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Raise Trucking Insurance Minimums to Raise Safety


Raise Trucking Insurance Minimums to Raise Safety | AAJ

Minimum insurance levels for trucks have not been raised since 1980 and frequently do not provide enough compensation to cover medical bills and other costs.

Increased Insurance Minimums - The Law Firm For Truck Safety

Federal Commercial Trucking Insurance Requirements · $300,000: For trucks under 10,001 pounds not carrying hazardous materials · $750,000: For trucks over 10,001 ...

Raise Trucking Insurance Minimums to Raise Safety

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of people killed in crashes involving trucks are the occupants of cars that are hit. A passenger.

Raise Trucking Insurance Minimums to Raise Safety by AAJ Research

The rate of truck crashes and fatalities has more than doubled over the last 10 years. The minimum levels of insurance were set in 1980, ...

New Push to Raise Minimum Liability Insurance for Truckers

A proposed bill aimed at increasing the minimum liability insurance for motor carriers by 566% is gaining traction, with U.S. lawmakers.

Reforming a 44-Year-Old Insurance Law Could Prevent Thousands ...

"First, it stops crashes from happening, because raising premiums requires a motor carrier to meet certain safety requirements in order for an ...

RAISE TRUCKING INSURANCE MINIMUMS TO RAISE SAFETY

Raise Trucking Insurance Minimums to Raise Safety. Highlights. ▫ The rate of truck crashes and fatalities has more than doubled over the last 10 years ...

Commercial Carrier Insurance Minimums Need to be Raised

The commercial trucking industry opposes any increase in the minimum coverage amounts and has lobbied Congress to prevent any increase. Last month, the U.S. ...

Congress again floats massive increase to trucking insurance ...

In what has become something of a ritual in Congress, a bill has been introduced that would, if passed and signed into law, increase the minimum ...

Reps. García, Johnson Renew Fight for Stronger Truck Insurance ...

“An increase in the minimum liability insurance requirement for trucking companies is long overdue. $750,000 is a value which doesn't come ...

Minimum Insurance for Motor Carriers - Institute for Safer Trucking

Increase the Minimum Insurance. In 1980, Congress set a minimum insurance ... 40 Years of Inaction is Devastating Families and Driving Down Safety in the Trucking ...

Why Trucking Insurance Minimums Must Be Increased

The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 required freight trucks to carry an insurance minimum of $750,000 per accident, regardless of the number of ...

Raising Federal Trucking Insurance Minimums to Improve Road Safety

Insurances costs for trucks are cited by the industry as a major reason why minimum insurance limits should not be raised; however, total ...

The Importance of Increasing Trucking Insurance Minimums

Raising the coverage from $750,000 to $2,000,000 would be a small step in the right direction to ensure businesses are properly insured based on ...

Minimum Insurance Levels for Motor Carriers - Truck Safety Coalition

Congress set the absolute minimum level of insurance to be applied to motor carriers of property and of hazardous materials at $750,000 and $5,000,000, ...

FMCSA Asks Congress to Raise Trucker Insurance Requirements

FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) has a proposed rule to change. They are asking the US Congress to Raise the Minimum Level of Insurance on ...

Oppose Increases to Minimum Insurance Levels!

Raising insurance requirements for truckers would do nothing to improve highway safety, and would significantly increase operational costs.

Should the Minimum Insurance Requirements for Trucks Be Raised?

Right now, Congress and the trucking industry are arguing over the insurance requirements for their vehicles. Many feel the insurance limits ...

New Safety Regulation Impacts Commercial Truck Insurance

These changes aren't minor—they're creating a big impact. Many truck drivers and fleet owners are seeing their Trucking Insurance costs increase ...

Why the Minimum Insurance Requirements for Truck Drivers Must ...

Update: On July 1st, 2024 New Jersey will become the first state to raise the minimum insurance requirements for truck drivers from $750,000 ...