Archive for July 22nd, 2010

With the convenience of the internet and insurance companies broadening their markets many tow truck business owners are finding themselves in a position of great exposure to their businesses. By working directly with insurance companies or have working with inexperienced brokers many of these business owners have purchased insurance policies that have failed to provide the protection needed for the tow truck operation.

All businesses are unique the towing industry is one of the most unique of them. These businesses have various exposures that many other businesses have such as taking custody of their client’s vehicles, towing the vehicles themselves, and having clients in their storage facilities viewing the stored vehicles. They need to have coverage for all of these exposures. The insurance industry and various insurance companies have adapted policies to provide these operations with all of the coverage that is needed to ensure that in the event of a loss these businesses are covered for all possible types of losses.

There are many coverage options available for towing operations such as on hook coverage, general liability, garage-keepers legal liability. These types of coverage are a must for full service towing operations that have vehicle storage. Continue reading ‘Towing Business’ Missing Coverage’ »

Come to the Carid.com, which presents an expansive selection of top-quality Cargo Liners perfect for upping the level of protection inside your vehicle will give you many kinds of perfect trunk liners that you need for your own vehicle. The trunk liners are mats designed to defend your truck’s cargo and trunk areas that you have in your truck. This site provides you with special trunk mats withstand all weather conditions from freezing cold to blistering heat while rescuing your cargo floor area from spills, dirt, scratches, and debris, which sometimes happen to your truck. Continue reading ‘Highest Quality of Trunk Liners’ »

The commercial insurance industry in California is one of the fastest changing insurance industries in the United States. Insurance companies are continuously merging and acquiring other companies. Insurance companies are changing their target markets as these mergers and acquisitions take place. With the combination of these changes and other insurance companies broadening their guidelines in an attempt to grow their business the insurance rates available to the tow truck industry have been changing as well.

When an insurance company initially begins to accept new classes of business their rates are determined without a clear long history of the losses associated with the new businesses that they are insuring. Many of the insurance companies that are trying to broaden the types of businesses that they will insure have begun to write insurance policies with premiums that are very competitive. Frequently the premiums assigned are too low for the risks that are being insured. The insurance companies find themselves in a position that they are actually paying out more in claims than they are collecting in premium.

While these insurance companies are offering very low rates compared to their competition they get a large volume of business. Many of the tow truck business owners had recently changed their tow truck insurance policies so that they could receive the great rates as well. Continue reading ‘Rates Force Movement in Market’ »