KAMEL TOWING INC
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 6
- Drivers · CDL
- 4 · 0
- Annual miles
- 175k
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Registration
- Registered
- 05-03-2004 (22 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 03-10-2026
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- LEO MANRIQUEZ
- Officer
- ANDREA VILLARREAL
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Motor Vehicles
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.
Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.
Worth a closer look
From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.
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Driver qualification1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2025).Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
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Little roadside historyOnly 1 inspection in 24 months for 6 power units, where intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Texas average about 5; the record says little either way.Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size (the MCS-150 was last updated Mar 2026).
- 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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Limited inspection historyFewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.
Track record
Inspected less often than intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Texas (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 50% of them had none).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.083 | 0.016 |
| Inspections | 0.17 | 0.38 |
| Violations | 0.25 | 0.36 |
| Critical violations | 0.00 | 0.06 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, high-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
3 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert2 · 1 OOSBrakes 1 · Lights 1
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 1 OOSNo valid CDL 1
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Unsafe driving No alert0
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Hours of service No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Apr152026TexasProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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$1,000,000 · COLONY INSURANCE COMPANYon record since Apr 20, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2013
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
- 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. → COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2026); AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY → UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. (Apr 2025)
- 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Apr 20, 2025, replaced the same day)
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
- FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2
Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 22, 2025)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
25 filings and 17 authority events since 2004 · FMCSA record through May 14, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Apr 20, 2026COLONY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · on fileL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2025UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.Liability · $750,000 · ended Apr 20, 2026 · replaced by another insurer12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 22, 2025opened after AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2024AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 25, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 23, 2024opened after AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2023AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2024 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 25, 2022FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped May 13, 2022opened after AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective May 20, 2022)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2022AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2023 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2019AXIS INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 20, 2022 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective May 20, 2022 came after the replacement; 36 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 25, 2019FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 18, 2019opened after AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2019)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2018AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2019 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 26, 2018FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 20, 2018opened after PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2018)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2017PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2018 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2017FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 20, 2017opened after PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2017)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2016PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2017 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2016FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 21, 2016opened after PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2016)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2015PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2016 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2015FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 21, 2015opened after PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2015)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 11, 2014PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2015 · cancellation notice took effect8 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2014PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Aug 11, 2014 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Sep 11, 2014 came after the replacement; 4 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 24, 2014FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 22, 2014opened after PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 20, 2014)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Aug 22, 2013PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Apr 20, 2014 · cancellation notice took effect8 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 31, 2013FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Aug 23, 2013opened after PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Aug 27, 2013)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 29, 2013Operating authority reinstatedL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 20, 2013PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $1,000,000 · ended Aug 22, 2013 · superseded by the same policya cancellation notice effective Aug 27, 2013 came after the replacement; 4 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- New Mexico 1
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (6 power units: 6 filed, 2 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 6 power units this active to have about 0.1 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 1 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 0.3 a year) — about 3.0× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.2 over the next 12 — about 1.6× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
C Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 12.00 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (18-AUG-25 – 18-AUG-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.