Industry Standards
Insurance agents are licensed. Auto transport broker agents are not.
Think about that. Anyone with a phone can start dispatching tomorrow — and that is exactly why this industry gets treated like a joke instead of a profession.
To sell insurance, you need:
- ✓Pre-licensing education (20–40 hours of study)
- ✓State exam covering property, casualty, ethics and laws
- ✓Background check
- ✓Continuing education (24 hours every 2 years)
- ✓Ethics training, required in most states
To be an auto transport broker agent?
Nothing. No license. No test. No ethics requirement. No background check. Anyone with a phone can start “dispatching” tomorrow.
That’s why there’s no respect.
Insurance agents are professionals because the government made them prove it. Auto transport agents are amateurs because the government looks the other way.
Here’s what should happen
- •State licensing for auto transport broker agents — just like insurance
- •Pre-licensing courses at accredited schools
- •A state exam covering ethics, sales practices and FMCSA regulations
- •Background checks
- •Continuing education requirements
- •License suspension for fraud or misrepresentation
Real consequences. Real accountability. Real respect.
There just is not regulation
The government licenses insurance agents to protect consumers. Why won’t they license auto transport agents who handle $100,000 vehicles?
And until there is, customers will keep getting burned, carriers will keep getting stiffed, and this industry will keep being treated like a joke instead of a profession.
Demand better. Demand licensing. Demand respect.
Until the rules change, the only protection you have is who you choose. Enterprise Auto Transport is a licensed and bonded broker (MC #774106, USDOT #2273104), owner operated, with every carrier’s authority and cargo insurance verified before dispatch.