Latest Trucking Headlines
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Minn. Trucking Industry Hit Hard by Rising Insurance Increases
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...
CNA Uses OMMni.com to Improve Cargo Insurance on the Internet
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...
Top 10 Stories of 2001
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This 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,...
Alliance Voices Support for Congressional Trucking Compromise
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...
KEMPER OFFERS OCEAN CARGO CERTIFICATES ONLINE
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...
AIA URGES TOUGHER TRUCKING STANDARDS
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...
Kemper’s Ocean Cargo Online Certificates Now Available
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...
AIA Urges Stronger Safety and Security for Cross-Border Trucking
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...
Brown and Brown Offers New Cargo Insurance Program
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...
Fireman’s Fund McGee Introduces Oceanwide’s Online Cargo Insurance Management System
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...
NAII Warns NAFTA Funding Cuts Pose Road Hazard
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...
DOT Confirms Need for Tighter Mexican Trucks Inspection under NAFTA
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...
CNA Launches Pilot Internet Cargo Program
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...
Commercial Auto-The LONG Road Back to Profitability
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...
NAFTA Panel: U.S. in Violation of Treaty
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...
Commercial Auto: The Long Road Back to Profitability
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...
NAFTA Ruling Expected to Allow U.S. Access to Mexican Trucks
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...
IRC Survey: Americans Willing to Pay for Shorter Trucking Drive Times
Jan 12 2001 // A recent survey of Americans conducted by the Insurance Research Council found that 57 percent of those surveyed believe that increasing the number of hours a truck driver is allowed to drive with no break is unsafe. More...
GAINSCO TO EXIT COMM. TRUCKING
Nov 20 2000 // GAINSCO has reported a third quarter loss of approximately $7.6 million. As a result, the company has concluded it will be necessary to increase estimated ultimate liabilities by approximately $10 million, primarily for...
Insurance Groups Voice NAFTA Concerns
Oct 30 2000 // The provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement have been in place for several years, but Mexico and the U.S. have yet to simplify cross-border shipping by implementing a feasible cross-border insurance system...
