Insure cargo against loss, damage, or pilferage.

“Insure cargo against loss, damage, or pilferage.” is a core task performed by Customs Brokers. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 4th by importance (#20 most important). About 75% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Execute financial transactions. in Performing Administrative Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare and process import and export documentation according to customs regulations, laws, or procedures. · importance 4.8
• Clear goods through customs and to their destinations for clients. · importance 4.8
• Pay, or arrange for payment of, taxes and duties on shipments. · importance 4.8
• Calculate duty and tariff payments owed on shipments. · importance 4.8
• Request or compile necessary import documentation, such as customs invoices, certificates of origin, and cargo-control documents. · importance 4.7
• Classify goods according to tariff coding system. · importance 4.6
• Sign documents on behalf of clients, using powers of attorney. · importance 4.5
• Stay abreast of changes in import or export laws or regulations by reading current literature, attending meetings or conferences, or conferring with colleagues. · importance 4.5
• Advise customers on import and export restrictions, tariff systems, insurance requirements, quotas, or other customs-related matters. · importance 4.3
• Post bonds for the products being imported or assist clients in obtaining bonds. · importance 4.2
• Quote duty and tax rates on goods to be imported, based on federal tariffs and excise taxes. · importance 4.1
• Arrange for transportation, warehousing, or product distribution of imported or exported products. · importance 4.0
• Monitor or trace the location of goods. · importance 4.0
• Confer with officials in various agencies to facilitate clearance of goods through customs and quarantine. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Customs Brokers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-15927,
  title  = {Insure cargo against loss, damage, or pilferage.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-15927}
}