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An Industry Lifesaver: Commercial Truck Gap Insurance

What Is Gap Insurance for Truckers? Commercial Truck Gap Insurance, or Gap Insurance, is sometimes referred to as Financed Value Coverage or Lease Value Coverage. Whatever name you call it,

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Delivering in a New World: How to Drive Gen Z to Your Fleet

Trucking companies ensure the steady flow of essential goods across the country, transporting items that sustain homes, businesses, infrastructure, and lives. The demand to deliver these supplies makes trucking an

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Is Your Fleet Equipment Undervalued and Underinsured?

As supply chain issues accelerate, companies face challenges in parts replacement, equipment production, and a massive shortage of trucks and repair staff. Here’s how to ensure your equipment isn’t underinsured.

What is Freight Factoring? Learn How Factoring Can Change Your Business

What is Freight Factoring?

If you are in the trucking industry, you have probably heard of “freight factoring”. Freight factoring is such a useful tool for small and medium sized businesses. The benefits of

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Expedited Trucking

I am often asked what are the pros and the cons of expedited trucking versus standard trucking. The lists are long. While most people know about the “standard” trucking world,

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My Truck Got Hit While Parked – What Now?

You’re in the bunk, sound asleep when all of a sudden you get knocked to the floor.  A new driver backed right into your truck. You can’t believe your truck

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How will Coronavirus Impact my Downtime Loss?

With states locking-down and activities being restricted during the Coronavirus pandemic, more and more people across the country are being forced to work from home. Those in the toilet paper

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What Truckers Should Do After an Accident

By the very definition of the word, accidents are events that are unexpected. As truck drivers, we have all seen our share of vehicle accidents. Although we hope to never

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Landline Now Podcast: An Upside for Downtime

Attorney, Kelsea Eckert, and Marketing Assistant, Rita Richa, discussed how owner-operators can recover their  downtime (lost income) after a not-at-fault accident during appearance on the November 18th episode of the

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Auto Haulers: Protect Your Business

Most business require a variety of insurance coverage.  Truckers face the added expense of downtime coverage, bob-tail coverage, and more.  Auto haulers often need even more cargo insurance due to

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Commercial Lemon Law or Breach of Warranty

Please note: Eckert & Associates, PA does NOT handle these types of cases. We’re providing the article for your information only. There is no “lemon law” for commercial vehicles, but

The Myth of Rear-End Accidents

The Myth Have you heard that when you rear-end another vehicle, it’s automatically your fault?  Many people believe this to be true. In fact, many of our trucking clients think

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Will Platooning Get a Chance?

There certainly was a lot of buzz regarding truck platooning and truck automation in 2018, with the industry facing strong headwinds from a variety of sources.  The lack of driver

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What Makes a Truck DOT Drivable?

Many people say the easiest part of being a professional driver is the actual driving of the truck.  Some may believe that holding the steering wheel as you survey the

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Why You May Need to Retain a Trucking Attorney

You’ve been hit by a reckless driver. You report the claim to his insurance company and feel comfortable and encouraged as his adjuster tells you he’ll take care of everything

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Have You Heard of the MCS-90 Endorsement?

Sometimes a client is hit by a truck with no insurance coverage.  While it is often difficult to get paid in this situation, there may be a viable “deep pocket”