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California Truckers Worrying over New ‘Gig Worker’ Rules
Sep 12 2019 // California trucking companies that haul everything from summer strawberries to cars and Christmas toys say they are under threat from a bill that could turn so-called gig workers into employees. California state Senators...
Four Missing Crew Members Rescued from Overturned Cargo Ship at Georgia Port
Sep 11 2019 // Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a...
Cargo Ship Overturns Near Georgia Port; 4 Crew Members Missing
Sep 9 2019 // Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Golden Ray cargo ship ran into trouble in the early...
Trump Administration Moves Ahead with Revised Truckers’ Hours Rules
Aug 19 2019 // The Trump administration took a key step last week toward relaxing federal rules that govern the length of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel, a move long sought by the trucking industry but opposed by safety...
Priority One Compliance in Texas Approved for Trucking Insurance Continuing Ed
Aug 14 2019 // Priority One Compliance Services LLC, based in Diana, Texas, announced it has been approved as a training provider for transportation insurance-related continuing education in several U.S. states. Priority One Compliance...
Empire Underwriters Expands Workers Comp Coverage to Various Trucking Classes
Aug 12 2019 // Empire Underwriters, a leading national insurance wholesaler, excess and surplus lines facility and program manager has released a new workers comp program for truckers, tow truck operators, and delivery companies backed...
Correction: Family of Connecticut Woman Killed in Crash Settles With Trucking Company for $18.75M
Aug 6 2019 // In a previous story about a wrongful death settlement, The Associated Press misidentified the company that employed a truck driver involved in a fatal accident. The driver worked for Food Haulers Inc., not Transervice...
California Trucking Association Launches Trucking Proud Insurance Agency
Aug 6 2019 // The California Trucking Association (CTA) in partnership with Gamie, LLC, and C3 Risk and Insurance have launched a new trucking insurance agency offering a cross section of insurance products for trucking companies across...
AXA XL, Vindati to Offer Ocean Cargo Insurance Via Online Platform
Jul 29 2019 // AXA XL’s U.S. marine insurance business and Vindati, an insurtech managing general underwriter (MGU) offering specialty products and an integrated shopping experience for brokers and agents, have partnered to offer...
Volvo’s Autonomous Trucking Offer Bundles Pilots, Insurance, Services
Jul 10 2019 // Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo’s first commercial autonomous truck deal shows how it is bundling services to generate revenue from a technology that is years away from wide deployment. Driverless transportation has been...
Trump Administration to Ease Rules on Truckers’ Maximum Hours on Road
Jul 3 2019 // Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania. He’d reached the maximum number of hours in a day he’s allowed to be on duty. Francois couldn’t...
Chicago Cargo Company to Pay $135K to Settle EEOC Harassment, Retaliation Suit
Jun 25 2019 // Federal officials say a Chicago-based cargo handling company will pay $135,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. Alliance Ground International, a cargo handling company that performs cargo, mail and...
Growth in Construction, Freight Is Good News for Inland Marine Market
Jun 17 2019 // The inland marine insurance segment has grown steadily in the past decade in tandem with increases in construction spending and the transport of goods, with direct premiums written nearly doubling to $24.5 billion in 2018...
International Marine Underwriters Enhances Ocean Cargo Coverage
May 30 2019 // International Marine Underwriters (IMU), a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, has enhanced its ocean cargo policy with new coverages to address the needs of an increasingly global ocean marine market and a redesigned...
Growth in Construction, Freight Has Been Good News for Inland Marine Insurance
May 23 2019 // The inland marine insurance segment has grown steadily in the past decade in tandem with increases in construction spending and the transport of goods, with direct premiums written nearly doubling to $24.5 billion in 2018...
U.S. Post Office Testing Driverless Trucks Between 2 Cities
May 21 2019 // The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. Starting on Tuesday morning, letters and packages moving between Phoenix and Dallas will travel on customized Peterbilt trucks run by TuSimple,...
Driverless Electric Truck Delivers Freight on Public Road in Sweden
May 20 2019 // Resembling the helmet of a Star Wars stormtrooper, a driverless electric truck began daily freight deliveries on a public road in Sweden on Wednesday [May 15], in what developer Einride and logistics customer DB Schenker...
Freight Train Derails in Mississippi, No Injuries Reported
May 13 2019 // Floodwaters in southern Mississippi may have contributed to the derailment of a freight train near Lumberton. Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Rachel McDonnell Bradshaw says the derailment happened about 7:15 a.m. Saturday as...
Axon Underwriting Forms Axon Re to Offer Cargo, Stock Throughput Reinsurance in Latin America
Apr 23 2019 // Axon Underwriting Services LLC, the Somerville, N.J.-based specialty lines program administrator, announced the formation of Axon Re to offer its cargo and stock throughput reinsurance program within the Latin American...
Ohio Freight Hauler Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Must Repay $144K
Apr 16 2019 // The owner of a Mansfield, Ohio, freight hauling and trucking company convicted on four felony charges related to workers’ compensation fraud, has been ordered to pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation...
