n the pallet business, we drop trailers at customer sites
all the time. Typically, we have a fleet of trailers/semi-
trailers, some new, some old, that we park at our
customers' locations where they load the empty pallets
onto the trailer. Once the trailer is filled, we take our
trucks to the locations to bring all those pallets back to our
facility to be recycled.
I continue to get asked the following questions from pallet
companies:
1. According to the auto form, trailers are automatically
covered so do I need to actually schedule them on my policy?
2. The only trailers I need to schedule are the ones that I am
leasing because the leasing company requires me to insure them,
right?
3. If the auto policy didn't cover my trailers, then would my
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Dropping
Trailers
Off-Site
Business Blog By Dennis Bilancia,
CPCU, CIC, AAI, AIS, LIC
INSURANCE
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"I'm covered
for any liability
claim, right?"