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Your Renewal Is Priced on Evidence: Trucking Liability Insurance Decisions Before 2027
Liability premiums keep outrunning crash rates. How carriers and brokers should set retention, excess limits, and safety evidence before 2027 renewals.
Industry
Driver Inc. Is Running Out of Runway: The Payroll and Carrier-Pay Decisions Canadian Trucking Has to Make Before Year-End
ESDC blitzes, T4A penalties, and Bill C-39 are closing the Driver Inc. gap. How Canadian carriers and brokers should rework pay, vetting, and settlement now.
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The Label Is Gone. The Diesel Cost Is Not: Rebuilding Canadian Fuel Recovery After April 2025
Federal fuel charge rates hit zero April 1, 2025. Embedded costs remain. How ops leaders rebuild FSC by jurisdiction, not phantom carbon lines.
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When the Rate Con Is the Only Rate That Counts: Maislin's Lesson for Peak Season
How the 1990 Maislin undercharge ruling still shapes rate-con, accessorial, and amendment discipline for North American trucking operators this peak season.
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When Theft Counts Fall and Losses Double: Peak-Season Claims Control
Cargo thefts fell in Q2 2026 while losses more than doubled. Operators face peak-season claims risk from compromise and misdirection fraud.
Industry
The Handshake Rate Lost. Your System Can Collect the Other One.
In 1990 the Court let a bankrupt carrier collect the tariff, not the deal. August 2026 has two prices for one van mile. Decide which you can defend.
Industry
When Long-Haul Guides Fail Twice as Often: Segmenting Cover Before October
Long-haul route guides fail at 8.5% weekly vs 3.6% under 400 miles. With rejections near 14% from capacity fragility, segment cover by length of haul before October.
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When Diesel Clears $6.50: Surcharge Schedules, Cash Float, and Who Absorbs Peak
EIA diesel hit $6.529 the week of Sept. 21, 2026. All-in rose while linehaul slipped. How asset, broker, and hybrid shops decide surcharge recovery before peak.