What Is Truck Insurance?
Truck insurance is the set of commercial auto policies that keep a trucking business legal, financed, and on the road. Unlike personal auto, truck insurance must satisfy federal motor carrier requirements, state DOT requirements, lender contracts on financed equipment, and shipper contracts that often require specific cargo limits and additional insureds.
A typical for-hire interstate operator carries primary liability ($750,000 minimum federally, $1M standard), motor truck cargo ($100,000 minimum, $250,000+ for most contracts), physical damage (comp + collision on the truck and trailer), and FMCSA filings (BMC-91/91X liability + MCS-90 endorsement). Owner-operators leased to a motor carrier instead carry non-trucking liability and physical damage.
Full Coverage is an independent broker— we don't sell our own policy. We compare quotes from 30+ A-rated carriers (Progressive, Canal, Liberty Mutual, Protective, Berkley One, National Interstate, Northland, Old Republic and more) in one application. For specialty risks like new authority, hot shot, or prior cancellations, the spread between carriers can be $3,000–$8,000 per truck per year. For clean fleets it's still 10–15% on average.











