Silvy Wright, President and CEO of Northbridge, shares her thoughts on key trends impacting the trucking industry at the 2014 Surface Transportation Summit

Mother Nature, human nature and the nature of technology

Although they may feel like opposing forces, evolving technology and changing weather are working to alter both the trucking industry and the people in it.

Silvy Wright, president and CEO of insurance provider Northbridge Financial Corp., told the audience in the main hall at the 2014 Surface Transportation Summit that trucking companies need to be willing to respond to both the new realities imposed by man-made and naturally generated forces.