Agency Freedom

To kick off 2023 right, James is launching a new series of episodes highlighting other podcast hosts in the insurance industry. For this episode, James welcomes Bradley Flowers and Scott Howell, co-hosts of the Insurance Guys Podcast. To sign up for their One City World Tour in Austin, TX on January 18-19, 2023 visit www.onecityworldtour.com and use the promo code "agencyfreedom" at sign up. To re...

In this solo episode, James shares ideas and concerns that you should be aware of before launching a podcast of your own. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcast group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/agencyfreedom Email u...

In this solo episode, James shares some important lessons learned from losing two accounts that total more than $50,000 in annual revenue. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcast group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/agen...

In this episode, James talks with Mike Richardson and Erin Richardson, Co-Owners of Richardson Insurance. To learn more about Richardson Insurance, visit https://www.insurewithrichardson.com/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freed...

In this episode, James talks with Tony Caldwell, CEO of One Agents Alliance. To learn more about One Agents Alliance, visit https://www.oneagentsalliance.net/ Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcast group: https://www.face...

In this episode, James talks with Vonda Copeland, Operations Specialist at Copeland Insurance Agency. To learn more about Copeland Insurance Agency, visit https://www.copelandins.com/ Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcas...

In this episode, James talks with Don Polczynski, President and Partner of RD Advisory Group, and Roe Polczynski, Founding Partner of RD Advisory Group. To learn more about RD Advisory Group, visit https://rdadvisorygroup.com/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podc...

In this episode, James talks with Jason Kilgo, the founder of KilGO Insurance.  To learn more about KilGO Insurance, visit https://kilgoinsurance.com/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcast group: https://www.facebook.co...

In this episode, James talks with Davie Holt, National Sales Practice Leader of Imperial PFS.  To learn more about Imperial PFS, visit https://www.ipfs.com/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcast group: https://www.faceb...

In this episode, James talks with Mike Stromsoe, Founder and Lead Coach of The Unstoppable Profit Producers. To learn more about The Unstoppable Profit Producers, visit https://unstoppableprofitproducer.com/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at...

In this episode, James talks with Abe Gibson, Co Founder of Cover Your SaaS. To learn more about Cover Your SaaS, visit https://coveryoursaas.io/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcast group: https://www.facebook.com/gro...

In this episode, James talks with Jacob Neighbors, President of The Simmons Insurance Group. To learn more about The Simmons Insurance Group, visit https://www.simmons-insurance.com/. Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agency Freedom Podcas...

In this special episode, James talks with Matt Sutika, Chief Insurance Officer at Obie Insurance. As a listener to AFP, you get priority access to an appointment with Obie for your office. There are no production requirements to maintain a relationship with Obie. CLICK HERE TO REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT WITH OBIE: https://www.riskwell.com/obie-interest -- Visit our website to join our email list, get...

In this episode, James talks with William Jones, Editor-In-Chief of Independent Agent Magazine.  To learn more about IA Magazine and subscribe to receive your copies, visit https://www.iamagazine.com/ Visit our website to join our email list, get the scoop on our LIVE coaching calls and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedom.com Connect with Agency Freedom Podcast on Facebook at the Agen...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with second generation agency principal, Matt Davis. Episode Highlights: Matt shares his background story and how he got into the industry as a second-generation agency owner. (2:57) Matt explains that seeing his team succeed both professionally and with their personal goals is very fulfilling. (6:37) Matt shares that GDI insurance is still fo...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Dawnyel Smink, Founder, and CEO of CLI Select Agencies, an alliance of independent agencies. Episode Highlights: Dawnyel shares her background and discusses her transition from being an elementary school teacher to owning her own business. (3:32) Dawnyel explains that CLI Select Agencies is there to be of service to agencies and take care...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James gets into some open ended shop talk with Guest Co-Host, Tamron Manning. Episode Highlights: Tamron shares that James has been a huge help to him in coming into the independent space. (2:52)  Tamron explains why the environment plays a big role in insurance when it comes to being a sports athlete. (7:02) Tamron discusses that the main reason he wante...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Ted Stuckey, President of Nationwide Brokerage Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance. Episode Highlights: Ted shares what Nationwide Brokerage Solutions (NBS) are all about, and what they do to help the industry. (5:34) Ted explains that NBS focuses on areas where agents are struggling, and aims to zero out these ch...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with David Carothers about his second book which releases on September 8th, 2022. Episode Highlights: David mentions that he explains the meaning and motivation for the title of his book, The Dirty 130. (2:03) David believes that if he has a skill that distinguishes him from others, it is the ability to create a community around the content. (...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Steven Mohr, newly minted VP of Growth at Better Agency. After a three-year stop at Lightspeed Voice, Steven is already having an impact on the current and future customers of Better Agency. Episode Highlights: Steven shares what led him to the InsurTech industry. (6:17) Steven mentions that he had been an agent before meeting Brad Fuller...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Marit Peters, Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, otherwise known as the Big I of Texas. Episode Highlights: Marit explains that one of the reasons she works for the industry is because she thinks of independent agents as being so gracious in their communities. (4:54) Marit shares the fundamentals of running a...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Joshua Goodman, Director of Business Development for the Kansas Big I. Episode Highlights: Josh shares his background and what led him to his position at the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents (KAIA). (4:22) Josh explains that the reason he decided to leave State Farm was because he would not have been able to take over his father's b...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Andrew Correll, Director of Insurance Solutions with Security Scorecard. Episode Highlights: Andrew mentions that he began his career in the insurance market 10 years ago, mostly handling cyber insurance underwriting for technology and life sciences companies. (5:14) Andrew believes that it's up to all of us to learn the ins and outs of w...

In this episode of the Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Jason Johnson and Katherine Jones from Coterie Insurance. Episode Highlights: Katherine discusses her role as Director of Communications for Coterie. (4:49) Katherine and Jason explain that Coterie is a managing general agency and that they do not want to be a direct to consumer company. (7:56) Jason explains his role as the Director...

In this solo episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks about the possible benefits of being a producer instead of an agency principal. For many people, the producer career track may yield greater happiness, satisfaction, and personal wealth than the agency principal track. Episode Highlights: James explains that for some, depending on one's goal, and how they are wired to be in the industry,...