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Food & hospitality

Food trucks

Mobile food vendors operating from trucks, trailers, or carts.

Why it needs cover

The exposure

Food trucks combine food-safety and burn risk with vehicle exposure and fire hazard from onboard cooking. Vendors, commissaries, and event organizers usually require $1M GL naming them as additional insured.

What we place

Coverages this class usually needs

General liabilityOften (permit/vendor)
Customer injury and food-related claimsPublic service and product risk
Commercial autoRequired (owned vehicle)
The truck itself in transitVehicle is the business
Business owners policy (BOP)Optional
GL + equipment propertyOnboard kitchen value
Workers' compensationRequired (with employees)
Staff injuriesBurns/cuts
Inland marine / contentsOptional
Cooking equipmentHigh-value gear
What it costs

National benchmark premiums

Rated on: Annual revenue and equipment value

General liability
$42/mo; $22-$32/mo
BOP
$84/mo
Workers' comp
food truck WC averages ~$78/mo
Total annual (typical)
GL $300-$800 plus commercial auto $1,500-$3,000/yr

Pricing figures are national typical or median ranges for small operators at commonly quoted limits, drawn from the published sources named on each page. They are budgeting benchmarks, not quotes. Your premium depends on state, payroll, revenue, limits, deductible, and loss history.

Sources: Insureon (Food Truck cost); NEXT Insurance; WebstaurantStore; FLIP.

When it goes E&S

Where this risk gets hard to place

Onboard propane/fryer fire exposure and event-heavy schedules can require specialty placement; most small trucks stay admitted.

Contact

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