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Business

Get your own authority: How to tackle the basics of filing, insurance, more

A step-by-step guide to filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation for motor carrier authority to run as an independent owner-operator. This guide updates 2014 and 2019-published guides as more owners continued to transition to authority in 2021.

November 25, 2019

Channel 19

NASTC safety program offers one road to fighting off the ambulance chasers if the worst happens

The program can be a backstop to any size carrier’s efforts to effectively demonstrate a commitment to safety should the lawyers come searching for ways to cherry-pick further adversity after an accident — and in future may help NASTC square the circle as it relates to insurance premiums with the power of the group utilizing the program.

November 19, 2019

Channel 19

Small group of truckers in Lexington, Ky., today showing Yang campaign support — a little for Trump, too — around President’s rally

In a bid for national attention to driver issues, today a small group of truckers banded together in Lexington, Ky., with support from an Andrew Yang campaign-supporting Super PAC to display Yang support around a Trump rally. They invited Trump-supporting truckers to fly their banners, too.

November 4, 2019

Business

Owner-ops have some agency in speeding damage appraisals

“Time is a big differentiator” for Property Damage Appraisers, the company says, urging owner-operators experiencing damage-appraisal delays to ask just why “my truck is not getting looked at.”

September 4, 2019

Business

Health insurance: Women in Trucking partners with insurance broker

WIT is working with insurance broker OneDigital Health and Benefits to make available health insurance/employee benefits options to WIT members with two or more employees. In addition to health, services include group life, dental, vision and additional options for voluntary benefits.

August 22, 2019

Business

Congress eyes trucking insurance changes, mandating automatic emergency braking

Two trucking-focused bills were introduced in the House this week. One aims to boost the required liability insurance coverage required of trucking companies, and the other would mandate that new trucks come equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.

July 18, 2019

Business

‘4 keys’ cheat sheet for owner-op insurance

A new infographic from the Commercial Insurance Solutions (CIS) trucking-specific insurance agency details in a quick glance four different types of common insurances it brokers for its owner-operator clientele, whether leased or with their authority.

July 3, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

A gold rush for ELD data

As the trucking industry reckons with the value of information spewing from millions of trucks, issues of privacy, disclosure and ownership rights, including fair compensation, remain to be resolved.

June 4, 2019

Business

Progressive discounting premiums for ELD data, adds claims process to mobile app

Progressive, whose trucking insurance product is focused on the small fleet and owner-operator market, has updated its claims process and to allow drivers to file claims for single-vehicle accidents within its mobile app. Also, truckers are saving on average nearly $1,400 a year in the company’s ELD data program.

March 30, 2019

Overdrive Radio

1970s, 2010s trucking parallels, and: Hauling away (or into) the headaches with a cargo van

In this edition of Overdrive Radio find audio from part of Max Heine’s talk with John Strong about his memories of the 1970s and beyond, and more from my own sit-down with Load One’s John Elliott, about headache boxes checked by the cargo van hauling niche in expediting — not without its significant challenges…

March 8, 2019

Business

No. 1 expansion challenge: 6 in 10 readers say it’s finding dependable drivers

For all the differences between a mega-fleet and an expanding one-truck owner-operator, both share a common problem: difficulties finding and keeping dependable drivers.

March 7, 2019

Business

The expansion challenge: Mastering preparation for the unpredictable

Small leased fleet owner-operator Dave Marti and Midnight Xpress owner-operator Andre Jackson both employed a common practice as they expanded: limited personal income, separated from business income, from which profits were reinvested. Or, as the case may be, used to cover the unforeseen.

March 5, 2019