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A Few Contracting Ideas for Increasing Domestic Truckload Capacity without Increasing Risk Darin Day General Counsel Tucker Company Worldwide
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Background Capacity is Tight, and Getting Tighter – Driver Shortage and Demographics – 1,000s of Trucking Companies have disappeared from the marketplace since 2007 – Regulatory and Legal Restrictions CSA EOBR Affordable Care Act Medical Exam Restrictions Drug and Alcohol Database
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Rationale Carriers can afford to be selective, and ARE being selective. More than ever, to thrive (maybe even survive) requires becoming a Shipper of Preference One Tactic: Specific U.S. Domestic Agreements: Shipper-Carrier, and Shipper-Broker Maximize efficiency and comity; increase capacity, availability and reliability; perhaps lower costs --- without increasing risk exposure
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Certificate Holder vs. Additional Insured Party Ask to be named “Cert Holder” rather than “additional insured” – Some insurance companies will resist naming you as additional insured, nobody balks at cert holder Cargo Policy: Claims filed by Additional Insured Party may be DENIED outright Auto Liability Policy: Claims filed by Additional Insured Party may be limited to 50% pro rata share of the policy value
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Certificate Holder vs. Additional Insured Party General Liability Insurance – Virtually impossible to imagine a scenario where a trucking company’s GL policy would protect a shipper – May be worth asking for the industry standard $1M, simply as a check on financial stability and good governance Workers Comp Insurance – additional insured offers no protection
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Cargo Insurance and Cargo Claims 1)Take advantage of the Carmack Regime, and a 3PL’s Contingent Cargo Insurance Policy 2)Cap Cargo Liability at $100,000 --- with a declared value carve-out
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Align Indemnity Obligations Indemnity Provisions that hold a party accountable for the acts and omissions of another party are increasingly unenforceable – By Statute – Under the Common Law Underwriters are often unwilling to schedule contracts with misaligned indemnity provisions Structured properly, the parties lose nothing by properly aligning indemnity obligations
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