The 2010 Insurors of Tennessee Convention will take place at The Hilton Nashville Downtown on October 24th - 26th. As Tennessee’s premier event for independent insurance agents, some of the things you can expect to find at the convention include great entertainment, informative speakers, special guests, a large exhibit hall and some exciting prizes! This year promises to be one of our largest conventions to date, so be sure to get in your registration early.
Schedule (tentative)
Sunday, October 24
Titans vs. Philadelphia 11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Registration Open 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Shuttles to Wildhorse Saloon 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Opening Reception 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Opening Dinner 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Awards Ceremony 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Amy Grant Concert 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Monday, October 25
Past Presidents Breakfast 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Registration Open 7:30 am - 11:00 am
Exhibit Hall Open 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Breakfast 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Exhibit Door Prizes 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1 - Outlook Optimization 8:15 am - 9:15 am
Breakout Session 2 - Big "I" Markets Seminar 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Optional Clay Shooting Outing 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Optional Nashville Tour of the Stars 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Optional Golf Tournament at Belle Meade CC 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Company Nights 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, October 26
Association Day Breakfast/Annual Business 8:00 am - 11:30 am
Meeting/Conferment Ceremony
Events
Exhibit Hall
Over 60 exhibitors will be on hand to showcase coverages, technologies, systems and support that can help your agency grow. The Exhibit Hall will feature a breakfast station and will wrap up with exhibitor door prizes that are always a big treat for attendees. Come and meet your next company, or find that solution that will help your business reach the next level.
Opening Reception and Dinner
Meet your fellow attendees for an exciting evening at the Wildhorse Saloon as we celebrate the official opening of our 117th Annual Convention.
Opening Night Concert
Enjoy an evening of great music with our headline entertainer, six-time Grammy winner Amy Grant, along with some special guests.
Breakout Sessions
This year’s education offerings are designed to help maximize your productivity and your agency’s earning power. In our first session, join renowned presenter David Humes as he teaches you how to optimize your e-mail workflow productivity in his course, "Double Your Productivity Using Outlook." Our second session will help you learn about the opportunities and benefits of utilizing Big "I" Markets for your agency. You will also learn how easy it is to get started, research markets and get fast quotes by utilizing the Big "I" Markets
online portal.
Optional Event - Nashville Tour of the Stars
Enjoy a driving tour through the neighborhoods of the elite country music artists who call Nashville their home. While on your tour, you will see the homes of country music greats such as Alan Jackson, former home of Vince Gill and Amy Grant, Ronnie Milsap, Dolly Parton, Bryan White, Martina McBride, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks, the late Web Pierce, the late Hank Williams, Trisha Yearwood, the late Tammy Wynette, Lori Ann Crook and Little Jimmy Dickens. View more on the tour here.
Optional Event - Clay Shooting Outing
Join convention sponsors InsBank and Finworth Mortgage for a clay shooting outing on the clay target complex at the Nashville Gun Club, one of the top shooting facilities in the Southeast. After lunch and some instruction and safety tips, attendees will receive a round of 100 sporting clays. Guns are available to rent or you may bring your own. Shooters must provide their own ammo.
Company Night
Join some of our company partners at special receptions to network and build relationships.
Conferment, Association Day Breakfast and Annual Business Meeting
Our Tuesday General Session will feature an interesting and informative guest speaker, incoming Big "I" National Chairman Mike Miley. We will then host our 2010 Conferment Ceremony sponsored by The National Alliance. Then finally, our annual business meeting and association day brunch will wrap up the convention. The meeting will also serve as the platform for installing our 2011 Board.
Golf
Golf Tournament (full registrants only)
The beautiful 18-hole "Belle Meade" course at the exclusive Belle Meade Country Club has a longstanding spot on the Top Ten courses of Tennessee and its reputation is well deserved. The Rees Jones design is challenging and missed fairways find a heavy Bermuda rough that takes skill to shoot from. Tee placement is essential and approach shots are to complex greens surrounded by bunkers, water or both. Several creeks run through the course and lakes with stone banking and bridges add to the natural beauty. The track plays well for any handicap and the
conditioning is always immaculate. The Belle Meade golf course opened in 1901. View more here.
Hotel
Stay on site at this year’s convention by booking your hotel reservation at the Hilton Nashville Downtown.
Insurors has secured a special rate for our attendees of $165 per night at this beautiful hotel located in the center of downtown Nashville. Reservations can be made by calling 615.620.2150 and mentioning the Insurors of Tennessee Convention or code ITN. You can also book online by visiting
This year’s convention will include some limited opportunity for our company sponsors to host convention attendees at special “company night” receptions. On Monday, October 25th, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., company members may host these receptions as part of the convention, as long as they follow this set of criteria:
All convention-attending agents must be invited to attend
Information on the reception, including times and location, must be submitted to Insurors by September 1, 2010, so that the information can be included in the convention schedule.
Receptions must start and end within the time allotted.
Insurors has worked with The Hilton to set up suites and packages that are available for company night booking based on a 2 hour reception:
Package A - COMING SOON
Package B - COMING SOON
Package C - COMING SOON
Exhibits Exhibit Information
Preview our 2010 Exhibitors (as of 8/23/10):
Allied Insurance
American Brokerage Company
Applied Systems, Inc.
Arlington/Roe & Co.
ASPN
Bailey Special Risks, Inc.
Bank Direct Capital Finance
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Co.
BlueCross BlueShield of TN
Bolton & Company
Casualty & Surety, Inc.
Consumers Insurance
Crump Insurance Services of Memphis, Inc.
Donegal Insurance Group
Encompass
EZLynx by Webcetera
Fidelity National
FirstComp Insurance
Five Star Insurance Services
Freeman's
GMAC Insurance
Guard Insurance Group
Harbor America East
Haulers Insurance Co.
Housing Authority Insurance Group
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co
Individual Healthcare Specialists
InsBank
InStar Services
Insurisk Excess & Surplus Lines
Irwin Siegel
J.M. Wilson
Johnson & Johnson
Market Finders Insurance Corp.
Martin & Zerfoss Inc.
McGowan Companies, The
Montgomery Insurance
National Security Fire & Casualty Company
NIF Group, Inc.
North Alabama Insurance (N.A.I.)
Palomar Insurance Corporation
Penn-Millers Insurance Company
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Platinum Jewelers
Preferred Comp - Meadowbrook Insurance
Premium Assignment Corporation
The Principal
QBE Specialty Insurance
Selective Insurance Company of America
Servpro
South & Western
Southern Cross Underwriters
The Southern General Agency of TN
Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc.
Southern Trace Underwriters/National Interstate
Staff One, Inc.
State Based Systems
Strategic Comp, Inc.
Swett & Crawford
TAPCO Underwriters, Inc.
Tennessee Underwriters, Inc.
The Argos Group, Inc.
Trustmark/Starmark Insurance Cos.
U.S. Risk Financial Services, Inc.
UPAC Insurance Finance
Westfield Specialty Brokerage Services
Contact
Contact the Insurors office at 1.800.264.1898 for more information. For specific information on sponsorships or exhibits, call Daniel Smith at 615.515.2601 or e-mail convention@insurors.org
