught fire last week carrying about 4,000 Volkswagen AG vehicles could cost the automaker at least $155 million, according to one consultant’s estimate.Of the roughly $438 million total value of...

Canada’s Crackdown on Trucker-Protest Funding May Be Challenge for Insurers, Banks

Feb 18 2022 // Canada roped in banks to help cut funding to protesters against COVID-19 mandates this week, but the requested speed and broad scope of the measures leaves financial institutions to their own devices in enforcing most of...

Markets/Coverages: WTW Partners With Falvey Cargo on Cyber; Boost and Breach Offer Crypto Wallet Cover; Umbrella From Distinguished Programs Serves Real Estate, Community Associations

Feb 16 2022 // WTW Partners With Falvey Cargo Underwriting for Affirmative Cargo Cyber CoverageInsurance broker Willis Towers Watson is partnering with Falvey Cargo Underwriting on an affirmative cyber coverage product for cargo and...

Greenlight Re Innovations Invests in Cargo Insurtech Startup Redkik

Feb 11 2022 // Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has announced an investment in insurtech startup Redkik Inc., a cargo insurance administration and analytics platform.Cargo insurance policies have...

Markets: Liberty Mutual Covers ‘Last Mile’ Delivery; Roamly Serves RV Rental Firms; Next Targets Auto Repair Industry

Feb 10 2022 // Liberty Mutual Motor Cargo Product Serves ‘Last Mile’ Delivery MarketLiberty Mutual Insurance has launched a motor cargo product to serve the emerging last mile and gig economy delivery segments, including the...

Relation Acquires Georgia-based Allen, a Trucking Insurance Specialist

Jan 19 2022 // California-based Relation Insurance Services has reached across the country to acquire trucking industry specialist Allen Insurance Group, headquartered in Georgia. Based in Fort Valley, Georgia, Allen offers commercial...

Yemeni Fighters Hijack UAE-Flagged Cargo Ship, Saudi-Led Military Coalition Says

Jan 3 2022 // Yemen’s Houthi fighters hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Yemen on Sunday night, according to a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition that’s battling the rebel force. The vessel,...

Minnesota Trucking Company to Pay $500,000 Settlement over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

Dec 9 2021 // Stan Koch and Sons Trucking, based in Minneapolis, will pay $500,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.According to the EEOC’s...

Safety Advocates Are Worried As Teen Truckers Hit the Road

Dec 3 2021 // Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year he jumped at the chance and signed on as an apprentice with Total Transportation of Mississippi, LLC in Richland,...

Cargo Theft Cases Down in Q3 Compared to Highs of 2020: CargoNet

Nov 16 2021 // There were 359 supply chain theft and fraud incidents across the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2021, according to CargoNet.They included 294 total theft incidents that involved theft of a trucking...

Report Says Long-Haul COVID Cases Could Affect Workers For Months

Nov 9 2021 // Just as COVID-19 infections nationwide appear to be on the decline, employers and workers’ compensation insurers need to be prepared for a sobering reality: Studies suggest that 10% to 30% of those who had only mild...

U.S. Trucking Sector Struggles with Rising Rates, Driver Shortage

Nov 1 2021 // U.S. commercial auto insurers continue to face disruptions on their road to profitability due to inflation and the spotty post-pandemic economic recovery, according to a Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings...