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Tag: Transportation Intermediaries Association
Business
Research broker histories before taking load from new source
Using resources available on different load boards to research a broker’s credit history, days to pay and more can help prevent a bad experience.
August 10, 2017
Channel 19
Ken Lund: 75K broker bond no ‘large broker’ move
A Transportation Intermediaries Association board member objects to characterizations of the the organization as serving the interests only of large brokerages.
October 2, 2012
Channel 19
ATTN brokers: Poll on broker bond being circulated
The Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents is circulating a poll on LinkedIn meat to probe thoughts of current members of the Transportation Intermediaries Association on the highway bill measure to increase the minimum broker surety bond requirement to $75,000. We reported on the measure as it was in conference between House and Senate […]
July 16, 2012
Channel 19
More on broker bond increase, highway bill
Given the June 30 hard deadline for the highway reauthorization negotiations ongoing between House and Senate, it’s likely that any highway bill that successfully emerges, whether longer term or another six-month-or-more extension of current priorities, is more or less already finished. Regardless, following my last post on the issues of the EOBR mandate and broker […]
June 26, 2012
Business
Beefing Up the Bond
Small brokers oppose proposed regs to increase the minimum bond to $100,000 and add other owner-operator protection.
June 1, 2012
Channel 19
OOIDA on bond increase: Large brokers not the problem
I spoke to Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer about the broker minimum bond increase issue earlier this week. The conversation followed posts to the blog looking at opposition to the measure (to raise it from $10,000 to $100,000) from small brokerages and their advocates, who have been reaching out to owner-operators […]
April 27, 2012
Channel 19
Brokers: Highway bill unlikely prior to election; more on the bond issue
With news of President Barack Obama’s threat to veto any highway reauthorization or extension bill that comes to his desk with authorization of the Keystone XL Pipeline included, as it is in the House version that passed the Rules committee earlier in the week, came my conversation with James Lamb, head […]
April 20, 2012
Channel 19
The debate over fighting broker fraud
The high-profile case of fraudulent broker Kulwant Singh Gill, who last week was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his carrier victims, has owner-operators and industry watchers debating just how to solve the problem of fraud in transportation for once and all. A big part of that debate is […]
April 12, 2012
Business
Broker groups disagree about bond proposals
A proposed broker bond increase to $100,000 is at the center of the dispute.
March 27, 2012
Business
LogBook
Driver data could go public, U.S. and Mexico sign trucking deal, broker regulatory bill reintroduced and other industry news items are featured.
August 5, 2011
Business
Broker group offers online seminar on bond bill
The Senate broker bill would increase broker bond to $100,000 from $10,000.
July 9, 2010
Business
Bill would strengthen freight broker oversight
The bill increases bond to $100,000 and applies the bonding requirement to freight forwarders.
June 16, 2010
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