Available Insurance Markets:

Company

AM Best Rating*

Financial Size

National Specialty Insurance Company

A (Excellent)

VIII ($100 Million to $250 Million)

State National Insurance Company

A (Excellent)

VIII ($100 Million to $250 Million)

Lloyds of London

A (Excellent)

XV ($2 billion or greater)

Steadfast Insurance Company

A (Excellent)

XV ($2 billion or greater)

Lexington Insurance Company

A (Excellent)

XV ($2 billion or greater)

* As of 5/19/10.

Coverage Available:

Commercial Auto

  • Liability
  • Hired Auto (Liability and Physical Damage)
  • Non-Owned Auto
  • Uninsured Motorist
  • Personal Injury Protection
  • Medical Payments
  • Physical Damage
  • Trailer Interchange
  • All ISO coverages available.

General Liability

  • General Aggregate (Other than products & completed operations) and Each Occurrence Limit
  • Products & Completed Operations (For truckers only)
  • Personal & Advertising Injury Liability
  • Premises Rented to You
  • Medical Expense
  • Employer Benefits Liability
  • All ISO coverages available.

Motor Truck Cargo

  • Refrigeration Breakdown
  • Riggers
  • Contingent Transit
  • Unattended Truck
  • Earned Freight
  • Debris Removal
  • Less Than Truckload.

Primary Policy Limits Available:

Auto Liability   

$1,000,000 Combined Single Limit (BI & PD)

Physical Damage 

Stated Amount up to $125,000 per Auto per Loss/$500,000 per Loss

General Liability   

$2,000,000 Aggregate / $1,000,000 Each Occurrence

Motor Truck Cargo

Up to $500,000

Excess/Umbrella   

Up to $5,000,000 x $1,000,000

States Available:

TCSI has the ability to write within the entire United States with the exception of:

  • Massachusetts
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii

Other Services:

  • Monthly Reporting of Revenue, Mileage, or Autos.
  • Deductible Options including Basket Deductibles.
  • FMCSA, States and DMV Filings.
  • Loss Control Services including Mock DOT Audits, Hiring and Retention Seminars, Safety Videos, and Post Collision Analysis.
  • Third Party Claims Adjusters for Specialized Claim Handling.

Prohibited Classes:

  1. Auto and Truck Rental Fleets
  2. Risks Requiring Petroleum Permits or Filings
  3. Mobile Crane and Similar Mobile Mounted Equipment
  4. Rigging Operations
  5. House Movers
  6. Logging or Lumbering Off-Road
  7. Mobile Equipment Subject to State Financial Responsibility Laws
  8. Mobile Home, Motor Home and Camper Haulers
  9. Moving and Storage
  10. Rental or Leasing Without Drivers
  11. Separate Brokerage Entities
  12. Towing
  13. Mix-In-Transit
  14. Triple Trailers

Minimal Exposure Permissible:

  1. Log and Pulp Wood
  2. Anhydrous Ammonia
  3. Ammonia Nitrate
  4. Explosives and Ammunition
  5. Fireworks
  6. Gasoline
  7. Flammable Material
  8. Alcohol
  9. Diesel Fuel
  10. Liquid Petroleum Gas
  11. Bulk Chemicals
  12. Bulk Agricultural Fertilizers
  13. Liquid Asphalt
  14. Milk (Tank Trailers)
  15. Contaminated Soil
  16. Garbage or Trash
  17. Heavy Machinery or Equipment
  18. Acid and Corrosive Liquids (Bulk or Package) Haulers
  19. Oil Well Equipment
  20. Bulk Pressurized Liquid or Gases
  21. Swinging Meat Haulers
  22. Steel Coil Haulers
  23. Livestock Haulers
  24. Hazmat / Hazardous Waste

Driver Eligibility Requirements:

  • All MVRs must be valid within six months.
  • All violations and accidents in commercial or personal vehicles will be measured.
  • All accidents on MVRs or loss runs are considered at-fault unless otherwise supported by a police report.
  • Sampling of MVRs may be done under MVR Sampling Table under F.8.d.(4)

Driver Eligibility

  • Drivers must have a current and valid CDL applicable to the vehicle being driven.
  • Have at least two years of professional, over-the-road experience with a similar operation.
  • Must provide proof of a current medical certificate for any driver over the age of 65.
  • No Major Violation (Type I) within 36 months, No Major Violations (Type II) within 60 months, 5 or more Minor Violation points in the past 36 months, or 3 or more Minor Violation points in the past 12 months.

Violation Table

Minor Violations

(1 Point)

Minor Violation

(2 Points)

Major Violation

(Type I) - 36 Months

Major Violation

(Type II) - 60 Months

§ Improper Stop on Highway          

§ Lane Violation

§ Speeding 1-15 MPH Over Limit

§ Traffic Control Device

§ Unsafe Operation of a Motor Vehicle

§ 1 At Fault Accident

§ Failure to Yield          

§ Red Light

§ Stop Sign

§ Improper U-Turn

§ Improper Backing or Turning

§ Speeding 16-20 MPH Over        

§ Following too Close

§ Careless Driving

§ Failure to Report an Accident

§ Failure to Stop, Aid, or Identify

§ Reckless Driving

§ Wrong Way on Highway

§ At Fault Accident with a Fatality

§ 2 or More At Fault Accidents (referral)

§ Allowing Non-Licensed Operator

§ Speed 21+ (may be referred)

§ Driving w/ Suspended-Revoked License

§ DUI/DWI, Drug or Alcohol Possession

§ False Report to Department

§ Fraudulent Use of Driver’s License

§ Hit and Run

§ Leaving the Scene

§ Homicide with a MV

§ Manslaughter with a MV

§ Passing a School Bus

§ Participating in Racing

§ Eluding a Police Officer

§ Railroad Crossing

 

 

If you have an account that you would like to submit, please call to discuss it with any available underwriter or put a full submission together and email it to info@tcs-ny.com to reserve the account.  The assigned underwriter will contact you ASAP to further discuss the submission. 

Please see our account submission page for all applications, forms and required info.

   
 

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