3 Ways To Reduce Your Truck Insurance Premiums
With razor thin profit margins and your burning need to stay competitive in today’s logistics environment, you owe it to yourself to maximize your spending on insurance and risk management. Let’s face it, paying for insurance is right up there with paying your taxes. Necessary evil? Perhaps. Inevitable? Yep. Many folks look at insurance…
Are You Eating Stolen Tacos?
Let’s face it. You really don’t know what’s in that taco that you just inhaled. I’m not talking about if the meat is really meat…but where did that meat come from? What about the lettuce? The onions? Catch my drift?Around 25% of all cargo theft involves some type of food product. A great deal of…
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The Newly Proposed FMCSA SFD Regulations: New Ways to Fail
The Newly Proposed FMCSA Safety Fitness Determination Regulations: New Ways to Fail Part 2 of our 10 part blog series Thursday, 1/21/2016 marked the beginning of the 60-day comment period for the proposed FMCSA regulations regarding the new safety Fitness determination. These new regulations will dramatically change the trucking industry in America…
Insights on Federal and State Insurance Filings
I originally wrote this in response to a question that was posed on LinkedIn: Of all of the times I’ve seen filings discussed, one of the best explanations of State and Federal filings can be found on Progressive’s website: Progressive Insurance-Filings Progressive Insurance writes a fair amount of owner-operators and coverage…
Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
It’s going to be a weekend full of nasty weather as this blizzard rolls in! Be sure that your terminal and warehouse facilities have adequate heating. Check your generators and top off fuel levels as needed. Consider renting a temporary backup generator if you don’t have one in case of power supply loss. Avoid using temporary space…
FMCSA Releases New SFD Rulemaking
Jan 15, 2016 518 views 7 Likes 2 Comments Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter FMCSA Seeks Feedback on Carrier Safety Fitness Determination Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a rulemaking proposal designed to enhance the Agency’s ability to identify non-compliant motor carriers. The…
FMCSA’s New SFD Regs to Shutter an Estimated 25 Motor Carriers a Month!
Once implemented, FMCSA’s new Safety Fitness Determination Regulations will remove an estimated 25 motor carrier from the roadways each month! We want to help make sure you aren’t one of them! We’ve already read through the entire 267 pages of proposed regulation changes so you don’t have to! Carrier Risk Solutions, Inc. will be hosting…
This Is Not How I Would Define Intermodal!
The Carmack Amendment still governs the movement of most truck freight in the USA. In this legislation, a motor carrier has the burden of proof to show that they weren’t negligent in damaging goods while they are responsible for them. Under this strict liability regime, the carrier is guilty unless they can prove their innocence. However, the motor carrier…
3/21 Blast off! Huge Changes With New FMCSA SFD Regs
Part 1 of our 10 part blog series on the newly proposed FMCSA Safety Fitness Determination Regulations. Thursday, January 21. The 60 day comment period for the FMCSA’s newly proposed Safety Fitness Determination Regulations begins. March 21, 2016. The date that the comment period will end. At that point, there will be at least…
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