Protecting Your Checkbook

How to manage and mitigate the risk to your bottom line

Jul 7, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #016: Work Comp Focus on Driver Ergonomics

How can your work comp exposure be reduced and simultaneously increase job performance and satisfaction for your drivers by simply teaching them to sit properly while operating their vehicle? A routine focus on driver ergonomics can save your company and your driver many lost hours and needlessly spent dollars!

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

RISKY BUSINESS - #015: Getting Driver Buy In for In-Cab Cameras

Jun 30, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #015: Getting Driver Buy In for In-Cab Cameras

PREDICTION: within five years this technology will be standard practice with all sophisticated carriers... Are you going to on the front end of the curve or wait until a claim causes you to comply?

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

RISKY BUSINESS - #014: SUPREME COURT EXPANDS BROKER LIABILITY

Jun 23, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #014: SUPREME COURT EXPANDS BROKER LIABILITY

How the "Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al." case impacts both brokers and carriers.

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

Jun 16, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #013: MOTUS RESOURCES

MOTUS UPDATE!! Have you claimed and linked your DOT number? The scariest nine word combination in the English language is: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

RISKY BUSINESS - #011: Five Lessons from the 2026 Great West Trucking Symposium

May 26, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #011: Five Lessons from the 2026 Great West Trucking Symposium

Actionable takeaways from one of the strongest trucking insurance and plaintiff litigation forums of the year

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

RISKY BUSINESS - #010: FOUR POWERFUL QUOTES FROM THE GREAT WEST TRUCKING SYMPOSIUM

May 21, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #010: FOUR POWERFUL QUOTES FROM THE GREAT WEST TRUCKING SYMPOSIUM

The Great West Trucking Leadership Symposium delivered more than motivational soundbites — it delivered hard truths about leadership, accountability, risk, and survival in today’s trucking environment.Here are four quotes that stood out most to me... and why every trucking company should take them seriously.

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

RISKY BUSINESS - #008: Smaller Company ... Bigger Cyber Attack Target!

May 15, 2026

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RISKY BUSINESS - #008: Smaller Company ... Bigger Cyber Attack Target!

One of the most common cyber misconceptions we hear is:“We’re too small to be a target.”

Michael Sutton

Protecting Your Checkbook

RISKY BUSINESS - #016: Work Comp Focus on Driver Ergonomics

RISKY BUSINESS - #015: Getting Driver Buy In for In-Cab Cameras

RISKY BUSINESS - #014: SUPREME COURT EXPANDS BROKER LIABILITY

RISKY BUSINESS - #013: MOTUS RESOURCES

RISKY BUSINESS - #011: Five Lessons from the 2026 Great West Trucking Symposium

RISKY BUSINESS - #010: FOUR POWERFUL QUOTES FROM THE GREAT WEST TRUCKING SYMPOSIUM

RISKY BUSINESS - #008: Smaller Company ... Bigger Cyber Attack Target!

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