Broker Group Proposes Increase to Bond Requirement

Friday, February 12, 2010 by Transportation Lawyer
Trucking (common carrier ) groups have recently pushed Congress to impose tougher financial rules on transportation brokers.   In order to appease groups like the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association who want to require brokers open their financial records to scrutiny so that companies using the brokers can determine their financial health, the Transportation Intermediaries Association (“TIA”) is proposing that the freight broker regulations increase the bond requirement from $10,000 to $100,000.  In addition, TIA seeks tougher overall regulations for bonding companies, including the way they collect/pay out claims.  TIA has taken its plan to Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, along with a request that the bonding process be more tightly regulated,  - from the way funds are posted through bonding companies to the way payments are actually made.  They also want the regulations to clarify that motor carriers cannot broker freight to other carriers without themselves posting the $100,000 bond.

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