By Matt Carlson On Monday, January 28th, 2013
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Differences Between Insuring Food Trailers and Food Trucks

Due to low inventories of food trucks, lower barrier to entry or just pure preference, food trailers are often a great option for people looking to get in the industry. However, you need to be aware of some pitfalls More...

By Matt Carlson On Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
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Why You Should Always Ask For The Insurance Requirements FIRST!

Congratulations…you just landed a great opportunity to serve food at a large office building lot, college campus, festival or movie studio. In the beginning, they may have asked if you had insurance and of More...

By Matt Carlson On Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
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Workers’ Compensation Guide for Food Trucks

Catering food trucks have a unique insurance coverage exposure that most insurance carriers do not want to insure. Workers’ Compensation is one of the most important insurance coverages that a food truck owner More...

By Matt Carlson On Thursday, February 9th, 2012
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Why Isn’t Everyone Talking About Mobile Business Income?

Mobile Business Income is one of the most important, but least discussed or known insurance coverage. Business Income is a standard coverage on a brick and mortar restaurant, but often not available for a mobile More...

By Matt Carlson On Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
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Hand Over Those Food Truck Keys If An Employee Gets Injured

Let’s start with the definition of Workers’ Compensation insurance… Workers’ Compensation – provides protection to the employer against liability imposed by law to pay benefits to any More...

By Matt Carlson On Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
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Food Truck Insurance Survey

CateringTruckInsurance.com (a division of Risk Strategies Company) wants to know your opinion on health insurance for the food truck industry. We ask that current/future food truck owners or employees take our six More...

By Matt Carlson On Thursday, January 13th, 2011
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Six Ways to Reduce a Food Trucks Exposure of Being Robbed

Local news stations in Los Angeles were buzzing about the two recent food truck robberies last week. I hope this doesn’t become an escalating trend in LA or other cities. Unfortunately, food trucks are targets More...

By Matt Carlson On Thursday, January 6th, 2011
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Why You Shouldn’t Get Auto Quotes DIRECT From Progressive Insurance

Progressive Insurance is definitely a viable option for food truck or catering truck auto insurance. Progressive is an insurance company that you can access “directly” (via their website, etc) or by More...

By Matt Carlson On Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
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Food Truck Insurance: Additionally Insured Certificates

A topic and (hidden) cost that most new food trucks are unfamiliar with before purchasing an insurance policy. I often get calls from new food trucks just weeks away from embarking on their new food truck operation More...

By Matt Carlson On Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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Food Truck Insurance: What to Know When Hiring a Driver

It’s time to hire a driver…is there anything I should know before I do so? Often a food truck operation starts with an owner or co-owner driving the catering truck. However, there may come a time when More...

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