Authority & Insurance · Carrier profile · USDOT 2004157

VALLEY EXPRESS INC

FRESNO, CA 100

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$750,000 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

$750k on filegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750k floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750k 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

$750k BIPD last filed · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Century National’10–’17

State Pennsylvania’17–’19

Hudson’20–’23

Starstone National’24–now

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2024 → Apr 2026	$750k	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Oct 2024	$750k	2
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Oct 2023	$750k	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750k	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Oct 2017 → Oct 2019	$750k	2
CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2010 → Oct 2017	$750k	9