Commercial Specialty Auto

CDL Driving Schools

For pre-approved retail agents and brokers with a solid book of CDL driving school fleet accounts, RLI Transportation actively welcomes CDL insurance risks.

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Insurance Type

Admitted & Non-admitted

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Distribution

Retail

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Availability

Policies cannot be domiciled in or significantly operating in NV, NM, MA, LA, MT, HI, NY, AK, NJ or MI. Not available in South Florida, South Texas, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Cook County, Illinois.

Not an agent or broker?

If you're a CDL driving school owner or operator interested in transportation coverage, ask your agent or broker for a quote from RLI.

Driving school-specific criteria

$10,000 minimum premium
5 vehicles minimum
Fleets of all sizes
Fleets typically include: heavy/extra-heavy trucks and tractor trailers, RVs, dump trucks, buses or other vehicles requiring a CDL to operate
Multi-state operations are acceptable
Local operating radius is preferred
During operation of the vehicle, training should occur on a 1-on-1 basis

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Ineligible operations

Private passenger driver training, including remedial driver training and license preparation courses
Operations that have made alterations to their units in order to accommodate extra-seating inside the vehicle
All students and instructors must be seated in original manufactured seating unless the insured is able to provide verification from the third-party who performed the alterations to certify that these operations were performed in a safe and structurally sound manner

Submission clearance requirements

ACORD 125 and ACORD 137
Completed RLI Driving School Supplement
Copy of driving school curriculum
Four years of currently valued hard copy loss runs with details on all losses over $25,000
A list of drivers with dates of birth, dates of hire, driver’s license numbers and states (in Microsoft Excel format if possible)

Additional requirements

Financial documents, including:
- Two most recent year-end audited financial statements, balance sheet and income statement. Please note, if financial statements do not meet RLI minimum guidelines, we will not be able to offer a quote
- We may be able to waive financial requirements if the annualized premium is under $250,000 with an average or above average loss control rating
Current Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) for all drivers
- For large driver pools, we can create a randomized sample from which we will collect MVRs. Please contact your underwriter for eligibility.

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