First in coverage means first in coverage.

Like no one else. We have the broadest liability coverage for railroads today. Bar none. Sure, some are cheaper and yes, plenty more expensive. But, what really matters when catastrophe strikes is that you’re covered. Covered where you need it and when you need it.

Year after year, Canton Agency has been there, learning, listening and responding to the unique challenges of railroad people and their brokers. When there was only one insurer for short line railroads, we brought another to the table. When no body else offered accidental pollution, evacuation and clean up coverage, we found insurers to do it. When others limited that coverage to the site of a collision, we added a separate definition and solved the problem. When railroad contractors found it difficult to obtain liability coverage, we responded with a special program for them.

While others may run hot and cold, Canton remains a constant stabilizing factor in the railroad insurance marketplace, finding more efficient ways to provide coverage and continuing to offer the very best value for your insurance dollar. Today, as in the past, we’re proud to say that we offer the most comprehensive railroad liability insurance in the world.

As an independent provider of railroad insurance, we offer a variety of programs to meet the needs for all types of railroads, rail transit systems, railroad contractors, railcar shops and manufactures of railroad products. Today, if this coverage is not available through your broker, Canton will provide the coverage direct.

Our freight railroad liability policy includes general liability, accidental pollution, F.E.L.A, foreign rolling stock, and cargo legal coverage. This coverage includes many extras not included by others. Other types of liability coverage are also available through Canton.

As a managing underwriter of railroad liability with Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, Canton underwrites and manages the program issuing all policies out of our local office. We underwrite and issue policies with limits up to 30 million per occurrence. Additional limits are available.

Claims are handled by people here in the U.S. who are familiar to you and to your business. You have a 24 hour toll-free emergency hotline number to call when trouble strikes.

We know who runs a good railroad. We recognize good management. No one conducts more complete safety checks or gives more thorough recommendations on loss prevention than we do. We know the railroad business, we know you and we know your needs.

Railroads are not something we just dabble in. It’s all we do. You are our only business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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