Verisk Crime Analytics has formed a strategic alliance between its CargoNet division and insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers to support the cargo theft prevention efforts of Integro’s domestic Property Broker and Forwarder clients. Verisk Crime Analytics …
National Interstate Insurance Co., a provider of transportation insurance, is launching a new insurance program targeted for waste operations. The company is now accepting applications for accounts with effective dates of February 1, 2013 and beyond, marketing the program through …
National Interstate Insurance Co., a Richfield, Ohio-based provider of transportation insurance, announced that effective Jan. 1, 2013, it will complement its long-standing captive fuel distribution business by offering a new traditional insurance program. The new fuel distribution program will focus …
The overall composite rate for insuring commercial accounts in the United States ticked up 5 percent in November 2012 compared to the same month in 2011. According to MarketScout’s Commercial Lines Market Barometer, by coverage classification, property, excess liability, general …
The distance around the Earth at the equator is 24,901 miles. By Kokomo, Ind.-based truck driver Richard Batt’s estimate, he could have driven around the planet nearly 24,100 times. And he would have done it all in a semi without …
London-based Miller Insurance Services LLP announced that it has named stock throughput, cargo and project cargo insurance broking specialist Tony Robinson in the latest enhancement of its marine capabilities. Xavier Villers, Head of Marine at Miller commented: “Coverage for stock …
Cargo shipping was at a standstill on Oct. 30 on the Great Lakes as superstorm Sandy churned waves up to two stories high, forcing crews to take refuge in bays and harbors and raising concerns about an economic blow if …
CNA, a global business insurer, is now using CargoNet and the National Equipment Register (NER) — two national information sharing systems designed to help policyholders combat the growing problems of cargo and heavy equipment theft. CargoNet and NER are divisions …
Federal investigators have concluded that pilot error caused the collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement released Sept. 25 that the collision …
For two decades, one of the most commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though transportation officials were aware of a dangerous design flaw that almost guarantees the car …
