Intermodal moves — where cargo moves using truck, rail and marine legs and uses third‑party trailers, chassis and containers — create layered physical loss exposures. …
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Managing Risk When Leasing Trailers: Insurance Requirements and Indemnity Considerations
Leasing or operating third‑party trailers — including interchange and intermodal equipment — introduces concentrated risk for motor carriers, shippers and logistics providers across the United …
Claims Workflows for Trailer Interchange Losses: Evidence, Repair and Subrogation Steps
When a third‑party trailer is lost, damaged or stolen under a trailer interchange arrangement, the claims workflow must move quickly and precisely. In high‑value markets …
Trailer Interchange Coverage Explained: Who Pays When a Third-Party Trailer Is Damaged?
When a motor carrier or driver hooks up to a third-party trailer—whether at the Port of Los Angeles, a Chicago rail ramp, or an Atlanta …
How Short-Form and Long-Form Interchange Agreements Impact Insurance Obligations
When motor carriers, draymen or shippers accept third-party trailers and intermodal equipment, the choice between a short-form and a long-form trailer interchange agreement (TIA) is …
Vicarious Liability and Trucking: How Employers Can Be Held Responsible for Driver Acts
Vicarious liability — most commonly embodied in the doctrine of respondeat superior — is a core exposure for trucking and logistics businesses in the United …
How Comparative Fault and Jurisdictional Rules Affect Trucking and Logistics Insurance Outcomes
Trucking and logistics insurers, brokers, and risk managers operating in the United States must navigate a tangle of comparative-fault doctrines, state-specific jurisdictional rules, and federal …
Contractual Risk Transfer: When Additional Insured Status Helps — and When It Doesn’t
Understanding how contractual risk transfer works is essential for shippers, brokers, carriers and insurers in the U.S. trucking market. One of the most commonly negotiated …
Using ADR and Mediation to Resolve Trucking Liability Claims Without Costly Trials
Trucking incidents present unique exposure: catastrophic injuries, multiple parties (carriers, brokers, shippers, independent contractors), and complex insurance and contractual defenses. For insurers, in-house counsel, and …
Drafting Indemnity Clauses: Protecting Freight Brokers and Carriers from Contractual Risk
Trucking in the United States — whether in Los Angeles, CA; Dallas–Fort Worth, TX; or Chicago, IL — exposes freight brokers and motor carriers to …