Trucking insurance is dependent on a number of factors, such as experience, driving history, your inspection and compliance histories, and the routes you take. While remaining compliant with federal and state regulations is crucial along every step of your route, it’s being even more closely monitored on Interstate 57 in Illinois. Because of increasingly dangerous driving conditions along the interstate, the state’s District 13 has […]
Commercial Truck Insurance
Lower Your Trucking Insurance with Windstorm Safety in Illinois
Illinois is one of the top five states when it comes to wind and hail damage because of its forceful wind storms and wild weather. Wind, in particular, can pose a large amount of danger to truck drivers making their way through the state. Here are a few steps to keep your truck and trailer safe during windy routes and keep your insurance premiums low: […]
Three Reasons to Take a Look at Your Insurance Policy Before Winter
Liability insurance is one of the most important protections you can have for your trucking business: it protects your customers’ cargo in the event of an accident, it helps keep your business afloat in the event of a collision with a third party, and it can even make new contracts available to your company if you have the right insurance limits. But physical damage insurance […]
Keep Your Semi-Truck Insurance in Good Standing with Extra Safety Precautions Near Houston, Texas
Even though the clean-up after Hurricane Harvey is well underway, many of the less frequented highway systems are either impassable for semi-trucks or have new obstructions. For both frequent Houston drivers and drivers new to the region, sometimes the safety signs and common knowledge of the area aren’t enough. If you’re making a delivery to Texas areas impacted by the hurricane, here are additional safety […]
Fidget to Fix Your Back: How Small Seating Adjustments Can Help Your Health
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), commercial truck drivers are more likely to have an injury that prevents them from working than people in any other profession. This is especially true in colder states like Iowa, where icy cabins and poor circulation can lead to health risks. While you can’t move around frequently or get a standing desk as the common alternative […]
How Are Commercial Trucking Regulations Impacting Iowa Agriculture?
The agriculture industry ebbs and flows around the calendar in Iowa and other states with an emphasis on farming. While many larger farms have dedicated trucks owned by the business for transporting crops to elevators and processors, smaller farms rely on third-party truckers, and even then long lines and sudden surges in harvests slow down the transportation lines. What changes trucking regulation are impacting the industry […]
Commercial Truck Driving : How to Reduce the Risk of Injury
Truck driving is one of the most injury-prone jobs in the United States because it involves both several hours of prolonged sitting every day and abrupt transitions into sudden movement. These injuries not only put your long-term health at risk and can even prevent you from driving for a time, they can risk increasing your health insurance. Here’s how to stay safely moving on the […]
Know the Numbers Behind the Cost of Commercial Truck Insurance in Nebraska
Insurance is based on the numbers. Large-scale insurance providers factor in all the quantitative data they can get about your company and compare it to state and national norms in order to decide how risky you are to insure. The better you can get your numbers to look compared to other commercial trucking companies or other owner-operators, the lower your commercial truck insurance premium (and […]
How Side Underride Guards Can Save Lives and Reduce Your Insurance Premiums in Illinois
Rear underride guards are a necessity while driving a truck. Not only can they save lives in the event of a collision, they are a mandated protection feature. Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been studying the effects of side underride guards in potential collisions between passenger vehicles and trucking rigs. While the organization’s results haven’t driven legislative changes yet, side guards could […]
Keep Your Commercial Trucking Insurance Low by Avoiding the Most Common CSA Violations
In just a few months, federal inspection agencies are going to start monitoring truckers’ adherence to daily drive time limits through electronic sensors. While the enforcement and preparation for this mandate has and will continue to be a challenge, the end goal of making roads safer for both truckers and drivers in passenger vehicles is important. Not only do trucking regulations save lives, adhering to […]