All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 1 2008 // Risk Reducers LLC, a division of Swett & Crawford, launched a new occupational accident transportation program to address the problem of job-related injuries suffered by independent truck drivers who are not covered...
Jun 11 2008 // Burlington, N.C.-based AmWINS Transportation Underwriters launched several new insurance programs for the trucking and commercial auto industry. These national programs include coverage for truck broker’s contingent...
May 27 2008 // A Kentucky trucking company that was involved in a school bus crash that killed one student and injured 12 people has violated federal and state safety regulations, a newspaper reported.A review by the Kentucky Vehicle...
May 23 2008 // 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 alcohol on any given day.The American Trucking...
May 19 2008 // 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 alcohol on any given day. The American Trucking...
May 19 2008 // “If you give me weed, whites and wine And you show me a sign I’ll be willin’ to be movin'”Those lyrics, from Lowell George’s song “Willin'” — recorded by Little Feat and Linda...
May 19 2008 // 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 alcohol on any given day. The American Trucking...
May 19 2008 // While cargo theft can affect every sector of the supply chain, competing interests among the various players in the chain can get in the way of curbing thefts and catching the criminals responsible, according to a loss...
May 19 2008 // 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 alcohol on any given day. The American Trucking...
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...
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 cargo...
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...
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...
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...
Feb 24 2008 // In February 2002, Insurance Journal reported that Congress and the Bush Administration had reached a deal whereby the trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement could finally be implemented....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...