Get Good Insurance Before Stepping Into Business With Cattle Transportation
You know that everything must be insured. It doesn’t matter if it’s your car, house, boat, health, truck or pets… basically everything need to be insured.
That is also true when working in the trucking or other transportation related fields. Actually any industry from apple growing to zoology will require you to have insurance.
Cattle transportation is no different. After all hauling livestock is a completely different animal than transporting any other cargo (pardon the pun).
Obviously when there is a truck accident you must take immediate action, but this is even more so when your freight is a living creature.
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So when you are looking to get livestock insurance there are a few things to consider, besides price and service. Here are a just a couple things to consider:
- Livestock Transport Coverage– This provides coverage for injury, crippling and/or death to the animal(s) while in transit.
- Carcass Removal – Simply put carcass removal can be very expensive, and time consuming. This coverage will have the insurance company handle all the related details.
- Temporary Replacement Vehicle – In the event of an accident, this will require the insurance company to provide a substitute vehicle while yours is getting fixed or replaced.
- Coverage after Transportation – What this basically means is that often the carrier is still held responsible for the livestock for a limited number of days after delivery. This will help cover you in the event something was to happen during that time.
- Non-Delivery of Shipment Coverage – If, for whatever reason the livestock is not take received by the consignee (or other legal representative). Typically this coverage will include the cost of depreciation and other cost associated with the cattle transportation.
Of course there are more things you need to cover. But this is just to give you some ideas and what to look and ask for. Not all insurance companies cover livestock, so ask that first. Also shop around and find out who has experience and a good price.
There is one other key point to consider with cattle transportation. What’s that you ask? The actual cost of the insurance you’ll need. We already covered the fact you’ll need it. But what will it cost you?
