Data · FMCSA records · 6 minute read · For release December 2026
Active doesn't mean insured
8,663
A hauler's authority can read "active" while its insurer has already filed to cancel the policy behind it. The notice is public about 30 days before the authority goes inactive.
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20,782
insurance cancellations filed since May 1, 2026
8,663
authorities suspended for no insurance on file since June 2026
FMCSA Motus records, federal authorities. Updated daily; as of 10/22/2026.
Cancellation notices
When an insurer ends a hauler's federal liability coverage, it files a cancellation notice with FMCSA. The cancellation takes effect 30 days after FMCSA receives it, and the notice appears in FMCSA's public tables the day after it posts.
Not every cancellation means a lapse. Many haulers file a replacement before the date. Those that don't are suspended.
Insurance cancellations by effective month
BI&PD, cargo and bond cancellations filed with FMCSA, first five full months of Motus records, 2026.
FMCSA Motus InsHist, all with history, filing_status_reason=CANCEL, by cancl_effective_date
Suspension for no insurance
When the date passes with no replacement on file, FMCSA suspends the authority and records the reason: "insurance cancellation effective; no active insurance meeting minimum coverage on file." In July and August 2026 that happened to about 70 to 85 authorities a day.
Authorities suspended for no insurance on file
Involuntary suspensions with the insurance reason, 2026. June is low because Motus began May 18 and notices run about 30 days.
FMCSA Motus AuthHist, all with history, reason starts "Involuntary Suspension - insurance", by status_change_date
A new filing gets the authority reinstated. Until then, the hauler has no authority to haul for hire.
Active with less coverage than required
The Motus carrier table lists each authority's status beside the liability coverage required and on file. On October 13, 2026, of 113,312 active property-carrier authorities in it, 2,959 showed less on file than required, and 2,138 showed nothing on file.
Some are the system's own errors; trade press has reported Motus showing authorities active with no valid insurance. Either way, authority status alone misses them.
Next steps
A single check at onboarding catches none of this. The record changes daily, and the warning sits in a public table about 30 days before the authority goes inactive. After Montgomery v. Caribe Transport, a carrier file should show when each hauler was checked and what the record said. Put the haulers you hire on a HaulStanding watch list, and a cancellation notice becomes an alert the day it appears in FMCSA's tables.
How we counted. FMCSA public Motus tables on data.transportation.gov. The top two figures update daily; the monthly charts and coverage counts were queried October 13, 2026. Counts are authority and policy records, not unique companies; one company can hold several authorities. Motus covers records filed or changed since the May 18, 2026 cutover, so carriers untouched since then are not in the coverage figures.
Tables: Motus InsHist (3uet-3z4i), Motus AuthHist (yu5v-wbh6), Motus RevokeSuspend (wb4f-neki), Motus Carrier (inys-ebih), all with history.
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