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Move, Lender, Insurance, Contractor, Senior, and Investor Trust Hub are part of the Ask Trust Hub network under common ownership, with separated research and listing order and no paid placements. Ask Trust Hub is the parent trust layer and discovery surface. Each specialist hub is a separate product domain with its own tools and market depth. We do not host provider directories on this site.

Common ownership · Separated research and listing order · No paid placements

Ask Trust Hub StandardData sources libraryIndependence policyWho we areAcademic research

“Independence” here means no paid placements and research ordering that is not for sale — one research network with specialist domains, not unrelated companies. Verify providers with primary regulators before you commit.

The Network, Live

Six live research worlds. One standard.

Different markets, different evidence, same research discipline. Numbers are not added across hubs.

  • Move Trust Hub

    Directory cohort

    Published research profiles

    5,022

    Consumer-visible published MoveTrustHub research profiles

    • Carrier-classified profiles: 4,227
    • Florida state intelligence: Live

    Official as-of 2026-08-23 · retrieved 2026-08-29

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    Hub
    Move Trust Hub
    Grain
    Consumer-visible published MoveTrustHub research profiles
    Source family
    fmcsa-directory-cohort
    Official as-of
    2026-08-23
    Snapshot
    move-home-intel-v1
    Limitation
    Not the full FMCSA mover census. Publication gates apply.
    Open specialist methodology
    Technical provenance

    fingerprint 3f2d144f65d5ab20bd57a1536eabf44825f18f4c8501130913c0a98a7787726e · adapter checked_in_canonical_snapshot

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  • Lender Trust Hub

    Florida-enhanced

    Florida public lender research profiles

    180

    Indexable Florida lender_state_company_profiles (public research routes)

    • NMLS Consumer Access orientation: Live
    • HMDA market activity: Separate grain

    Official as-of 2026-08-22 · retrieved 2026-08-29

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    Hub
    Lender Trust Hub
    Grain
    Indexable Florida lender_state_company_profiles (public research routes)
    Source family
    nmls-florida-profiles
    Official as-of
    2026-08-22
    Snapshot
    lender-intel-004-florida-public
    Limitation
    Not a national lender census. Not HMDA application counts.
    Open specialist methodology
    Technical provenance

    fingerprint n/a · adapter checked_in_canonical_snapshot

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  • Insurance Trust Hub

    Publication gate

    Research classes

    Agency · producer · legal insurer

    Separate identity classes — never summed

    • State DOI / NAIC pathways: Live research
    • Public profile publication: Gated

    Official as-of 2026-08-07 · retrieved 2026-08-29

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    Hub
    Insurance Trust Hub
    Grain
    Separate identity classes — never summed
    Source family
    state-doi
    Official as-of
    2026-08-07
    Snapshot
    insurance-doi-naic-orientation
    Limitation
    Do not add agencies, people, and legal insurers into one total.
    Open specialist methodology
    Technical provenance

    fingerprint n/a · adapter checked_in_canonical_snapshot

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  • Contractor Trust Hub

    Florida-enhanced

    State licensing-board evidence

    Multi-state, uneven depth

    Official-board credential / registration research

    • Florida / county overlays: Enhanced where published
    • Credentials vs contractors: Kept separate

    Official as-of 2026-08-22 · retrieved 2026-08-29

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    Hub
    Contractor Trust Hub
    Grain
    Official-board credential / registration research
    Source family
    state-contractor-boards
    Official as-of
    2026-08-22
    Snapshot
    contractor-intel-003-orientation
    Limitation
    Do not claim identical coverage in every state.
    Technical provenance

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  • SeniorTrustHub

    Three provider classes

    CMS provider classes

    Nursing homes · Home health · Hospice

    Separate CMS provider classes — never one “senior providers” total

    • CMS government-sourced research: Live orientation
    • Ownership / inspection evidence: Where CMS publishes it

    Official as-of 2026-08-10 · retrieved 2026-08-29

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    Hub
    SeniorTrustHub
    Grain
    Separate CMS provider classes — never one “senior providers” total
    Source family
    cms-care-compare
    Official as-of
    2026-08-10
    Snapshot
    senior-cms-class-separation
    Limitation
    Do not add these classes together.
    Technical provenance

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  • InvestorTrustHub

    SEC/IARD roster

    SEC/IARD roster firms

    23,622

    Firm registrations on the InvestorTrustHub SEC/IARD roster universe

    • RIA firms: 17,018
    • ERA firms: 6,604

    Official as-of 2026-08-29 · retrieved 2026-08-29

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    InvestorTrustHub
    Grain
    Firm registrations on the InvestorTrustHub SEC/IARD roster universe
    Source family
    sec-iard-adv
    Official as-of
    2026-08-29
    Snapshot
    inv-home-003
    Limitation
    Roster firms are not a performance ranking. Not FINRA people coverage.
    Technical provenance

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What the Network is seeing

Three lessons only a parent network can teach

Not rankings. Not copied hub scoreboards. Descriptive comparison of unlike evidence models.

  1. Finding 1

    Public records answer very different questions depending on the market.

    • HMDA describes mortgage-market activity, not whether a lender is “good.”
    • CMS publishes senior-care quality, staffing, and ownership evidence — by provider class.
    • Contractor regulation is state-board evidence and varies by jurisdiction.
    • Form ADV describes adviser structure and compensation, not performance.

    Why this matters. Forcing one transparency score would hide those differences. TrustHub keeps unlike evidence models separate.

    Limitation: This is a descriptive comparison of evidence models, not a ranking of markets or firms.

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  2. Finding 2

    The company name is not always the regulated entity.

    • A mover brand may be a carrier, a broker, or both — confirm who hauls.
    • Insurance: legal insurer, agency, and producer are different roles.
    • Lending: the institution on paperwork may not be the servicer you call later.
    • Senior care: the facility you visit may be owned by a different organization.
    • Investment advisers: RIA vs ERA is a classification, not a quality grade.

    Why this matters. Matching a display name is not the same as matching a license, USDOT, NMLS, CCN, or IARD identity.

    Limitation: Ask does not merge similar names across hubs into one legal entity.

    See how TrustHub resolves identity →

  3. Finding 3

    Geography means different things in different public records.

    • A contractor address county is not service territory.
    • HMDA property county is not lender headquarters.
    • An adviser principal office is not necessarily client geography.
    • State licensing can differ from physical location.

    Why this matters. Consumers often treat an address as “where they work.” Public records often mean something else.

    Limitation: Prompt 1 does not publish a 50-state coverage atlas; this finding is the consumer lesson.

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Specialist directories are expanding. If a ZIP or county has no listings yet, hub empty states point you to official sources (FMCSA, NMLS, state DOI / NAIC) rather than inventing results.

How life journeys work

You are inside one research system for a life event — one research network with specialist domains, not a pile of unrelated websites.

  1. 1

    Ask routes

    You name a life event or question. Ask Trust Hub points you to the right specialist — no directories and no forms on this site.

  2. 2

    Hub executes

    The specialist hub owns the deep tools: verify, compare, plan. Research stays on that domain.

  3. 3

    Standard applies

    Every hub inherits The Ask Trust Hub Standard — independence, disclosed sources, rankings not for sale.

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Example journeys

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