{"id":1189,"date":"2021-03-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgelogistica.it\/2021\/03\/13\/le-assicurazioni-nel-trasporto-merci-su-strada\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:09:36","slug":"insurance-in-road-freight-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgelogistica.it\/en\/insurance-in-road-freight-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance in Road Freight Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the road transport sector, the <strong>value of goods being transported often reaches significant figures<\/strong>.<br>But what happens if the goods are <strong>damaged<\/strong>?<br>What if they are <strong>lost<\/strong>, and the carrier does not have adequate insurance coverage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Types of Insurance Policies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost of transport must also take into account the <strong>insurance policies<\/strong> stipulated by the carrier, which generally fall into <strong>three main categories<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vehicle Insurance<\/strong>: every carrier holds insurance covering their owned transport vehicles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carrier\u2019s Liability Insurance<\/strong>: each carrier takes out insurance on the cargo based on the type of goods being transported.<br>During transport, goods may suffer irreparable damage caused by various factors \u2014 such as water or adverse weather, road accidents, fires, or theft of the vehicle or its contents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supplementary Insurance<\/strong>: when the value of the transported goods exceeds the maximum coverage provided by the carrier\u2019s liability policy, the client is offered an <strong>additional insurance policy<\/strong> to cover the excess amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If one of these situations occurs and the goods are indeed damaged, a <strong>dispute<\/strong> is usually opened.<br>Such cases rarely result in a quick assignment of liability followed by prompt compensation.<br>Legal proceedings tend to be <strong>lengthy<\/strong> and, above all, <strong>costly<\/strong> due to the legal expenses involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Importance of Comprehensive Coverage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>comprehensive insurance policy<\/strong> ensures <strong>fast and fair compensation<\/strong>, covering most potential risks associated with freight transport.<br>This type of coverage supports all forms of liability \u2014 even when, for instance, the <strong>client improperly packages the goods<\/strong>, or the <strong>goods deteriorate<\/strong> during transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BRIDGE<\/strong> carries out <strong>thorough and meticulous checks<\/strong> on both shippers\u2019 and carriers\u2019 insurance policies, helping to <strong>identify and limit liability<\/strong> for each party involved.<br>Thanks to its <strong>360\u00b0 transport management approach<\/strong>, <strong>BRIDGE<\/strong> can <strong>immediately verify responsibilities<\/strong> and <strong>resolve disputes quickly and effectively<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the road transport sector, the value of goods being transported often reaches significant figures.But what happens if the goods are damaged?What if they are lost, and the carrier does not have adequate insurance coverage? Types of Insurance Policies The cost of transport must also take into account the insurance policies stipulated by the carrier,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[60,61],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-insurance","tag-legal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Insurance in Road Freight Transport | Bridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bridgelogistica.it\/en\/insurance-in-road-freight-transport\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insurance in Road Freight Transport | Bridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the road transport sector, the value of goods being transported often reaches significant figures.But what happens if the goods are damaged?What if they are lost, and the carrier does not have adequate insurance coverage? 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