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Insurance Requirements for Intrastate Motor Carriers
Intrastate Motor Carrier
Insurance Requirements
All companies who apply for a UTC permit, certificate, or registration must file and maintain evidence of public liability and property damage insurance. |
Proof of Insurance |
Form E The standard proof of insurance form is commonly called a "Form E" and is issued by your insurance company. The formal name is the "Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Certificate of Insurance". |  | Certificate of Insurance or Binder This certificate/binder is only good for 60 days. This certificate/binder must be replaced by the Form E.
The certificates/binders must show the UTC as the certificate holder, the amounts of insurance coverage, the dates that the certificate/binder will be in effect and a signature. |
Insurance Amounts |
Permit Type | Gross Vehicle Weight | | Cargo | Minimum Limits |
General Commodity
Household Goods Carriers | 10,000 pounds or more | | non-hazardous | $750,000 Combined Single Limit (CSL) |
| | | hazardous substances | $5 million CSL for bulk hazardous substances, explosives, poison gas, compressed gas & radioactive materials.
$1 million for other hazardous waste and materials. |
| Under 10,000 pounds | | non-hazardous | $300,000 CSL |
| | | hazardous substances | $5 million |
| Solid Waste Collection Companies | Under 10,000 | | | $300,000 CSL |
| 10,000 pounds or more
Transport quantities of biomedical waste not subject to federal regulation | | | $750,000 CSL
$1 million CSL |
Posted/updated: 04/06/2006
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