Whether you’re a motor carrier that works with brokers or you’re thinking of spinning off your own freight brokerage business from your fleet operations, you need to know about surety bonds, also ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BondExchange (https://www.bondexchange.com), the leading wholesale surety underwriter, announced an exclusive partnership with Jet Insurance Company (Jet ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday announced it is extending the comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) offering rules to change broker and freight forwarder ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jet Insurance Company ("Jet") has developed an innovative bond program to provide consistent and sustainable surety credit to legitimate freight brokers ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed changes to freight broker and freight forwarder financial responsibility requirements, addressing the problem of brokers that don’t pay ...

This story appears in the July 23 print edition of Transport Topics. A provision in the recently enacted federal transportation legislation aimed at protecting truckers and shippers by dramatically ...

Many freight brokers look forward to turning the page on 2025, another difficult year for the trucking industry, but they’re now facing what could be the most consequential regulatory shift in several ...

Let’s start with the facts—then we’ll dig into what they really mean. On January 16, 2026, the FMCSA will begin enforcing stricter compliance standards around freight broker and freight forwarder ...

Surety brokers benefit from an upgraded online platform, which simplifies the process for quoting and purchasing bonds PLYMOUTH, Minn., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Intact Insurance Specialty ...

FreightCenter.com increases its surety bond to a newly proposed maximum of $100,000, further demonstrating its pledge to protect the freight transportation industry against fraud. As certified by the ...

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