Articles, tagged with "owner operator", page 2
04th March 2011
Commercial truck insurance comes in many forms. There are policies designed to protect everything from damage to others’ property to trailers exchanged in interchange agreements.
All commercial trucks are required by law to carry a primary liability...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
04th March 2011
Independent owner/operators are a vital part of the commercial trucking industry and all need truck insurance policies that mirror those required of motor carriers.
Over 400,000 truck drivers are independents, representing about 10 percent of the tru...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
04th March 2011
Whether you work directly for a large shipping company or own your own rig, you have to protect your assets and the assets of the company you are hauling for with proper truck insurance.
Under federal law, all trucking companies are required to have t...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
18th February 2011
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), which represents small business truckers and professional truckers, responded to the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Transportation proposing a rule to mandate electronic on-board re...
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Author:
Ronit
17th February 2011
Although regulations vary from state to state, primary liability insurance is typically the only form of truck insurance legally required by the federal government.
The main purpose of primary liability from a commercial truck insurance perspective i...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
17th February 2011
The CSA 2010 program recently launched by the FMCSA may be threatening the commercial truck industry in an already weakened U.S. economy.
The program’s initiatives are supposedly in the interest of safety, but we may see a negative effect on commerci...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
10th February 2011
There are many types of commercial truck insurance for both independent drivers and full-fledged motor carriers and fleets.
Some policies simply protect against liability for property damage, while others protect your rig when you’re off the job. Pr...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
09th February 2011
Why is it that every expense mandated by law seems to be very difficult to understand?
The world of commercial truck insurance is unfortunately just about as confusing as itemizing your tax deductions, but while there are tons of technical terms and ...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
03rd February 2011
There are some companies that consider doing things such as payroll outsourcing. This is the process of sending out their payroll duties to another company. Instead of keeping their payroll service in house, they outsource it to another company to handle....
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Author:
Francis Ward
26th January 2011
If you’re like me, you dread the day each year that your car insurance expires. Even for good drivers with no accidents it’s almost impossible to find great coverage at really competitive rates.
In the world of commercial truck insurance, the difficu...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
26th January 2011
Why is it that every expense mandated by law seems to be very difficult to understand?
I’ve been a licensed driver for 14 years now and I still have no idea how my annual car registration fees are calculated. Taxes? Forget about it. I have to pay s...
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Author:
Patrick Winchester
21st December 2010
Commercial Drivers and Drug Testing - Pt. 1
The Department of Transportation enacted the Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use Testing and Education program to assist companies protect the public against individuals who utilize controlled substances du...
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Author:
Dean Markham
21st December 2010
BIM (Building Information Modeling) software has been around for over 30 years in its rawest form and has recently come to the design forefront as the software of choice for many international design projects.
BIM software offers a new approach to HV...
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Author:
victor mishra
13th December 2010
If you're looking to start your own business venture, it's a tough but exciting road ahead. New business owners will quickly come to realise that they'll be wearing multiple hats within their organisation for quite some time, looking after their own finan...
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Author:
Scott Jamieson
02nd December 2010
Having an insurance policy for a commercial truck is mandatory in almost all the countries. Now commercial trucks are of a variety of shapes and sizes. Tractor-trailers, dump trucks, tow trucks, pick up trucks, straight trucks are the most common examples...
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Author:
Danieal
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