All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2005 // The Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Group announced that Scott Hendricks has been promoted to divisional president of the firm’s trucking division. Hendricks has been with Great American since 1994. Prior...
Apr 18 2005 // Up Until Now Trucking Firms Performed the Checks But the FBI is Taking Over the JobThe truck drivers who haul cargo labeled as flammable, combustible, radioactive or poisonous are now going to be scrutinized as closely as...
Apr 18 2005 // Seeking better coordination of insurance programs so that people on California and Mexican highways are protected, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi lead a delegation to Mexico on April 11 to participate in trilateral...
Apr 8 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced the launch of its new “Ocean Companion” endorsement, which attaches to the company’s Property Choice policy for medium-sized businesses. It”...
Apr 8 2005 // Seeking better coordination of insurance programs so that people on California and Mexican highways are protected, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Friday he will lead a delegation to Mexico on Monday to...
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Mar 31 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that non-construction laborers and freight, stock, and material movers recorded the largest number of occupational injuries and illnesses in Texas in 2003,...
Mar 28 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, has created the ACE Logistics Industry Practice. This specialized practice will focus on providing comprehensive insurance coverage and...
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Mar 10 2005 // Wal-Mart and other retailers are lobbying Congress to extend the workday for truckers to 16 hours, something labor unions and safety advocates say would make roadways more dangerous for all drivers.Rep. John Boozman, an...
Mar 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jeffrey L. Heath Inc., dba Heath XS, is now offering excess trucking and transportation including all types of excess auto, except LPG, haz-mat, livery and buses.Dollars: Policy limit is $4 million with...
Feb 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jeffrey L. Heath Inc., dba Heath XS, is now offering excess trucking and transportation including all types of excess auto, except LPG, haz-mat, livery and buses.Dollars: Policy limit is $4 million with...
Jan 24 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jeffrey L. Heath Inc., dba Heath XS, is now offering excess trucking and transportation including all types of excess auto, except LPG, hazardous materials, livery and buses.Dollars: Policy limit is $4...
Dec 20 2004 // Clifford Mapes, president and CEO of National Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., recently added a new financially stable carrier for monoline motor truck cargo legal liability.The carrier is admitted and rated A++XV by...
Nov 22 2004 // The commercial auto market went through some tough times. After years of deteriorating loss ratios, things have definitely turned around.What does this mean for the marketplace? In some cases, prices have started to...
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Crump E&S of California Insurance Services Inc. announced a new trucking program. Coverage includes auto liability, physical damage and cargo.Dollars: Limits range from $750,000 to $1 million....
Oct 12 2004 // Crump E&S of California Insurance Services Inc. announced a new trucking program for agents in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Admitted carrier First Financial Insurance is rated “A- VIII” by A.M. Best....
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. broadened and simplified its carrier-for-hire cargo coverage, which addresses a trucker’s legal liability when carrying cargo under contract. Key...