While trailer and cargo container theft occurs, criminals are more likely to target drivers on downtime to break into their rigs, a Travelers specialist tells TCA audience. And the kind of cargo they tend to steal has changed since the pandemic.<\/p>\n
To be an insurance company crime-and-theft specialist means measuring the ever-shifting trends in cargo burglary nationwide, tracking the hotspots where this crime occurs, keeping eyes on what thieves tend to take and where and when, and working with dwindling law enforcement to stem the tide.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the job\u2014and it\u2019s all about trends in anticipating where cargo theft might occur, said Scott Cornell, national practice lead-transportation inland marine for trucking insurer Travelers Cos.<\/a><\/p>\n Cornell\u2019s a kind of cargo theft gumshoe\u2014he said his employer is the only insurance company in the world that has a fully dedicated unit for cargo theft investigations and recovery. During a time when state law enforcement devotes far less personnel and taxpayer resources to investigate crimes of this type, he\u2019s uniquely on the front lines of the battle to prevent people from breaking into trailers or cargo carriers and heaping huge losses onto trucking companies.<\/p>\n