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Digital EditionHUB International Broker Austin Shadle Recognized as a 2024 Education Power Broker
Austin Shadle, Commercial Lines Strategic Account Executive, HUB International
Austin Shadle, CSRM
Commercial Lines Strategic Account Executive
HUB International, Nashville, Tenn.
Following more than 340 school shootings in 2023 in the U.S., educators are taking previously unheard-of steps to protect students. They count on Austin Shadle to help them find coverage and to answer their questions along the way.
Grace Christian Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, has 10 or more armed teachers and other staff on campus to protect students in case of a shooting. The number of carriers willing to insure the school had dwindled, but Shadle found a company comfortable with this unique exposure.
“Austin investigated and researched and gave us a plan that best protects our school in case this situation happens on campus,” said Robbie Mason, head of school.
In 2023, a school shooting hit close to home for Sarah Wilson, executive director of the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools. One of the nonprofit’s board members, along with two other adults and three children, were killed in the Covenant School shooting. Although technically not serving as Covenant’s broker on the package lines, Shadle collected information to move the package and control the insured’s workers’ compensation following the tragedy.
Wilson appreciates Shadle’s willingness to work with her day to day to better understand the association’s insurance needs: “He met with me and walked me through each policy in really simple terms so I could understand,” she said. “He talked about what was superfluous and what we really needed.”
2024 Education Power Broker Winners and Finalists
What is a Power Broker?
A Risk & Insurance Power Broker® is an individual who stands out among their peers for the exceptional client work they have delivered over the past year. While brokers play many key roles in the insurance industry and risk profession, a Power Broker® award recognizes problem solving, customer service and industry knowledge.
Our goal is to broadly recognize and promote outstanding risk management and customer service among the brokerage community.
Who selects the winners?
Power Brokers are selected by risk managers based on the strength of the testimonials they provide to a team of 15 Risk & Insurance editors and writers.
