Taylor Shomaker Joins Insurer Hub; Was VP of Event Operations At AC Entertainment

– Taylor Shomaker

Insurance Company Hub International Ltd. has added Taylor Shomaker to its Nashville team, focusing on insuring concert promoters, festivals, touring artists and venues. 

Shomaker most recently served as vice president of event operations at AC Entertainment, which produces or co-produces festivals such as Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Forecastle Festival, High Water Festival, Homecoming Festival, Moon River Festival, and Big Ears Festival, as well as more than 1,000 concerts per year.  

Taylor is a member of the Event Safety Alliance and has spoken on panels for International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA).

“I’m excited to use the knowledge and expertise I have gained over the past 11 plus years to continue making safety a key focus for the concert and festival industry,” said Shomaker, “Joining the HUB team gives me the platform to utilize the already industry leading unlimited resources and full array of services to provide best-in-class insurance and risk solutions.”

Hub Entertainment Industry Solutions is headquartered in Los Angeles specializes in liabilities of entertainers, venues, managers and producers. 

The insurance and banking sectors are an integral, if not always exiting part of the concert business, as First Tennesee Bank’s Andrew Kintz explained to Pollstar recently.