Fusable’s Central Analysis Bureau (CAB), a leading data intelligence platform for the freight and trucking industry, today confirmed its role in providing carrier compliance and safety analysis for a 60 Minutes investigation that aired last night on CBS. 

CAB’s intelligence platform delivers the most comprehensive views of carrier risk available in the industry. CAB scores and insight combine current and historical data from the Department of Transportation, state enforcement agencies, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, along with proprietary insight from our equipment financing activity platform, EDA, and real-time telematics data. Unified, this provides the longitudinal record that makes patterns of abuse visible over time. It is this combination of breadth and depth that enables CAB to identify and quantify the systemic risk that Chameleon Carriers™ pose across the industry. 

The 60 Minutes segment, titled “Risk on the Road”, presents the results of an eight-month investigation into chameleon carriers – commercial trucking fleets that shed one identity for another after racking up safety violations and flouting federal regulations. The investigation exposed how dangerously low the barriers to entry are in the trucking industry, making it easy for bad actors to discard a record of violations overnight and restart under a new DOT number the next day. Historical intelligence on these carriers is the fix – the deep, multi-source data that CAB by Fusable was built to provide. 

“The information we provided for 60 Minutes reflects what CAB has long made available to the insurance and freight industries. It is a clear picture of carrier risk built from federal compliance and proprietary Fusable records,” said Matthew Cox, Fusable’s Chief Data Officer. “Every shipper and broker in America has access to the underlying federal records. The question this investigation raises is why that vetting wasn’t happening – and what it costs when it doesn’t.” 

“Our actionable intelligence identifies fraud in the supply chain and helps keep the road safe,” Cox added. “Enabling industry accountability – delivered by CAB, powered by Fusable.” 

About Fusable 

Fusable is a leading provider of data-driven solutions for industrial and infrastructure markets and the financial services ecosystem that supports them.  Focused on innovation and customer-centricity, Fusable leverages extensive datasets to help businesses understand markets, drive sales, and manage risk. Fusable is known for its flagship brands, including EDA, Iron Solutions, Central Analysis Bureau, RigDig, Price Digests and EquipmentWatch, among others.  Discover more at fusable.com.