Each vertical is a directory, not an agency. Sooqban does not advise you, arrange cover, bind a policy, underwrite anything, or introduce you to a firm for a share of what you pay them. It lists firms that have been checked, and you choose.
A listing is gated on a licence verified against the regulator’s own register, not a certificate uploaded into a form, which is a document anyone can produce. A directory carrying an unlicensed intermediary is not a data-quality problem; it is a compliance problem, and it is the reason this gate exists before the directory does.
At a glance
- What it is
- Vetted directories of licensed third-party firms
- What Sooqban does not do
- Advise, arrange, bind, underwrite, or introduce for a share of a deal
- The fee rule
- Flat listing fees only. No fee may be computed from a financing or insurance deal’s value
- How a firm gets listed
- Its licence is checked against the regulator’s register, not read off an upload
How it works
- You choose the verticalInsurance, logistics, legal, finance, branding, marketing, each is its own directory with its own kind of firm.
- You read what has been checkedWhat the firm is licensed to do, where, and by whom, with the register that says so named.
- You approach the firm directlySooqban is not in the conversation and takes no part of the fee you agree with them.
- You keep the relationshipA directory introduces once. What follows is your contract with a firm that is answerable to its own regulator.
Who this is for
- An importer who needs cargo cover and does not know which insurers write it in this region.
- An exporter who needs a freight forwarder that actually handles the route.
- A business that needs a lawyer or a financier and would rather start from a checked list than a search engine.
Questions
Does Sooqban get paid when I use one of these firms?
Not from your deal. Fees are flat listing fees, and on a financing or insurance matter no fee may ever be computed from the value. A rule enforced in code, because it is what separates a directory from an intermediary that would need a licence.
Are these firms checked, or just listed?
Checked, and the check is specific: the licence is verified against the register the regulator publishes. A firm that cannot pass it is not listed.
Can Sooqban recommend one?
No. Recommending is advising, and advising in insurance or finance is a licensed activity. The directory gives you what was checked and leaves the choice with you.
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