Commercial Trucking Insurance in Tennessee
Whether you are an owner-operator or you manage a fleet of trucks, Trucking Insurance Services has coverage options for you. We are a leading independent insurance agency writing commercial truck insurance in Tennessee. With nearly 20 years of experience and our vast network of insurance companies, we are your gateway to fast insurance quotes with top-notch coverage. Finding cheap Tennessee truck insurance has never been so easy!
Our expert insurance agents write coverage for all sorts of trucking operations including long haul dry van, refrigerated hauling, auto hauling, dump trucks, logging, hotshot trucking, intermodal hauling and more.
Trucking Insurance Services is licensed in 45 states including Tennessee. We have proudly written Tennessee truck insurance for nearly 20 years. Our A-rated truck insurance carriers offer high quality coverage with low down payments and affordable monthly installments. Our goal is to find you the best coverage at the lowest price.
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Who Needs Tennessee Truck Insurance?
Whether you’re an owner-operator or manage a small fleet of semi trucks, you need Tennessee truck insurance. At a minimum, your insurance policy will include auto liability coverage which includes bodily injury and property damage. Tennessee requires this coverage.
Any commercial truck on the road needs insurance, including:
- For hire trucking
- Tractor trailers
- Hotshot trucking
- Dump trucks
- Auto haulers
- Box trucks
- Cargo vans and sprinter vans
- and more
What Coverage Do I Need In Tennessee?
Commercial truck operation comes with risks and hazards that require comprehensive insurance coverage. Insurance is regulated at the state-level. Knowing which insurance coverage is necessary is the first step. Tennessee requires bodily injury and property damage coverage. Recommended coverage for truck insurance in TN:
- Auto Liability – Commercial Auto Liability is a critical component of your trucking insurance policy. This coverage protects you if you’re found liable for bodily injury or property damage while operating an insured truck. For example, let’s pretend you are merging on I-40 in Nashville and sideswipe a car. Your semi truck left a bright red scratch on the passenger car’s door. Without auto liability insurance, you would be on the hook for the damages. However, when you purchase auto liability insurance, your insurance company will take care of damages caused by the collision. Let’s say you are driving through Chattanooga and collide with a parked car with a passenger inside. In addition to property damage, your auto liability coverage will pay for bodily injury – medical bills, an ambulance ride, and visit to the emergency room – for the injured passenger. Tennessee requires auto liability coverage to operate legally on the road.
- Physical Damage – This coverage protects your insured semi truck and trailer for collision and other-than-collision incidents. Let’s say your truck is parked in a secure lot near Knoxville with a fence and security cameras, but a thief manages to steal it overnight. Without physical damage coverage, you’d be out a truck and potentially be on the hook for that truck note. Purchasing physical damage is how you can protect your most important asset – your truck – from damages or theft beyond your control. Alternatively, let’s say you rear-end a trailer while waiting to get loaded and your truck is damaged. Your physical damage coverage will pay to fix your truck and keep your wheels rolling. Repairs are expensive! Talking to your truck insurance agent about covering your truck and your trailer is important.
- Motor Truck Cargo – Imagine this: You are taking a load from an e-commerce fulfilment center in Memphis to a warehouse in Murfreesboro when suddenly you hit debris on the interstate! During the impact, those electronics in your trailer are banged up and deemed inoperable. Your cargo insurance will swoop in to pay for the damaged electronics so you don’t have to pay it yourself. Cargo is there for you when the unimaginable happens. The surest way to lose a client is to leave damages to their products unpaid. Cargo not only protects your wallet, but also your important business relationships.
- Reefer Breakdown – If you haul refrigerated loads, reefer breakdown coverage is a must! This coverage provides protection for loss of refrigerated cargo caused by a change in temperature because your refrigeration unit has an accidental breakdown. For example, you are hauling frozen seafood out of Memphis headed for Hendersonville. When you reach the receiver, you notice the reefer unit isn’t working and your entire load is spoiled! Reefer breakdown fills the gap. This coverage will replace the spoiled cargo, pay your customer for damaged goods, and save your business partnership. Don’t forget to ask your agent how you can protect your refrigerated cargo.
- Trailer Interchange and Non Owned Trailer – This coverage is a must if you use other people’s trailers to haul freight. Let’s say you pick up a fully loaded trailer and drive it across the state. You’re halfway across the state when a deer runs into the side of the non owned trailer! Non owned trailer physical damage will pay to repair the non owned trailer for damages that occurred while it was attached to your semi truck. Alternatively, you may work for a company that provides a written trailer interchange agreement and their trailer is damaged while in the course of operation for your business. Not to fear! Trailer Interchange is here! Your agent will match you with the correct coverage for your business operation. But, if you’re using a trailer owned by someone else, make sure to mention it.
- Non-Trucking Liability – Being an owner-operator comes with a unique set of risk. You finished a delivery for the company you lease to and are no longer under dispatch. You decide to drive your truck to a grocery store to pick up some items for personal use on your way home. If you’re involved in an accident while driving to the grocery store, who pays for the damages? Non-trucking liability (NTL) is designed to protect owner-operators when they are using their semi trucks for personal reasons, such as commuting to and or from a terminal or operating the truck for non-business activity. Your agent will ask for a copy of your owner-operator lease agreement before binding coverage. Based on how that lease agreement is written, coverage may or may not apply in certain situations. Understanding your lease agreement is key.
- General Liability – Commercial General Liability covers your business for property damage and bodily injury that occurs in the course of business, but does not involve the truck. Confused? Don’t worry, we’ll explain. For example, you deliver a dishwasher in your box truck to a customer’s home in Clarksville and install it for them. As you roll in the dishwasher, you trip and fall straight through their wall. Your general liability policy will pay the homeowner to repair their wall and any property damages associated with the fall. Don’t wait until an accident happens to protect your business from an accident.
Tennessee Truck Insurance Filings
We can help activate your MC/ICC. Business that travel across state lines for hire or operate intrastate for hire may need state or federal operating authority and proof of financial responsibility, or filings, for regulators. Your insurance company provides filings to the government. It tells regulators that you meet the required liability limit set by state and federal regulations.
Upon filings for an authority and purchasing a commercial truck policy, we can help with Tennessee filings and federal filings, including:
- ICC
- MCS90
- Form E
- Form H
- SR22
- And more
Learn more about FMCSA insurance requirements from our experts.
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When you purchase a policy with Trucking Insurance Services, you’re getting more than an experienced truck insurance agent, you are getting a business partner that will help you see around the corner. We are a family-owned business with decades in trucking. We aren’t in the insurance industry, we are in trucking.
Certificates At The Speed of Light
We know how important it is to send certificates of insurance to your brokers in a timely manner. Our team of dedicated certificate processing agents will have your certificate of insurance out the door within minutes. Need special verbiage or additional coverage? An agent will quickly update your policy and issue your certificate.
We Know Filings
We get it. Filings are complex. And knowing who needs what filing can make your head spin. Don’t worry, our team of truck insurance experts will arrange to have your filings issued. Are you a new venture trying to activate your ICC/MC number? A member of our team will walk you through the process of obtaining a DOT and a MC number.
Covering Truckers All Across The United States
Our licensed agents can cover your friends all across the United States including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia!
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