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Podcast: The Freight Coach Podcast
Episode: 1365. #TFCP - Hidden Exclusions: Why Your Paper COI Doesn't Mean You're Covered!
Description: Are you relying on COIs and assuming you're covered, or could one denied cargo claim put your brokerage at serious risk? Today, William (Billy) Worthington from Falvey Insurance Group explains why certificates of insurance can be misleading, how hidden exclusions and sublimits create massive exposure for freight brokers, and why understanding the actual insurance policy matters! We talk through the complex risk profile brokers carry when managing multiple carriers under one policy, why broker cargo liability insurance and all-risk cargo coverage are no longer optional, and how inflation has made standard $100,000 cargo limits dangerously outdated. B...