Hunter NelsonOwner of Nelson Insurance Agency

Don't Hire Bad Truck Drivers! Protect Your Scores

4 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief advisory monologue, Hunter Nelson acknowledges the current driver shortage and the difficulty of finding qualified employees, drawing on his personal connection to the trucking industry (his father was a trucker) and his own experience hiring staff in a white‑collar business. He warns that hiring a driver who is not a good fit can quickly damage a carrier’s safety and financial metrics: the driver may generate claims, worsen loss runs, and cause insurance scores to drop for up to two years. Nelson urges carriers to be extremely cautious and prioritize driver quality over simply filling vacancies.

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Don't be going out wild— wildly owner operators, driver, because you got to put the truck on the road. You taking the time to go find a good driver— I understand the driver shortage is out there. It's tough to find good employees. I deal with it even in my business, even though I've got a white-collar business. It's tough finding employees here. I can't imagine— like, like, I do know what it's— I do know a little bit. It's like my father was a trucker. I know it's really tough finding truckers or finding good drivers, but I can promise you Hiring somebody that's not going to be a good fit for your business, them racking up your scores, slapping on claims in your loss runs, punishing you for 2 years. So just be very, very careful with that, guys.