Transport and logistics: insurance requirements by occupation
Road freight, courier and heavy-vehicle operation, regulated nationally as well as by state.
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Covers most often carried in this industry
Counted across the occupations tracked in this industry. A pattern in the data, not a requirement and not a recommendation.
- Commercial motor insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Public liability insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Workers compensation insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Goods in transit insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Motor fleet insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Business pack insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Personal accident and sickness insurance — carried by 11 of 11 occupations here
- Plant and equipment insurance — carried by 3 of 11 occupations here
Occupations in this industry
- Couriers — Parcel and document delivery, usually as an owner-driver under a principal’s contract.
- Truck operators — Heavy vehicle freight operation, as an owner-driver or a small fleet.
- Removalists — Household and office removals, handling other people’s goods end to end.
- Taxi operators — Licensed point-to-point passenger transport.
- Rideshare drivers — Booked passenger transport through a platform, requiring accreditation in most states.
- Bus and coach operators — Charter, school and route passenger services under an operator accreditation.
- Freight forwarders — Arranging carriage of goods for shippers, usually under trading conditions.
- Warehouse operators — Storage and handling of goods belonging to customers.
- Tow truck operators — Licensed towing and vehicle recovery, moving customer vehicles.
- Delivery riders — Food and small-parcel delivery by bicycle, scooter or motorcycle.
- Livestock transporters — Carriage of livestock, with welfare obligations alongside the freight risk.