
What Last-Mile Delivery Insurance Requirements Apply in Maryland?
Public Utilities § 10-405 requires security of at least $50,000 for bodily injury or death of one person, $100,000 for two or more persons, and $25,000 for property of others while providing transportation network services. The same amounts apply in period one, when the driver is logged on and ready, and in periods two and three, from acceptance through the passenger's departure. Section 10-101 defines those services as connecting and transporting passengers. The Maryland Insurance Administration says most automobile policies do not cover a driver who accepts payment to drive others.
What Is Last-Mile Delivery Insurance?
Last-mile delivery insurance is not one standard policy: vehicle liability, vehicle damage and cargo protection can be separate. If your staff deliver orders in company, rented or personal vehicles, check each vehicle, cargo and worker-injury exposure in the quote. Read the national Last-mile delivery guide.
Maryland Last-Mile Delivery Insurance Requirements
What to Watch for With Last-Mile Delivery in Maryland
Acceptance Does Not Raise the Limit
Unlike statutes that move to $1 million when a ride starts, § 10-405 keeps $50,000/$100,000/$25,000 through the logged-on period and through the ride. A quote that only becomes serious after acceptance is adding a structure the Maryland section does not use. The section also requires the uninsured-motorist and personal-injury-protection coverages in Insurance §§ 19-509 and 19-505. 1
The Three Periods Are Passenger Periods
Section 10-101 defines transportation network services as connecting and transporting passengers. A goods delivery is not one of the three periods. Do not file a parcel route on the passenger security amount and call it compliant with § 10-405. 2
Paid Driving Sits Outside Most Auto Policies
The Insurance Administration's ridesharing page says most automobile policies do not provide coverage when a driver accepts payment to drive others, and that this is different from carpooling. It says you typically need a commercial policy. Read that against the personal policy before a driver goes available on an app. 3
Which Last-Mile Delivery Providers Have Maryland License Records?
No provider in our research has both a state license record and a listing for this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote.
Who Regulates Insurance in Maryland?

Maryland Insurance Administration
The Maryland Insurance Administration licenses producers and insurers, reviews rates and forms, and investigates complaints about insurance companies and producers. You can use its state lookup or complaint service to check a license or raise an insurance issue. 4,5,6
Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Maryland
Reported tax rate. 3% of gross premiums less returned premiums when Maryland is the insured's home state; excludes risks of Maryland and its political subdivisions 7,8
When Maryland is the insured's home state, the tax is 3% of gross premiums less returned premiums, except insurance of risks of the State or a political subdivision. For policies effective on or after July 21, 2011, Maryland taxes the entire premium and the broker must charge the tax in addition to premium. Maryland's property and casualty guaranty corporation excludes surplus-lines policies.
Questions to Ask Before You Buy Last-Mile Delivery in Maryland
- Does the quote stay at $50,000/$100,000/$25,000 for all three periods, rather than jumping at acceptance?
- Are the uninsured-motorist and personal-injury-protection coverages required by §§ 19-509 and 19-505 on the policy?
- Does the personal policy exclude accepting payment to drive others, as the Insurance Administration describes?
Last-Mile Delivery Insurance in Maryland: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Maryland require $1 million once a transportation-network ride is accepted?
No. Public Utilities § 10-405 uses $50,000/$100,000 bodily injury and $25,000 property damage for the logged-on period and for the ride. 1
Does the Maryland Insurance Administration say most auto policies cover paid driving?
No. It says most automobile policies do not cover a driver who accepts payment to drive others, and that a commercial policy is typically what provides that coverage. 3
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