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Fourth of July Weekend: Holiday Awareness

  On Monday, June 29th FreightWatch International released the following report as a guide for how to prepare for this holiday weekend: Description: Holiday weekends are notorious for showing increased cargo theft risks for transportation companies, shippers, and manufacturers.  Organized theft rings are active and understand holiday weekends cause shipments to be unattended for extended periods […]

June 30, 2015

Industry Insights

How the Additional Insured Clause Works in a Policy

An additional insured clause is attached to a third-party liability policy for the purpose of extending the coverage provided by that policy to the party named in the clause.  An additional insured clause is commonly requested along with evidence of various types of insurance in conjunction with a contract or agreement. For example, Party A […]

June 29, 2015

Industry Insights

The Pitfalls of Hold Harmless Agreements

Increasingly more of your customers are asking – or insisting – that you sign a hold-harmless agreement in order to maintain a business relationship. While it might be necessary in order to get or keep a client, be aware that you assume someone else’s liability when you sign. Don’t be mistaken, this has an impact […]

June 25, 2015

Industry Insights

ISF Enforcement Update – Implementation Delayed

Various representatives from the surety and customs broker community held a conference call with U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 5, 2015, to discuss ongoing matters related to ISF. On that call we learned that CBP has delayed the planned May 14 implementation of full enforcement and continues to operate under the “three strikes” […]

June 22, 2015
What is Marine Cargo Insurance?

Marine Cargo Insurance is a staple to the transport of goods both domestic and international, and transportation intermediaries and logistics service providers are in an ideal position to offer quality Cargo Insurance, sometimes referred to as Shippers Interest, to protect their clients’ financial interests. No matter how robust a shipper’s loss-prevention strategy may be, it […]

June 19, 2015

Industry Insights

NEI Webinar: The Big Squeeze – Liability From All Sides

As an intermediary, forwarders and brokers face liability from all sides. Changes in how carriers and shippers do business are creating new exposures, including ones that you may not have considered. This webinar, presented by Rick Bridges, Vice President of Roanoke Trade, will discuss the areas in which carriers, shippers and third parties are creating […]

June 18, 2015

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