Tag: Travelers Insurance

Business

Watch for increased cargo theft activity during Independence Day holiday period

Drivers hauling food and beverage commodities should consider taking extra precautions as those have been the most-stolen commodities for the last eight years, according to Scott Cornell, transportation business lead and crime and theft specialist for Travelers Insurance.

June 29, 2018

Business

Food Safety Modernization Act’s requirements for perishables haulers, and unintended consequences

Carriers are responsible for being able to provide information about previous loads hauled, documentation of the vehicle's cleaning, and proper pre-cooling. Details here.

May 15, 2018

Business

Preventing cargo theft during July 4: SensiGuard, Travelers offer tips

Because July 4 falls on a Tuesday this year, SensiGuard says many facilities will be closed on Monday, July 3, extending the weekend and resulting in trucks being parked for longer periods of time.

June 27, 2017

Business

Cargo theft trends: With Scott Cornell and the Travelers Insurance sting trailer

Cornell says the fastest-growing category of “strategic cargo theft” is seeing thieves utilize sophisticated identity theft and other schemes toward posing as legitimate truckers to make off with freight. How Travelers’ sting trailer has been used to combat it.

November 1, 2016

Channel 19

Reporting cargo theft — balancing act in more ways than one…

Tune in Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern for the Truth About Trucking online radio program with host Allen Smith. My fellow Truckers News/Overdrive Senior Editor Max Kvidera and I will be guests on the subject of cargo theft, the topic of note in the latest, September edition of Truckers News, out now in digital format and […]

August 30, 2010