Commercial Auto Insurance for Contractor Vehicles
Your work truck is one of your most valuable business assets. Commercial auto insurance covers liability, physical damage, and hired/non-owned exposures for all vehicles used in your contracting business.
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What Commercial Auto Insurance Covers
A commercial auto policy protects your vehicles, your drivers, and your business from the full range of road and vehicle-related risks.
Commercial Auto Liability
Covers bodily injury and property damage you or your drivers cause to others in an accident. Required by law in every state for business vehicles.
Physical Damage — Collision
Pays to repair or replace your vehicle when it collides with another vehicle or object, regardless of fault.
Physical Damage — Comprehensive
Covers non-collision losses including theft, vandalism, fire, hail, flooding, and falling objects.
Hired & Non-Owned Auto
Covers liability when your employees use their personal vehicles for work errands or when you rent vehicles. Critical if employees drive their own cars for business.
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist
Protects you when an at-fault driver has no insurance or insufficient limits to cover your losses.
Medical Payments
Pays medical bills for you and your passengers injured in a vehicle accident, regardless of fault.
Why Personal Auto Insurance Is Not Enough
Personal auto policies are designed for personal use — commuting, errands, and leisure driving. When you use a vehicle to carry tools, visit job sites, haul materials, or transport employees, you are engaged in business use that most personal policies explicitly exclude.
If you're in an accident while driving your pickup to a job site and your carrier discovers the vehicle is used primarily for business, they can deny the entire claim. Commercial auto insurance eliminates this gap and provides the higher liability limits that business operations typically require.
Vehicles We Commonly Insure:
- Pickup trucks (F-150, F-250, Silverado, RAM)
- Cargo vans and sprinter vans
- Flatbed trucks and dump trucks
- Service vehicles and work vans
- Trailers (utility, enclosed, equipment)
- Box trucks
- Passenger vehicles used for business
- Rented (hired) vehicles
Fleet Coverage for Contractors with Multiple Vehicles
If your business operates three or more vehicles, you may qualify for a commercial fleet policy that provides streamlined management and potentially better rates. Fleet policies allow you to add and remove vehicles easily without issuing a new policy each time, which is ideal for growing construction businesses.
Altamira works with top commercial auto carriers to find the right fleet structure for your operation — whether you have 2 trucks or 20. We also bundle commercial auto with general liability and workers comp to create a comprehensive commercial insurance program that simplifies billing and renewal.
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