Transportation

Commercial Specialty Auto Insurance

Our extensive experience in commercial specialty auto insurance combined with our ability to create innovative solutions helps us meet the needs of our insureds.

Insurance Type
Admitted & Non-admitted
Distribution
Retail & Wholesale
Availability
Policies cannot be domiciled in or significantly operating in AK, HI, LA, MA, MT, NM, NV or NY. Not targeting risks domiciled in or primarily operating in South Florida (south of Lake Okeechobee), South Texas (south of Houston), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Marin and Alameda counties in California, Cook County in Illinois or in metro New Jersey. We define significantly operating in as more than 20-25% of the exposure is occurring there. We will consider risks with incidental exposure in unfavorable venues if the risk is not domiciled there.
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Not an agent or broker? 

If you're a commercial specialty auto fleet owner or operator interested in transportation insurance, please ask your agent or broker for a quote from RLI.

Coverage

The coverage your customers need for the road ahead

  • Auto Liability: A range of deductibles and coverage limits up to $5 million
  • Physical Damage: A range of deductibles starting as low as $1,000 for comprehensive and collision coverage
  • Other coverages: Hired and non-owned as well as garagekeeper legal liability excess
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Targeted business classes

Targeted business classes

$10,000 minimum policy premium, any radius.

Commercial specialty auto insurance fleets — private passenger, light, medium, heavy or extra heavy — that are used in the following industry segments:

  • Hospitals
  • Ambulances (minimum of 5 units)
  • Couriers (Amazon couriers or operations that require Federal Filings are not a fit)
  • Truck/CDL driving schools (minimum 5 units)
  • Public entities
  • Hired non-owned (standalone & bundled. Not for cannabis, food delivery, courier, passenger transport risks or large independent contractor risks)
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  • Security operations
  • Construction & contractors (fleet cannot consist of heavy/extra heavy units, must be mixed fleets or largely light, medium and private passenger)
  • Manufacturing
  • Communications
  • Wholesalers and distributors
  • Retail trades
  • Financial institutions
  • Real estate companies(i.e. REITS)
  • Miscellaneous services
  • PublicAdministration
  • Overseas parent corporationswith U.S.-based operations
  • Cannabis distributors(no residential delivery, no delivery in hired/non-owned autos)

Non-eligible Commercial Auto Classes

  • Flat bed operations (incidental okay)
  • Container haulers/intermodal
  • Dump operations (incidental okay)
  • Cherry pickers (incidental okay)
  • Cranes (incidental okay)
  • Risks requiring federal filings or MCS-90 endorsements
  • Amazon couriers
  • Food delivery operations (wholesale distributors okay)
  • Wheelchair van operations for NEMT risks (NEMT ambulance risks are a fit)
  • Small fleet ambulance operations (fewer than 5 units)
  • New venture operations (accounts must be in business for at least 1 full year)
  • Ride share operations
  • Airport shuttle services
  • Risks with high loss frequency
  • Small fleet trucking (For trucking risks with 50 or more units, please contact Ali Zandkarimi at 404-443-1007)
  • Hot shot operations or expeditors
  • Railroad operations
  • Oil and gas operations
  • Staffing agencies
  • Fleet mixes with a high proportion of heavy/extra heavy
  • Trucks (targeting risks with 25% H/HX mix or less)
  • Vehicle rental operations
  • Long distance radius of operations
  • Operations occurring on or near ports or marinas
  • Operations occurring in tribal territories
  • Passenger transport operations in hired or non-owned autos
  • Child transport or daycare operations
  • Ambulance operations in MI or NJ
  • Drug rehabilitation facilities
  • Risks with large independent contractor exposures
  • Logging operations
  • Risks that are mid-term moves
  • Explosives
  • Hazardous material haulers of any kind
  • Residential or commercial waste haulers/recycling operations
  • Carnival or circus operations
  • Livestock haulers
  • Towing operations
  • Railroad operations
  • Oil and gas operations
  • Staffing agencies
  • Drive away contractors

Lean on our experience

Our underwriters are experts at handling commercial specialty auto risks and designing financing alternatives to fit your budget requirements — including deductibles and self-insured retentions.

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Benefits of an RLI Transportation partnership

  • Free access to a dedicated loss control expert
  • Free access to driver safety training videos through RLI Safety Solutions’ proprietary learning portal
  • One free weekday of onsite driver training from an RLI Loss Control expert
  • Discounts on hardware and subscription costs from Samsara, Lytx, & Motive
  • Free access to RLI Safety Solutions DOT compliance assistance
  • Quarterly claim reviews available on larger risks

Learn more about RLI Transportation Loss Control

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