Louisiana Trucking Insurance
Commercial Truck Insurance in Louisiana
Louisiana trucking works the water — the port complex from New Orleans up the river, the petrochemical corridor along I-10 between Baton Rouge and the coast, and I-20 carrying the northern flow through Shreveport and Monroe. Whatever you haul, Marquee builds the full program across 30+ A-rated markets. Trucking is all we do.
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- State filings handled
- 30+ A-rated markets
- Trucking is all we do
Louisiana, Covered
Shreveport to the river · the Bayou State, covered
From the I-20 corridor to the port docks — one agency, one renewal calendar.
Insurance requirements change. Your coverage shouldn't lag.
State legislatures, the FMCSA, and broker contracts all revise their requirements over time — and carriers usually find out from a compliance notice or a bounced load, then remarket under deadline pressure. We verify every account against current state and federal requirements at quote and at every renewal, so a rule change never catches you rolling. Get ahead of your renewal →
Programs We Build Here
Three Louisiana operations. Three different programs.
A New Orleans drayage operator, a petrochemical-corridor hauler, and an I-20 long-hauler share a state — and almost nothing else about how their coverage should be built. The same truck gets a different program depending on what it hauls and where — here's how that plays out in Louisiana:
New Orleans drayage
Owner-operator · port & river terminals
Built to the UIIA: interchange-ready coverage with equipment providers named and the IANA filing handled.
- Auto liability — written to UIIA standards, with the endorsement on the policy
- Motor truck cargo — protects the freight — required by most brokers and shippers
- Trailer interchange — non-owned chassis, containers, and trailers in your care
- UIIA endorsement & IANA filing — we file it and keep your status active
Plant corridor hauler
Baton Rouge–Gulf · site work
Placed with markets that understand plant-site exposure, gate requirements, and what operators require.
- Auto liability — primary liability under your authority, at limits your contracts require
- Motor truck cargo — protects the freight — required by most brokers and shippers
- Physical damage — collision and comprehensive for owned and financed equipment
- General liability — premises and operations exposure — docks, yards, and loading
- Occupational accident — injury benefits for contractor and owner-operator drivers
I-20 long-hauler
Own authority · east–west lanes
The corridor stack brokers expect, quoted against 30+ markets.
- Auto liability — primary liability under your authority, at limits your contracts require
- Motor truck cargo — protects the freight — required by most brokers and shippers
- Physical damage — collision and comprehensive for owned and financed equipment
- General liability — premises and operations exposure — docks, yards, and loading
Illustrative program shapes, not advice or a quote — every operation is different, and required coverage comes from your authority, your contracts, and your lender. Requirements change over time; we verify the current ones for your operation at every quote and renewal, and we handle the filings.
Want to know exactly what your operation needs today?Send us your dec pages — we'll verify your limits against current requirements and quote the gap across 30+ A-rated markets.
Check my coverageThe Bayou State's Freight
Built for the river, the ports, and the plants
The lower Mississippi is one of the great freight arteries on earth, and Louisiana's trucking economy lives on it — container drayage at the Port of New Orleans, breakbulk and project cargo up and down the river, and the petrochemical corridor between Baton Rouge and the Gulf moving tank and specialized freight daily. I-10 carries the coastal transcon, I-20 works the north through Shreveport, and I-49 ties them together. Port boxes, tank work, and van freight price with different markets — and that's how we quote them.
Port & river drayage
Container work at New Orleans and the river terminals — and if you're UIIA, our intermodal program keeps your status active.
Petrochemical corridor freight
Plant traffic between Baton Rouge and the coast — placed with markets that understand site exposure and contract requirements.
I-10 & I-20 through-freight
Coastal and northern transcon lanes with the limits brokers expect.
New Louisiana authorities
First-year carriers get compliant, broker-ready, and rolling with our new authority program.
The Coverage We Place
One agency. Your whole Louisiana program.
The foundation of every program — bodily injury and property damage at limits your authority and loads require.
Explore coverage → Motor Truck CargoProtects the freight you haul; required by most brokers and shippers on the load.
Explore coverage → Physical DamageCollision and comprehensive for your tractor and trailer — required on financed equipment.
Explore coverage → The Full StackGeneral liability, per-shipment cargo, occupational accident, workers' comp, bobtail — one renewal calendar.
All coverages →Louisiana freight answers to the river and the plants — and both demand paperwork done right. Port credentials, site requirements, contract limits: the program has to clear every gate before the truck does.
Nate MarquardtPresident, Marquee Insurance GroupLouisiana Questions
What Louisiana truckers ask us most
What insurance do I need to run a trucking company in Louisiana?
It depends on your operation. Interstate carriers follow federal FMCSA financial-responsibility requirements tied to their authority; carriers operating only within Louisiana fall under state operating-authority and filing requirements, which are set by state law and change over time. On top of the legal minimums, brokers and shippers set their own contract requirements — usually higher — and lenders require physical damage on financed equipment. We verify the current requirements for your specific operation at every quote and renewal.
Do you insure port drayage at New Orleans?
Yes. Drayage at the Port of New Orleans and the river terminals means UIIA compliance — coverage structured to the agreement, equipment providers named, and your filing kept active with IANA. We're a UIIA-registered agency — see our UIIA coverage page.
How much does commercial truck insurance cost in Louisiana?
It depends on your operation: radius, commodity, driving records, years in business, equipment values, and loss history all move the number — and Louisiana's claims environment is part of how underwriters look at the state, which makes market access matter more here than almost anywhere. The fastest way to a real number is a quote against 30+ A-rated markets — see how truck insurance cost works.
What coverages do Louisiana brokers and shippers usually require?
Beyond auto liability at limits above the legal minimum, most load agreements require motor truck cargo coverage and a certificate listing the broker as certificate holder. Requirements vary by broker and commodity — we read them before we quote. If you haul intermodal, UIIA has its own requirements — see our UIIA coverage page.
Can you insure a brand-new trucking authority in Louisiana?
Yes. New ventures are one of our specialties — we place first-year Louisiana authorities with carriers that actually want new-venture risk, and our start-up guide walks you through filings, compliance, and what brokers will ask for.
Built for Louisiana. Backed by 30+ markets.
Send us your dec pages — we'll verify your limits against current requirements, quote across 30+ A-rated markets, and build the full program: liability, cargo, physical damage, and everything your loads demand.