HAZMAT TRUCK INSURANCE

Transporting hazardous substances is essential for your business but involves high risk and we understand every challenge you face every day. NITIC has three decades of experience in providing the right truck insurance solutions to clients in the US. Allow us to help you protect your trucking business with the finest hazmat truck insurance at the most affordable rate.

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If your business encircles the transport of hazardous material then you need to protect it against various likely risks. The hazardous cargo you haul can cause huge damage to people, property, and your own truckers. For instance, an accidental release of shipment can contaminate the people and property that comes in direct contact with it. Crash, fire, and explosion can do grave harm to your hazmat business. You need to protect it and lessen your worries with the right hazmat truck insurance.

What is hazmat truck insurance?

Hazmat trucking is risky as the stress of delivering the hazardous substances in the right condition to the right location is very high. Here hazmat truck insurance is the key to protecting and minimizing the risk of unforeseen danger. This is a type of commercial truck insurance that pays for the loss to the cargo, property, and people that you suffer in an accident.

Who needs hazmat truck insurance?

Due to the inherent danger of hauling hazardous material and explosives Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) strictly regulates its transportation. If you want to operate legally on the road you require hazmat truck insurance.

The safety of the public is more than important in hazmat trucking. You should be able to address every risk that comes with moving hazardous material. Substances that are poisonous, flammable, or explosive carry some danger. If you haul any of the following hazardous materials, you will require hazmat truck insurance with the right amount of coverage.

What coverages are included in hazmat truck insurance?

The right hazmat truck insurance comprises the following coverages:

What is the cost of hazmat truck insurance?

The exact cost cannot be defined in dollars because the hazmat truck insurance rates are influenced by the following factors;

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As Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) strictly regulate the transportation of hazardous material, if you fail to comply with their regulation then you could face hefty fines or/and imprisonment. Also, if you have already violated hazmat regulations then the price of your policy will go higher.

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Hazmat truck insurance offer liability coverage for:
  • Pollution clean up
  • Accident site clean-up
  • Rental reimbursement (optional)
  • Downtime coverage (optional)
If your trucking business involves transporting hazardous material, you must carry hazmat truck insurance to do this legally. Hauling such material need extra care because it can contaminate or injure people or property in the event of accidental release. So you need this policy to carry your trucking business smoothly.
Materials that are poisonous, explosive, or flammable carry a certain amount of risks and the truckloads that include the following are considered hazardous in hazmat trucking.
  • Poisons
  • Gases
  • Radioactive substances
  • Organic peroxide
  • Flammable solids and liquids
  • Organic peroxide
  • Corrosives
  • Fertilizers
  • Paint
  • Adhesives
If you are transporting any/some of the above hazardous substances then you need to protect your trucks from several likely risks on and off the road. For that, you need hazmat truck insurance with the right amount of coverage.