Posts by Lucas Alvarez

Navigating the world of commercial trucking often comes down to making smart financial decisions, and one of the biggest choices you’ll face is whether to lease or own your truck. This decision isn’t just about numbers; it’s about understanding your business needs, assessing your financial health, and aligning these with your operational goals. Let’s break…

If you are a trucking company owner or manager, you know how stressful and challenging it can be to face an unexpected audit from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Audits are conducted to ensure that trucking companies comply with the safety regulations and standards that apply to their operations. However, audits can also…

Data analytics is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to gain insights and make informed decisions. Data analytics can help trucking companies improve their efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction by optimizing various aspects of their operations, such as routing, pricing, maintenance, safety, and compliance. In this blog post, we will share the story…

If you are a truck driver or a trucking business owner, you know how important it is to have adequate trucking insurance coverage. Trucking insurance protects you from the risks and liabilities that come with operating commercial vehicles on the road. One of the common trucking insurance mistakes that many truckers make is waiting until…

The continuous updates in electric semi-trucking technology are definitely taking the industry by storm and the idea is becoming one of the most controversial topics of recent times. The constant release of new models and lucrative features, such as improvements in range, performance, and efficiency, make it an increasingly attractive option for all truckers. However,…

Overview If you’re a truck driver or a trucking business owner, you know that inspections and audits suck, but they are an inevitable part of our operations. These inspections and audits are conducted by various authorities, such as the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), state agencies, and are just…

The Incident It was a rainy night in October of last year, when one of our insureds, a trucking company that specialized in refrigerated goods, was involved in a serious accident on Interstate 95 near Baltimore, Maryland. The driver of the truck, who had been working for over 5 years now, was driving south bound…

Electronic logging devices (ELDs) have a come a long way since their initial introduction. From a simple technological advancement to a mandatory tool in the trucking landscape, ELDs were designed to replace paper logs and automatically record a driver’s hours of service (HOS) and duty status. The overall goal of this was to help improve…