commercial trucking News
Truckers Who Fail English Tests Are Pulled Off Roads in Crackdown
Truck drivers are encountering a new risk on the highway: Law enforcement officers are empowered by the Trump administration to pull them off the road if they fail an English test. The government ...
Truckers Fear Job Loss as New English Language Rules Take Effect
At a trucking school in New Jersey, students are maneuvering 18-wheelers around traffic cones. Other future drivers look under hoods to perform safety checks, narrating as they examine steering hoses ...
Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say
Cameras. One showing the driver and another facing forward.
Those can be the keys to avoiding nuclear verdicts after auto and truck ...
Risk Alerts: Dangers on the Roadway
The new infrastructure bill will allow teens to make interstate trips. A software update over the summer gave many Tesla drivers the ability to play video games while the vehicle is in motion.
Risk Alerts: Gender Reveal May Have Caused Wildfire, Death of Firefighter
Despite numerous reports of destruction and even death, many couples still insist on throwing elaborate and risky gender reveal parties—often with unintended consequences. Carrier Management first ...
AXA Joins $20M VC Round for Idelic, a Commercial Trucking Analytics Startup
AXA is an investor in a $20 million fundraising round for Idelic, a Pittsburgh-based InsurTech startup that produces commercial trucking analytics plus driver management products and services. ...
Seeking Profitable Connections Through Vehicle Telematics
Has the adoption of interconnected vehicle telematics reached a tipping point? After some initial hesitation regarding the cost and capabilities of new technologies, by 2016 about 44 percent of ...
Which Will Come First: Driverless Trucks or Commercial Auto Profits?
Commercial auto insurance hasn't produced an industrywide combined ratio below 105 in the United States since 2010, according to a Guy Carpenter analysis, which says the line's poor performance is a ...
A.M. Best Slaps Canal Insurance With Ratings Downgrade
Canal Insurance Co., a family-owned insurer focused on commercial trucking and specialty transportation, is dealing with a big ratings downgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best knocked down the A- ...