I'm in the process of getting everything set up as an O/O. The standard cargo insurance amount seems to be $100k for all of the insurance carriers. How often do you folks get loads that are worth much more? My business will be hauling a lot of wine, and I can see loads frequently being worth much more than $100k. Should I just go for a higher limit in the beginning, or buy the $100k limit and get riders on the policy to increase only as needed? How are these issues spelled out in the rate con?
High Value Loads, how often? Cargo Insurance set up?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by SteveScott, Sep 7, 2018.
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$250k Cargo is usually only a couple hundred bucks more a year.
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Call the wine customers and see what their definition of high value is. Not all that much more to go to 250, that's what I carry. I had a deal for a while that required 500, that cost went up significantly more.
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The insurance companies already charge a premium for wine hauling because shippers tend to inflate the value of the wine. But I'll just need to get a flat $500k to be safe.
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We routinely haul million+ loads. Our insurance is 2 million, and we have to add to that on occasion.
We aren’t talking van loads though, specialized lowboy and drop deck.
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