Roanoke Insurance Group is delighted to once again sponsor  a $5,000 scholarship to students intending to join the trade industry. The National Customs Broker and Forwarder Association of America (NCBFAA) offers this $5,000 scholarship award yearly and will be presented to the winner at the NCBFAA annual conference in April 2024. The topic for this year’s scholarship will be “What are the key steps an organization should take to ensure that training, auditing, and engagement with a licensed customs broker and the sharing of industry information are effectively relayed to all employees, as well as properly documented to substantiate compliance […]

Join us for an exciting webinar next week! In the next TIA Lunch and Learn, industry experts will discuss the obstacles to overcome and substantial benefits to US and Canada cross-border operations. The presenters include a major US-Canada 3PL company principal, a cross-border logistics attorney, and a transportation and logistics insurance broker, our own Glenn Patton. In announcing the event, the TIA sites considerable benefit to working cross-border, “The United States and Canada retain the largest bilateral trade relationship in the world. In 2020, two way trade in goods between Canada and the United States topped $525.53 billion. That breaks […]

Transportation and logistics providers are forced to reckon with a dizzying array of potential risks including: cargo theft and in-transit loss, fires and natural disasters impacting stored goods and difficult vendor and subcontractor relationships. The increasing cost of products, materials, and labor has only exacerbated these problems in the past two years. Effective supply chain risk management can help mitigate the threat that these risks pose to your company’s operations and bottom line. BSI and Roanoke’s expert panel will discuss best practices to understand: How to manage both static and in-transit risk The elements of a supply chain risk management […]