Category: Transportation

If your business is a part of the transportation industry, you know how hard it can be to get the right insurance to protect you from all of your risks. And there are plenty of risks that you face every day on the road. When you send out your trucks – whatever kind they are – you need to know that they’re protected with the right insurance coverage. Here at InsuranceHub, we specialize in transportation insurance. We’ll help you manage your risks and customize an insurance plan that fulfills all of your company’s coverage needs.

We’ve dedicated a section of our blog to transportation-related articles to help you protect everything you’ve worked so hard to build. Feel free to click through and read at your leisure. We enjoy passing along insurance information and safety tips that will help transportation companies just like yours be prepared. Armed with knowledge and a great insurance plan, you’ll be able to hit the road with confidence.

18 Jul
2019

An interview with Tommy Ruke, founder of the MCIEF

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

The transportation insurance world is complex. There’s a lot for insurance carriers to learn if they want to provide insurance coverage for motor carriers. With all the knowledge that needs to be learned, there has to be a way for agents, agencies, and even carriers to learn it. That’s where the Motor Carrier Insurance Education Foundation (MCIEF) can be a big help. We talked with Tommy Ruke, the founder of the MCIEF, to find out about how he got his start in the transportation insurance world and learn more about the MCIEF.

09 Jul
2019

Growing your towing business? Here’s what you need to know.

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

If you’ve got a tow truck business, you’re probably eager to see that business grow over time. And to do that, you want to get more trucks and more drivers. You really want your business to thrive, but there are a few things to consider as you work to grow your towing business. Here are six tips to think about as you’re expanding your business.

27 Jun
2019

An insurance look: Tractor-trailer accident in Virginia

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Current Events, Transportation

The road is not the safest workplace. Wrecks happen. Truckers, who spend a ton of time on the road, are at risk for getting into wrecks, what with the many miles they log on the highway. Today we’re going to take a brief news story out of Virginia about a tractor-trailer wreck. We’ll explain what happened while also discussing several questions the article left us with from an insurance perspective.

25 Jun
2019

Why your towing business needs a mobile-friendly website – and how to fix it

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Tips, Transportation

It’s pretty apparent in today’s society that people rely on their smartphones. Forgetting a phone charger or not having Wi-Fi can really ruin someone’s day. But why does this dependence on smartphones matter to your towing business? Because of your website. If your towing business has a website, it needs to be mobile-friendly. We’ll explain why.

20 Jun
2019

8 tips you need to know for your towing website’s homepage

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

So, the goal of having a website for a tow truck business is to get people to visit it…right? You want people to find your site and decide that you’re the best towing business around – that’s called marketing your tow truck business. And to do that, you need to get Google to like your homepage. Now, no one knows exactly what Google’s “secret formula” is, but there are a few best practices that you can use for the homepage of your tow business website. Check out these tips.

18 Jun
2019

Marketing a tow truck business

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

An interview with Jared Fischgrund of OMG Tow Marketing

For a towing business to be successful, they need to have customers. But that still leaves the question – how do you get customers in the first place? Marketing. Since marketing is such an essential part of a towing business’s survival, we caught up with Jared Fischgrund, Tow Marketing Director for OMG Tow Marketing. OMG Tow Marketing is a marketing agency that specializes in helping towing businesses market their businesses. We had the chance to get his expert input on marketing a tow truck business.

13 Jun
2019

An insurance look: Box truck overturns in Florida

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

When you work in the trucking world, wrecks happen. And they can happen to anyone, no matter how experienced the driver. No trucker wants to experience a crash, but it’s important to be prepared with the right insurance coverages. We’ll take a look at how insurance can come into play by looking at a news story about a box truck.

06 Jun
2019

An insurance look: Car carrier crashes in North Carolina

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Current Events, Insurance, Transportation

Wrecks happen. They just do. And that’s what insurance is for. It’s so important for businesses that do auto transport to have the right insurance for their car carriers. We’ll take a look at a news story from last week about a car carrier, and we’ll examine it from an insurance angle, exploring what coverages would be helpful and what questions we have.

29 May
2019

How to get dump truck insurance

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

If you have a dump truck business, you’ve got lots on your plate. Running a business isn’t easy, and one thing that you need to consider is your insurance. It’s crucial that you protect your business financially, after all. Maybe you’re wondering how to get dump truck insurance. Not to worry – we’ll explain! And good news – we can make the insurance process easy.

24 May
2019

An insurance look: Dump truck collides with school bus

by Katelyn Betts | with 0 Comment | in Business Insurance, Insurance, Transportation

Whenever the words “school bus” and “wreck” are in the same sentence, it’s scary. A school bus is supposed to be a safe place, a secure way to transport children to and from school. But unfortunately, that doesn’t mean they’re immune to crashes, much as we wish they were. Thankfully, in the wreck we’re going to take a look at in this article, no children were on the bus at the time of the crash and the adults involved experienced only minor injuries. We’re glad to hear that there were no severe injuries as a result of the dump truck and school bus crash. Let’s take a look at how insurance could come into play with this accident.