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One cover, a thousand shipments: where broker management systems stop

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A cargo book is built around an open cover with hundreds of declarations hanging off it, not around a policy record. This blog explains why general agency systems struggle with declaration volume, distinguishes declaration-based open cover from turnover-rated policies, and sets out five questions to put to any broker management system before signing.

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