I really want to hear from independent owner operators who have started their authority in the last 1 to 3 years. Does your insurance rates go up every year even though you have no claims, tickets, accidents ?
A decade ago, insurance premiums goes down after 2 to 4 years in business with no claims, tickets, accidents. My last Authority reactivation experience showed rates dramatically increase every year even with no tickets, claims, and accidents.
I just got a quote from Progressive for $900/month x10 and $1800 down. This is a good rate. However, I am afraid that this is just a scam to lured me in just to dramatically hike up my insurance rates the following year. About 3 years ago, i ended my insurance coverage with them and deactivated my authority because i was paying $1600+ monthly for same coverage as my current quote. I was with Progressive for 3+ years and started with only $750/month. But rates kept going up yearly.
Anyone having this issues lately with insurance hiking up prices recently for no good reason other than greed ?
I really want to restart my DOT# but am afraid insurance company will scam me and jack up rates like my previous experience.
Insurance Scams on starting Authority ?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by johnnyman1099, Dec 27, 2019.
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It isn't a scam, commercial auto insurance has been going up steady every year for several years. The insurance companies are pulling away from the market leaving fewer companies willing to take on trucking insurance.
Combine this with losses at most insurance companies and they will raise the rates even without any claims.
Here is a link to a 2018 article in the Insurance Journal Magazine that is still relevant today.
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Like Brian said, most insurance companies don't want any part of the commercial market anymore.
Progressive pretty much dominates it now (read only game in town) and hence can set whatever rates they want. Meanwhile, megas are self-insured.
What needs to be done is a cap limit on the lawsuit $$$ payouts. With many of these payouts in the millions, would you as an insurance company want the risk?
The best one can do is keep your nose clean, no claims, no accidents, tickets, or OOS violations. Also, keep turning down cheap freight rates. A tough row to hoe, but that's where we are today....texasmorrell, TheLoadOut and brian991219 Thank this. -
So, are insurance company finally lowering rates to reasonable levels now (2019) ?texasmorrell Thanks this. -
I just changed companies again for my truck, for the same reason.
It's like riding one escalator, and jumping off, just to get on another.
I ended up bundling my home with all my (auto) policies to get a better rate.
I'm in salvage auctions and junkyards constantly, and see it from their side, too.
There are a lot of boneheads out there smashing up their, and other peoples crap, daily.
Walk around a Copart auction sometime.
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Eventually, small carriers will all be extinct.I couldnt afford to have full coverage on my truck and trailer.1 million Auto liab and I am paying $7400 a year with an equipment that I valued at only $6k and $6k.Its been 10yrs and 1 small claim and I am out of business.This is why I have my second truck sitting for yrs, because of claims from a drivers fault.If I had to pay $1600 a month , I would go lease on.The margins in being independent is way too small.My rad.Not to go off tangent , but my rad is leaking.Never done it before, but I will be broke if I had a shop charge me $1200, so I looked on youtube and undid that 400ibs rad myself with the help of a friend in carrying it out.The margins are small to be dealing with some high insurance rates.
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My premiums dropped about 20% from my first year of authority to my second year with the same company. Don't be afraid to shop your insurance around every year. There are no discounts for being a long term customer, those days are gone. Determine what limits of coverage you need and shop those same limits around every year. You will probably save a considerable amount of money.
Rates are so high for a couple of reasons. There are just enough bad commercial drivers out there to make this a very high risk profession and expensive for insurance carriers, and lawyers know that most juries will rule against a trucking company in an accident, regardless of who's fault the accident was. Every time I see a billboard along a highway from a law firm looking for clients involved in an accident with a truck, I get angry.roshea, brian991219 and TheLoadOut Thank this.
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