Authority & Insurance · Carrier profile · USDOT 1535352

ROBERT E ALFORD

SPOKANE, WA 50

Authority & Insurance

Active operating authority by type and the full insurance continuity timeline — insurer, policy, coverage, and any lapses — so you can confirm they can legally and adequately haul your load today.

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Berkshire Hathaway’06–’09

Oregon’09–’13

Nationwide Comp’12–’16

United Financial’15–’17

Amguard’17–’20

Zurich American’20–’24

2005201120172023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2024

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2024	$1M	1
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Dec 2020	$1M	6
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2015 → Dec 2017	$1M	1
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	Dec 2012 → Jan 2016	$1M	2
OREGON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2009 → Jan 2013	$1M	1
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Dec 2006 → Dec 2009	$1M	4
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Dec 2005 → Dec 2005	$1M	4