InsHist: Insurance History for U.S. Motor Carriers and Brokers

Insurance policy records for carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The dataset includes DOT and docket numbers, policy types, numbers, effective dates, and cancellation details. It is a daily difference dataset maintained by the Department of Transportation, last updated on March 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Tracking insurance policy changes based on cancellation method data
• Verifying carrier compliance based on policy effective and cancellation dates
• Analyzing insurance coverage types based on the policy type field
• Identifying entity history based on DOT and docket number identifiers

Strengths

• Includes explicit policy cancellation methods (cancelled, replaced, name change, transferred)
• Contains DOT and docket numbers for entity identification
• Last updated date is March 26, 2026

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Department of Transportation

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 12:48:50.824980