Reliance Partners

Reliance Partners is an insurance agency offering commercial insurance products. The company is privately-held and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Reliance Partners specializes in transportation with a focus toward trucking companies, third-party logistics providers, and warehousing operations. In addition, the company offers business, workers’ compensation, and personal lines insurance.

History

Reliance Partners was founded in 2009 by Andrew Ladebauche and a group of Chattanooga logistics entrepreneurs.^[1] The company's initial focus was exclusively the trucking and logistics marketplace. The company expanded to offer warehousing and other commercial lines in 2010. In 2013, Reliance Partners expanded its property and casualty division when Eric Campbell was hired as operations manager. The company also relocated offices to Warehouse Row. In August 2015, Reliance Partners appointed Andrew Ladebauche as CEO and hired Chad Eichelberger as President & COO.^[2] Eichelberger previously served as President of Access America Transport and President of Brokerage with Coyote Logistics.^[3] Reliance added additional members to the executive team in October 2015 when Mark Ford was hired as Executive Vice President. Ford was formerly Executive Vice President at Coyote Logistics.^[4] In November 2015, Laura Ann Howell joined the team as Vice President after working for Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods where she also founded a trucking company and freight brokerage ^[5] Reliance Partners relocated to the Cornerstone Building in Chattanooga in December 2015 to accommodate additional growth.

Products

• Trucking Insurance: General liability, Auto Liability, Cargo, Physical Damage, Bobtail, Non-Trucking Liability, Excess, Umbrella, Workers' Compensation
• 3PL Insurance: Contingent Liability, Motor Truck Cargo, Contingent Cargo, General Liability, Excess, Umbrella, Errors & Omissions, Workers' Compensation, Cyber
• Freight Forwarding Insurance: Shippers Interest, Cargo Legal, Errors & Omissions, Third-Party Liability, Contingent Liability, General Liability, Workers' Compensation
• Warehouse Insurance: Warehouse Legal Liability, Motor Vehicle, General Liability, Workers' Compensation, Inland Marine/Cargo, Equipment Floaters, Rolling Stock
• Business Insurance: General Liability, Business Owner's Policy, Commercial Auto, Property, Professional Liability

Awards and recognition

• Inc. 5000 List-2016 ^[6]
• Great Places to Work-2016 ^[7]
• Best Places to Work in Insurance-2016 ^[8]
• Best Small Workplaces by Fortune Magazine-2016 ^[9]

References

External links

• Times Free Press
• Chattanoogan
• Coyote Logistics
• Mississippi State University
• Komatsu America
• Chattanooga Trend
• Insurance Journal