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steven ingels
December 11, 2013 at 9:11 pmCompliant 3rd party vetting can protect liability if addressed properly.
Covering liability through the proper fee assignment with a predication on $500,000 value per item or consignment as the cap. As well as specific carriers that could be used. Beyond that a separate insurance cert would be issued.
Najma Qureshi
September 14, 2018 at 11:18 amGreat content. Thanks for sharing. Freight forwarders should definitely keep that in mind that the financial losses have to be dealt with.