Insurance-first onboarding

Carrier onboarding — the insurance side, done right.

CarrierShield is not a full carrier onboarding packet system. We don't handle W-9s, broker-carrier agreements, or banking. What we do handle is the insurance side of onboarding — capturing the carrier, collecting a current COI, and starting the renewal cycle the moment they're in your account.

Insurance-side onboarding

From new carrier to compliant, in four steps.

This is the part of onboarding CarrierShield handles end-to-end.

1

Add the carrier

Manually, or by importing a CSV/XLSX with name, MC number, insurance contact, and expiry. Concierge import is included if your spreadsheet is messy.

2

Request the COI

Send the carrier a tokenized upload link. No account, no password — they upload a PDF or photo from any device.

3

Review the extracted date

The expiry is extracted and presented as a suggestion. A broker confirms before the carrier's status becomes "active."

4

Start the renewal cycle

From day one, the carrier is on the 45/30/14/7-day reminder cadence — so the next renewal is captured before it expires.

In scope

What we handle during onboarding.

Carrier capture

Name, MC number, contact email for insurance follow-up, and current COI expiry — manually or in bulk.

COI collection

Tokenized, single-purpose upload links. Mobile-first portal. No carrier account required.

Date confirmation

Extracted expiry dates are reviewed by a broker user before they become authoritative.

Renewal scheduling

Automatic enrollment in the renewal reminder cadence so the next cycle is already running.

Audit history

Every onboarding action is logged: upload, review, approval, status change — with timestamp and actor.

Concierge import

Send us your spreadsheet. We'll clean it up, dedupe, and load your carriers so onboarding starts on real data.

Out of scope

What we don't handle — and where to handle it.

We keep scope tight on purpose. Onboarding packets belong in a system designed for them.

W-9 collection

Out of scope. Use your TMS, accounting system, or a dedicated W-9 collection tool.

Broker-carrier agreements

Out of scope. Use an e-signature tool (DocuSign, PandaDoc, etc.) and store the executed agreement in your document system.

Banking / pay-to setup

Out of scope. Banking and factoring details belong in your TMS or accounting platform with their own change-of-banking controls.

Authority verification

Out of scope. Use a dedicated FMCSA authority verification service before activating a carrier in your TMS.

Identity / fraud screening

Out of scope. See freight fraud prevention for the honest scope conversation.

Performance / scorecards

Out of scope. On-time performance and claims history belong in your TMS or BI layer.

Get started

Make the insurance side of onboarding reliable.

Capture the carrier, collect the COI, confirm the date, and start the renewal cycle — all from one workspace.