Commercial Truck Insurance Blog
Rig Insurance South Carolina: About Contingent Cargo Insurance
Why should a freight broker, who simply arranges for carriers to transport freight between the shipper and receiver, take out contingent cargo insurance? After all, it’s the carrier’s job to transport the cargo, and the carrier also assumes responsibility for its safety. If anything should happen to the load, it’s clearly the carrier’s fault. In addition, the carrier also has cargo insurance to cover loss […]
Commercial or Owner Operator Truck Insurance Tennessee: Preventing Truck Fires
Commercial or owner operator truck fires are becoming more extensive than in past decades. The increased use of composites and other flammable plastics in their construction, as well as the presence of more flammables in their sleepers is largely responsible for this trend. When a small fire starts, it can rapidly become life threatening. Fire prevention requires regular inspection of the areas where they commonly start: […]
Rig Insurance Florida: How to Prevent the Damaging Effects of Corrosion
Rust is a kind of cancer that steadily eats away at your rig. If ignored, it will cause equipment failure and weaken critical safety structures such as the under-ride guard. Corrosion occurs when salts (of different kinds) and water act on unprotected parts of your commercial or owner operator truck. You don’t have to drive on the salt treated roads in the snow-belt states to […]