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Company CheckMID AMERICA LOGISTICS GROUP LLC · DOT 2462537

11229 AURORA AVE, URBANDALE, IA, 50322

DOT# 2462537 MC# 849420 Urbandale, Iowa 12 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

1 events tracked · latest Aug 2, 2024 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Aug 2, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(515) 265-9951

Email-

Physical Address11229 AURORA AVE, URBANDALE, IA, 50322

Mailing Address11229 AURORA AVE, URBANDALE, IA, 50322

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusNot on file

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Last filing on record10/01/2020

Surety / TrusteeHUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY

Contact☎ (203) 977-8000
🌐 hudsoninsgroup.com

Filings on record5

Bond cancelled Dec 20, 2020 by HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY. This company's broker authority is not currently active. FMCSA requires every broker to keep a $75,000 bond on file; after a cancellation, operating authority is typically revoked within weeks. Confirm current status in FMCSA's official records before booking.

Bond history

HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2020 to Dec 2020 · CANCELLED

U. S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2013 to Oct 2016 · replaced

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Other Companies at This Address

Address11229 AURORA AVE, URBANDALE, IA 50322

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BROWN TRUCK LEASING CORP	388533	(515) 299-6140	Active
MID AMERICA LOGISTICS GROUP LLC this company	2462537	(515) 265-9951	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation-

DocketMC849420

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerInactive

Operating12 years

Company Overview

U. S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Urbandale, Iowa. The company has been in operation for 12 years, registered with the FMCSA on 12/24/2013. With zero crashes across 1 inspections, U. S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, U. S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY has a Trust Score of 88/100 (Excellent).

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

FleetN/A

DriversN/A

Operating12 years

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

1 · 0 OOS -

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2024, 1 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 1 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/02/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-35 SB N OF 4MILE CREEK	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	10046525	$0	10/01/2020	12/20/2020	Cancelled
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	10046525	$0	10/01/2018	10/01/2020	Replaced
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	10046525	$0	10/01/2018	10/08/2020	Cancelled
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	10046525	$0	10/01/2016	10/01/2018	Replaced
84	SURETY	U. S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	1001019127	$0	10/01/2013	10/01/2016	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC849420	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	12/30/2013	REVOKED	12/28/2020
MC849420	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/11/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2020

No revocation records.

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88/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 88

−10

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

MCS-150 update overdue−10

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

MID AMERICA LOGISTICS GROUP LLC

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Company Information

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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Company Overview

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (1)

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