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Pirates Hijack Cargo Ship with 25 People aboard off India

Dec 7 2010 // Suspected Somali pirates hijacked a Bangladeshi ship carrying nickel ore in the Arabian Sea and appear headed to the lawless East African nation, officials said Monday.The Bangladesh-flagged M.V. Jahan Moni appears to have...

Aspen Insurance Adds Inland Marine, Ocean Marine Cargo Insurance

Nov 18 2010 // Aspen Insurance now offers inland marine and ocean marine cargo insurance products in the U.S. Aspen will utilize both broker and agency distribution and will consider specialized managing general agents for select lines...

Travelers Implements New Trucking Form in Response to CSA 2010

Oct 20 2010 // In 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will fully implement its new program, Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010). Travelers is helping its trucking industry customers prepare for the...

Navigators Rebrands Retail Logistics Unit; Names Kritz President

Sep 10 2010 // Navigators Management Co. Inc. has rebranded its retail brokerage division presently known as Navigators Logistics Insurance Services. The division will now be called iTrade Risk & Insurance Services.The company said...

Nations Meet on Climate Cash Contributions; UN Sees Long Haul

Sep 3 2010 // About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.Environment ministers and...

2010: A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance

Aug 2 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade.Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...

Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July

Aug 2 2010 // A study by San Diego, Calif.-based DriveCam Inc. shows that collisions and near collisions involving long haul trucks peak in July and remain high through the month of November.Using its database of more than 18 million...

Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July

Aug 2 2010 // A study by San Diego, Calif.-based DriveCam Inc., a global driver risk management company, shows that collisions and near collisions involving long haul trucks peak in July and remain high through the month of November....

Truckers Insurance Headed in New Directions

Jul 19 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary in the trucking insurance field, as it is ushering in more changes than those who provide insurance for truckers have seen in a decade.Motor carriers are being affected by...

2010 a Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance

Jul 5 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade.Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...

2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance

Jul 5 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade.Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...

Rough Road for Trucking in the New Economy

Jul 5 2010 // The insurance industry has a long history for cyclical price adjusting, featuring long periods of marginal to inadequate premiums followed by relatively brief, startling and disruptive upward price corrections. These...

Trucking Firm Suing New Hampshire in Crash That Killed Boy

May 24 2010 // A trial is underway in New Hampshire in a lawsuit brought against the state Department of Transportation by a Canadian trucking company involved a February 2007 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy.Fidele Tremblay claims the...

2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance

May 12 2010 // The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade.Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle...

Oklahoma Trucker Wins Great American’s 2010 ‘Big Rig Giveaway’

Apr 8 2010 // A single dad from Oklahoma is the latest winner of the “Big Rig Giveaway,” sponsored by Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group. Ron Terrill was on the road driving for a national motor carrier...

U.S. to Make Trucking Firm Repeat Violators Install Electronic Recorders

Apr 6 2010 // A new federal regulation will require trucking companies that repeatedly violate driver time limits to install electronic recorders that track how long drivers are at the wheel.But the recorders will only be required for...

Alabama Trucking Firm in Kentucky Fatal Crash Flunked Safety Rating

Apr 2 2010 // An Alabama trucking company involved in a crash that killed 11 people in Kentucky had a poor safety rating from federal regulators, repeatedly failing roadside inspections.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

Trucking Led To $480 Million in Calif. Workers’ Comp Payments

Mar 15 2010 // Injuries in the trucking industry led to more than $480 million in workers’ compensation medical and indemnity payments, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute.The group, which released a...

Tractor-Trailer Cargo Thefts on the Rise in Pennsylvania

Mar 4 2010 // Authorities say thieves are increasingly targeting tractor-trailers in Pennsylvania to steal their loads of electronics, food or drink, later abandoning the trailers at the side of the road.Sometimes the culprits steal...

A Rundown of Anti-piracy Tactics Employed by Bulk Cargo Ships

Mar 1 2010 // Somali pirates are likely to increasingly target ships taking coal and other commodities over the Indian Ocean because smaller bulk vessels are an easier target than large oil tankers and trade to Asia is booming.A 75,000...