What makes us different from other truck insurance companies?

Our Insurance Knowledge

President and CEO, Jon Donovan Tanner, founded the insurance agency in 1992 shortly after graduating from Baylor University. He went on to obtain a law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, with a special emphasis on ICC law and transportation law. Part of the value added service which Mr. Tanner brings as a trucking company consultant is helping clients determine whether their assets are properly shielded from lawsuits by examining a client’s existing corporate structure, as well as the coverage which a client may or may not have in place.

After all, insurance in its most basic form is legal liability protection. Why buy legal protection from an agent that doesn’t really have a legal education or background?

Moreover, we have access to two of the country’s most renowned transportation litigators for help in answering coverage questions. These attorneys have handled cases for some of the top trucking companies in the nation. Finally, our agency staff has more than 100 years combined experience in the insurance industry.

Our Insurance Technology

Our investment in insurance technology is second to none. Years before many of our competitors were investing in automation technology, we were already fully operational on one of the most advanced software systems available for the insurance industry. In 2008 we made the leap to an even more advanced technological platform, which is recognized as the premier internet-based servicing system in the entire insurance industry.

With this system we can submit an insurance risk to more than 50 insurance companies almost instantly. This has replaced the days of having to fill out numerous applications by hand, which discourages agencies from submitting a risk to more than four to five insurance companies at most. At J.D. Tanner & Associates you can rest assured you will see the best quotes available. Furthermore, we service our clients in an increasingly paperless environment in a quick, efficient manner without worrying about leaving critical gaps in coverage or oversights in day-to-day servicing of client coverages.

Our Insurance Markets

Today, we proudly represent many of the premier independent trucking insurance companies in the U.S. As a matter of fact, we have access to more than 50 different insurance companies which write trucking and transportation insurance and bonds. We are recognized as specialists when it comes to coverage placement in captive insurance companies, as well as large deductible and SIR programs for our larger, more sophisticated clients. However, the bulk of our clientele find our broad array of markets useful from the placement of traditional, first dollar insurance coverage. We insure single truck owner operators all the way to national carriers with hundreds of trucks.