Latest Trends in Trucking Loss Control Recommendations

The one consistency in trucking insurance is that change is an integral part of the game. If you cannot change or do not want to change, you will find that the status quo is the same as a trucker putting on the brakes. You have to be moving - and stay current to what is going on in the industry. Otherwise you become irrelevant and most importantly fail to add the value that differentiates you from the masses.

I thought it made sense to address very briefly what we are seeing from insurance companies writing trucking insurance from a loss control perspective. Here is what we see:

• Acknowledgement by trucking management that CSA 2010 has been reviewed and understood
• Within CSA 2010, insurance companies want to make sure CSA 2010 has been presented to drivers and that everyone understands the implications of a drivers safety record within the driver safety measurement system
• No texting policy and the acknowledgement that it is a disqualifying expense. They will want to see this put in the drivers manual
• Defensive driver training and programs must be implemented

While there are other trends in loss control, these are what we see in most loss control reports.

If you are not familiar with what these issues are about, it makes sense to get familiar with them.