All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
Feb 11 2002 // Staying one step ahead of criminals is a challenge for both the companies that transport cargo and the insurers who provide coverage for them. As the criminal gets smarter and comes up with new ways to steal,...
Feb 11 2002 // Oh, down in Mexico. I never really been so I don’t really know….Actually I have been to Mexico, and loved it. But that line from the James Taylor song, “Mexico,” has been swirling around in my head,...
Jan 23 2002 // Minnesota’s trucking firms have been hit hard with insurance rate increases according to results of a joint survey conducted by the Minnesota Trucking Association (MTA) and the American Trucking Associations...
Jan 17 2002 // CNA has launched a new, enhanced version of OMMni.com, the interactive and fully automated cargo insurance system which is accessible over the Internet to all CNA’s ocean cargo customers worldwide.Available free of...
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the FutureThis is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth, for...
Dec 3 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers voiced support Nov. 29 for the congressional compromise allowing Mexican trucks greater access to the U.S. with inspection and safety requirements. The fiscal 2002 Transportation spending...
Nov 5 2001 // Kemper Insurance Companies announced its Ocean Cargo Certificate Insurance System is now accessible through the Internet, providing brokers, agents and customers with immediate and unlimited access for issuing ocean cargo...
Oct 29 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. meeting in Ottawa under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to adopt and enforce more rigorous cross-border trucking...
Oct 22 2001 // Kemper Insurance Companies announced its Ocean Cargo Certificate Insurance System is now accessible through the Internet, providing brokers, agents and customers with immediate and unlimited access for issuing ocean cargo...
Oct 19 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. meeting in Ottawa under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to adopt and enforce more rigorous cross-border trucking...
Oct 16 2001 // Broker and insurance services provider Brown & Brown has joined forces with Starlink Logistics, Inc., Electronic Data Systems and a number of cargo insurance underwriters to offer a new program employing advanced...
Aug 28 2001 // Fireman’s Fund McGee Marine Underwriters has contracted with Oceanwide.com to license its Genoa software product. According to the company, Fireman’s Fund McGee will be the first U.S. insurer to offer this...
Jul 9 2001 // Congressional efforts to block funding for additional border inspectors and facility improvements in anticipation of the opening of the U.S.-Mexican border under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are a threat...
May 18 2001 // An adequate number of safety inspectors and a detailed plan for the inspection of Mexican trucks at all borders are both essential for the safety of all motorists, according to the National Association of Independent...
Apr 26 2001 // CNA’s maritime division announced that it will begin a pilot program of a system that “enables OMMni.com, the automated ocean cargo insurance system, to receive instructions to issue electronic insurance...
Feb 19 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...
Feb 19 2001 // On Feb. 6, a North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel upheld an interim ruling opening the United States border to Mexican trucks. Many in the insurance industry say they will cautiously review the changes the...
Feb 12 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...
Feb 12 2001 // A North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel is expected to uphold an interim ruling from November allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the United States. Many in the insurance industry say they will cautiously...