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Sumner County insurance board advances plan to re-bid property and casualty coverage
Summary
At a Jan. 16 special meeting, the Sumner County Insurance and Liability Board discussed consolidating broker support and next steps for an RFP to purchase property and casualty insurance; the board approved a motion to move forward, though the exact motion language is not recorded in the transcript.
The Chair of the Sumner County Insurance and Liability Board called a special meeting on Jan. 16, 2025, to decide how the county will purchase property and casualty insurance and to set a procurement process.
The matter matters because Sumner County must renew coverage for county buildings — including courthouse coverage that triggered an out-of-cycle review — and board members said the county should consolidate broker support and issue a formal request for proposals (RFP) rather than continue ad hoc annual renewals.
Board discussion traced the county’s recent procurement history. The board last ran a competitive RFP for multi-year coverage in 2019; in 2021 the county moved to rely on a broker service (referred to in the meeting as “CIA”). One long-standing broker, identified in the record as ESP, has provided services to…
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