Commercial Auto Insurance for sandblasting contractors
Sandblasting contractors haul blast pots, compressors, scaffolding, and containment equipment to job sites. Commercial auto insurance covers your trucks, trailers, and towed equipment on the road — properly structured for the heavy-haul requirements of an abrasive blasting operation.
What it covers
- Liability coverage for accidents involving your company vehicles
- Physical damage (comprehensive and collision) for owned trucks and trailers
- Trailer coverage for blast pot trailers and equipment hauls
- Hired and non-owned auto for employee vehicles used for business
- Cargo coverage for equipment and materials being transported
Who it's for
- Sandblasting contractors with owned trucks and trailers
- Blasting operations hauling blast pots and compressors to job sites
- Contractors using employee vehicles for business purposes
- Companies with large equipment haul fleets
Why CCA
- Commercial auto built for heavy-haul blasting operations — not personal auto converted to business use
- Trailer coverage that matches your actual blast pot and compressor trailer inventory
- Coordination with inland marine for equipment being hauled
Common questions about commercial auto insurance
Commercial auto covers the trailer and its physical attachment to your truck. Equipment loaded on the trailer — blast pots, compressors, hoses — is typically covered under your tools and equipment or inland marine policy, not commercial auto. Make sure you don't have a gap.
Yes. Personal auto policies almost universally exclude commercial use. If you use your truck to haul blasting equipment to job sites, you need commercial auto — even for one vehicle.
Non-owned auto covers liability when your employees use their personal vehicles for company business. If your team uses their own trucks to get to job sites and you want the company covered, non-owned auto is worth adding to your commercial auto program.
Yes. Commercial auto policies cover you in all 50 states. Multi-state contractors need to confirm their policy has the right state endorsements, which we handle when structuring the program.
Because standard GL pollution exclusions exclude silica, lead paint, and abrasive media — exactly the exposures in sandblasting. CPL fills that gap.
Abrasive blasting class codes — not generic contractor codes. Wrong codes create audit surprises. We classify your blasting crews correctly from the start.
Yes. We write abrasive blasting contractor insurance in all 50 states through A-rated admitted and surplus lines markets.
Yes. CPL programs for lead-containing material (LCM) removal require specific endorsement. We work with markets that write lead abatement alongside sandblasting.
Within 24–48 hours of binding in most cases. For urgent projects, call us at 844-967-5247.
Yes. License bonds, performance bonds, and payment bonds through A-rated surety markets alongside your insurance program.
Additional liability limits — typically $1M to $5M — above your GL, CPL, and commercial auto. Important for high-value industrial and infrastructure projects.
Yes. Blast pots, air compressors, hoses, nozzles, and portable rigs are covered against theft and damage at job sites, in transit, and in storage.
Often yes — prior claims affect placement but don't disqualify you. We have admitted and E&S market access for contractors with loss history.
Yes. Bridge work requires specialty markets with containment and waterway requirements. We have access to carriers that underwrite bridge surface preparation.
T&E covers gear at a job site; inland marine covers it while being transported. If you constantly move equipment between jobs, inland marine fills the transit gap.
Auto covers the vehicle and attached trailer. Inland marine covers the high-value blasting equipment you're hauling when it's separated from the vehicle.
Work type (tanks, bridges, structural steel), payroll, employee count, equipment value, states where you work, and loss history. A 15-minute call covers it.
Yes. We structure GL and CPL to work together — avoiding gaps between pollution and non-pollution claims in your blasting coverage.
Pair it with related coverage
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