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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                           NOVEMBER 28, 2025        |  The Indian Eye 25

                          Trucking Association of New York

                   Joins Coalition to Protect Drivers from

                     Exorbitant Auto Insurance Premiums

              New York’s Trucking Industry Leaders Partner with Citizens for Affordable Rates to Tackle New

                          York’s Ongoing Affordability Crisis and Prevent Skyrocketing Insurance Rates

            OUR BUREAU
            NEW YORK, NY
                  he Trucking Association of New York
                  (TANY), the  voice of New  York’s
            Ttrucking industry, is proud to join Cit-
            izens  for  Affordable Rates  (CAR) to  con-
            front New York’s escalating auto insurance
            affordability crisis. Together, the groups are
            calling attention to an often-overlooked
            driver of rising premiums: staged accidents,
            fraudulent no-fault claims, and coordinat-
            ed crash scams that inflate costs for honest
            drivers and responsible businesses.
               “Citizens for Affordable Rates’ mission
            to root out auto insurance fraud and staged
            crashes is directly related to the Trucking
            Association of New York’s mission to sup-
            port the economy, promote driving safety,
            and keep costs down for New Yorkers,” said
            Kendra Hems, President of the Trucking
            Association of New York. “Last year’s viral
            video of a staged crash on the Belt Parkway
            was a stark look at the reality truck drivers
            are subjected to on New York roads. We are
            joining CAR to root out further instances
            of this abuse and push lawmakers in Albany
            to prevent reverberations which will inevita-
            bly raise costs for New Yorkers.”
                New York is currently facing an auto
            insurance premium crisis, with commercial   technicians, and operators which keep New York   and wage costs after an accident, regardless of who
            rates jumping as much as 300% over the last   moving.                                   was at fault.
            five years. New York’s trucking industry em-  “New Yorkers are paying the bill for fraud that’s   Since 1932, The Trucking Association of New
            ploys 327,540 New Yorkers, or 1 in 25 jobs   hiding in plain sight,” said José Bayona, spokesper-  York (TANY) has served as the unified voice advo-
            in the state. Rising premiums threaten to   son for Citizens for Affordable Rates. “Every staged   cating for New York’s trucking industry at all levels of
            balloon industry costs at a time when many   crash,  every  inflated  claim,  and  every  abuse  of  the   government. TANY’s core mission revolves around
            operators are already trimming margins to   no-fault system drives up premiums for hardworking   creating jobs, supporting the economy, driving safety
            adapt to changing regulatory frameworks.  families and businesses across the state. Partnering   and delivering a sustainable future for our members.
            Left unchecked, fraudulent and exaggerat-  with the Trucking Association of New York sends   New York’s trucking industry accounts for about 1 out
            ed claims, among the top factors driving this   a clear message – we’re not going to stand by while   of every 25 jobs in New York State, paying wages in
            surge, will contribute to increased costs for   fraudsters exploit the system and force New Yorkers   excess of $22.5 billion annually. The industry’s com-
            New Yorkers.                            and our state’s economy to pay the price.”      mitment to sustainability has seen progress to reduce
                CAR’s broad, diverse coalition of com-  Based on the 2023 report from the New York   emissions, and 60 trucks on the road today equals the
            munity and business leaders is united in   Department of Financial Services (DFS), 75% of all   output of one truck in 1988.
            calling for anti-fraud reforms, stronger en-  reported fraud cases were suspected to be no-fault in-  Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) is a coali-
            forcement, and fairer insurance rates. With   surance frauds. The most common types of this fraud   tion of citizens, advocates, and organizations dedicat-
            nearly 90% of communities in New York   involved  staged  car  crashes  and  inflated  medical   ed to tackling the root causes of high insurance pre-
            relying on trucks to move their goods, TA-  claims.  No-fault  fraud  occurs  when  individuals  ma-  miums  in  New  York.  Through  advocacy,  education,
            NY’s membership now expands this move-  nipulate  the  no-fault  insurance system, where  each   and policy reform, CAR is committed to building an
            ment to include the voices of the drivers,  driver’s own insurance company covers their medical   affordable and dependable insurance system for all.

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