Problems with obtaining insurance for new authorit

Progressive is about your only option. Give em a call.

 

I can only speculate now but the problem might be the other truck with a driver in it - operating. I would try to open the authority declaring one truck only and then, after a while, add the other truck.

Other than that, I don't see why someone with this much experience and clean record (is that motorcycle ticket very recent?) would not get quotes.

 

Yes, as TallJoe stated, I think the problem is with your other truck/driver.

 

I guess I’m not understanding why having a driver in the second truck is a problem?

 

Neither am I but he said that was what OOIDA told him, so if that's an issue for them then it can be an issue for others. Why that is an issue at all is hard to tell.

 

The reason is too many new fly-by-night ventures in the past were getting their own authority and then bringing on a whole fleet of inexperienced drivers that were involved in numerous accidents which the insurance companies had to pay out in numerous claims.

So because of that, many insurance companies will not insure new ventures with more than one truck until a year or two has passed by and they show that they are not a high risk.

 

This is a very reasonable explanation. Thank you for clearing my mind.

 

When I got my authority a few years ago, they were very clear that I couldn't add additional equipment or drivers for at least 2 years. As @boneebone pointed out, the insurance carriers know all to well how to avoid paying unnecessary claims.