Nashville
Notes
Insuring
the Giants
Insure
the Load
Freight Market Moves
Tech Takes the Wheel
100

Known as the “Mother Church of Country Music,” this venue has played host to Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and countless other legends.

 What is the Grand Ole Opry?

100

$100: Founded in 1927 and based in Chicago, this broker is famed for its risk-management expertise.

Who is Arthur J. Gallagher?

100

This baseline policy protects goods in transit by truck, rail, ship, or plane.

What is cargo insurance?

100

The trend of large insurers buying smaller firms to expand market presence and operational scale.

What is industry consolidation?

100

Algorithms that “learn” from historical claims to predict future losses—and automate premium setting.

What is machine learning?

200

Lined with neon lights and honky-tonk bars, this street is the heartbeat of Nashville’s nightlife.

What is Broadway?

200

This U.K. firm specializes in freight and transportation insurance for shippers around the globe.

What is Highway Insurance?

200

The process by which underwriters evaluate shipment details—such as route, value, and mode—to set a premium.

What is risk assessment?

200

the term for how carriers change which risks they’ll underwrite—often retreating from catastrophe-prone areas.

What is carrier appetite shift?

200

Software bots and workflows that eliminate manual tasks in quoting, binding, and policy administration.

What is automation?

300

A full-scale replica of an ancient Greek temple stands in this downtown park.

What is the Parthenon?

300

Their digital-first platform delivers instant freight insurance quotes and binds policies in minutes.

What is Loadsure?

300

Coverage that guards stored goods against loss or damage while in a warehouse or distribution center.

What is storage insurance?

300

The integration of AI, mobile apps, and blockchain to transform underwriting, claims, and customer experience.

What is insurtech?

300

A distributed-ledger technology ensuring policy and claim records are tamper-proof and transparent.

What is blockchain?

400

This museum tells the story of America’s biggest country music stars and the genre’s evolution.

What is the Country Music Hall of Fame?

400

Headquartered in Pennsylvania, this carrier crafts policies for small- and mid-sized freight and logistics businesses.

What is Reliance Insurance?

400

A model that adjusts rates dynamically using GPS tracking data and real-time voyage conditions.

What is telematics-based insurance?

400

The integration of AI, mobile apps, and blockchain to transform underwriting, claims, and customer experience.

What is insurtech?

400

The end-to-end shift of insurance services onto online platforms—from quote to claim filing.

What is digital transformation?

500

This professional hockey team thrills fans at Bridgestone Arena.

What is the Nashville Predators?

500

Focusing on construction, this specialty insurer offers bonding, risk management, and tailored policy solutions.

What is RPS Insurance?

500

This booming sector applies AI and data analytics to automate quoting, underwriting, and claims for freight.

What is insurtech?

500

 Insurers now leverage this real-time data from IoT sensors on vehicles to price policies on the fly.

What is telematics?

500

The company that pioneered fully online freight insurance quotes in under a minute.

What is Loadsure?