transportation industry

• A New Era for Transportation Risk Management

  By Craig O'Connell  |  April 5, 2012

  With the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program of 2010 (CSA 2010), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is bringing unprecedented transparency to the transportation industry, installing a wholly new, comprehensive and detailed system for identifying and resolving carrier and driver-safety issues. It has introduced into industry vernacular several new benchmarks upon...

• Agent/Broker Acquisition Activity Revs Up as End of Year Nears

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 12, 2011

  Acquisition activity for insurance brokers appears to be heating up as the year comes to a close.

• Hiscox, Flagstone, Montpelier Update 2011 Losses

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 1, 2011

  Bermuda's Hiscox and Montpelier Re, as well as Luxembourg's Flagstone Re, say second quarter severe weather in the U.S. cost them each tens of millions of dollars. Hiscox's estimate of losses from the Japan earthquake is now at the high end of its range.

• CSA Creates Challenges, Opportunities For Specialty Agents, Trucking Insurers

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 20, 2010

  With the delivery of warning letters to motor carriers from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration still months away, transportation insurers are struggling to determine how to react.

• Truck Insurers Neglecting Exposure, Attorney Warns

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 20, 2010

  Transportation attorney Robert Moseley sees insurers neglecting to charge premium for an exposure they incur when they write policies for interstate motor carriers for hire.

• Hub International acquires business from Maple Leaf

  By Staff Writer  |  July 14, 2010

  Hub International's acquisition with Maple Leaf enables Hub to expand its transportation presence in the Pacific Northwest and enhance its relationship with insurance carriers specializing in the transportation industry.

• Hub Acquires Trucking Book Of Maple Leaf Insurance

  By Staff Writer  |  July 8, 2010

  Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Ltd. said its transportation insurance operation unit has acquired the retail book of business from Maple Leaf Insurance Agency Inc. of Bremerton, Wash.

• Decentralized Claim Processing

  By Brett Sant  |  February 16, 2010

  When managing large or complex business enterprises, does a centralized or decentralized approach provide the best outcome? One company details its successful journey in workers' comp claim management.