Insurance cost

Jun 06, 2017 at 05:43 PM CST
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. WOW.... Went to insure my truck after I parked it for 8 years and the cost have skyrocketed.This is unbelievable I was told that the accident cost have almost doubled and that everyone will see a huge rate increase in the coming twleve months, 30% to 50%. I was sure my broker was feeding me a line of crap so I did shop around and found out the ugly truth. 28 years of driving experenice with no accidents and got smacked down. He was not lying. This is going to be a huge hit on o/o.

Replied on Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 08:02 AM CST + 1
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. Yes it is expensive. Does anyone have pointers on companies that are better to work with? I am thru Proggressive and it is great other than the general liability portion. They keep trying to tell me they can't give me general liability because I might haul my own stuff. So does a guy truly have to have 2 trucks if he wants to haul for hire and occasionally a personal load???

Replied on Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 08:02 AM CST

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Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.

Yes it is expensive. Does anyone have pointers on companies that are better to work with? I am thru Proggressive and it is great other than the general liability portion. They keep trying to tell me they can't give me general liability because I might haul my own stuff. So does a guy truly have to have 2 trucks if he wants to haul for hire and occasionally a personal load???

Replied on Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 09:44 AM CST + 1 - 1
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. Please look into Great West Casualty in South Sioux City, NE. They're a huge company that specializes in truck insurance. After 20 years of being insured by Ooida my dad finally checked with Great West and couldn't believe how much LOWER his insurance is. Like by $400/month! 800-228-8040

Replied on Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 09:46 AM CST
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. Quote: "Please look into Great West Casualty in South Sioux City, NE. They're a huge companythat specializes in truck insurance. After 20 years of being insured by Ooida my dad finallychecked with Great West and couldn't believe how much LOWER his insurance is. Like by $400/month!800-228-8040" We have been with Great West for several years and have no complaints! Claims are hanldled quickly and premiums are not to bad.

Replied on Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 09:46 AM CST

Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.

Quote: "Please look into Great West Casualty in South Sioux City, NE. They're a huge companythat specializes in truck insurance. After 20 years of being insured by Ooida my dad finallychecked with Great West and couldn't believe how much LOWER his insurance is. Like by $400/month!800-228-8040"

We have been with Great West for several years and have no complaints! Claims are hanldled quickly and premiums are not to bad.

Replied on Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 03:14 PM CST
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. Give Sentry a a call they have been really good to me the past few years and I just renewed mine for my fleet and they were by far the cheapest and have in house financing with no interest charge if needed

Replied on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 09:47 AM CST
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. There are a couple of news articles under the NEWS SECTION of this forum you should look at, Regarding truckers privacy and high insurance cost. It looks as though Karma came around and bit the insurance companies in the ass. Although those are good articles well worth reading, they forgot to mention that the insurance companies begged the government to take a more active role in truck safety after derregulation. Well they got their way, and now they don't like it. After decades of driver harrasment and creating a hostile work enviornment for the driver by punishing them for stuff they have no control over, we now have 100% turn over, witch means all we have lleft are unexperianced and unqualified drivers, teaching other drivers. This industry has become so toxic that nobody stays with it anymore, so we now have a revolving door at a time when when TSA and homeland security are puting out warnings, and it seems the only people who want to drive a truck anymore, are the ones who want to use them as a weapon. Very spooky times for the insurance commpanies right now, to say the least. Yet these rocket scientists in washington keep on pushing a failed agenda, to proud to admit they screwed up by messing with the truckers.

Replied on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 09:47 AM CST

Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.

There are a couple of news articles under the NEWS SECTION of this forum you should look at, Regarding truckers privacy and high insurance cost. It looks as though Karma came around and bit the insurance companies in the ass. Although those are good articles well worth reading, they forgot to mention that the insurance companies begged the government to take a more active role in truck safety after derregulation. Well they got their way, and now they don't like it. After decades of driver harrasment and creating a hostile work enviornment for the driver by punishing them for stuff they have no control over, we now have 100% turn over, witch means all we have lleft are unexperianced and unqualified drivers, teaching other drivers. This industry has become so toxic that nobody stays with it anymore, so we now have a revolving door at a time when when TSA and homeland security are puting out warnings, and it seems the only people who want to drive a truck anymore, are the ones who want to use them as a weapon. Very spooky times for the insurance commpanies right now, to say the least. Yet these rocket scientists in washington keep on pushing a failed agenda, to proud to admit they screwed up by messing with the truckers.

Replied on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 09:59 AM CST
Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.	Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member. Quote: "There are a couple of news articles under the NEWS SECTION of this forum you should look at, Regarding truckers privacy and high insurance cost. It looks as though Karma came around and bit the insurance companies in the ass. Although those are good articles well worth reading, they forgot to mention that the insurance companies begged the government to take a more active role in truck safety after derregulation. Well they got their way, and now they don't like it. After decades of driver harrasment and creating a hostile work enviornment for the driver by punishing them for stuff they have no control over, we now have 100% turn over, witch means all we have lleft are unexperianced and unqualified drivers, teaching other drivers. This industry has become so toxic that nobody stays with it anymore, so we now have a revolving door at a time when when TSA and homeland security are puting out warnings, and it seems the only people who want to drive a truck anymore, are the ones who want to use them as a weapon. Very spooky times for the insurance commpanies right now, to say the least. Yet these rocket scientists in washington keep on pushing a failed agenda, to proud to admit they screwed up by messing with the truckers." They should keep on pushing electronic logs, and more B.S. reggulation, it's working so well for truck safety, LOL.

Replied on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 09:59 AM CST

Posted by a private FlatLoads.com member.

Quote: "There are a couple of news articles under the NEWS SECTION of this forum you should look at, Regarding truckers privacy and high insurance cost. It looks as though Karma came around and bit the insurance companies in the ass. Although those are good articles well worth reading, they forgot to mention that the insurance companies begged the government to take a more active role in truck safety after derregulation. Well they got their way, and now they don't like it. After decades of driver harrasment and creating a hostile work enviornment for the driver by punishing them for stuff they have no control over, we now have 100% turn over, witch means all we have lleft are unexperianced and unqualified drivers, teaching other drivers. This industry has become so toxic that nobody stays with it anymore, so we now have a revolving door at a time when when TSA and homeland security are puting out warnings, and it seems the only people who want to drive a truck anymore, are the ones who want to use them as a weapon. Very spooky times for the insurance commpanies right now, to say the least. Yet these rocket scientists in washington keep on pushing a failed agenda, to proud to admit they screwed up by messing with the truckers."

They should keep on pushing electronic logs, and more B.S. reggulation, it's working so well for truck safety, LOL.

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