trailer insurance

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  1. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    Solve a mystery for me please people. My current insurance broker is telling me that I must carry liability coverage on all my trailers (they are owned by me) to the tune of approx $2,000 each. However, when I got a quote from Progressive last summer, the broker told me that trailers did not need to have liability on them as they were considered part of the towing vehicle. What say you guys? Do you all have pink slips for the trailer?
     
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  3. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Never heard of that. Just that the trailer is listed with all the vehicles under the policy.
     
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  4. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    Every policy I've ever had on anything, including the commercial Trucking policy, covers towed trailers for liability.

    You need a new insurance broker.
     
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  5. Diesel Dave

    Diesel Dave Last Few of the OUTLAWS

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    My policy has an additional “Non-Owned” trailer for a slight amount. Around a couple of hundred IIRC.
     
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  6. Concorde

    Concorde Road Train Member

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    Could be a NY thing?

    Get another opinion from a different agency.
     
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  7. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    I think @brian991219 may be able to shed some light on this.
     
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  8. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    I'm based out of ontario, canada but run mostly NY, PA
     
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  9. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I don't have any experience with commercial trailers but I suspect it might vary by province.
     
  10. jbatmick

    jbatmick Road Train Member

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    I ran into this several years ago, have the answer.
    If attached to your tractor, it is covered by the policy covering the truck.
    But if you un-hook, drop the trailer, it is no longer covered by that policy.
    Say you left a trailer to be loaded, and for some reason it was involved in an accident, you are not covered. They could say you dropped in wrong area, causing it to get struck.
    This was my situation, sounds like yours also. I simply added ' any un-attached, owned trailer ' for several hundred bucks.
     
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  11. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Maybe it's a Canada thing. I have dropped trailers at multiple places and have never run into this.
     
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