Power Women In Insurance

In this throwback episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Teresa speaks with Colleen as she shares her insurance journey from hair styling to falling in love with being a health insurance broker. She talks about the mindset shift she made which led to her starting the Try and Stop Me Podcast. Listen in to learn the importance of having relatable conversations with your clients to earn their trust...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens discusses what underearning is and why it is so important to see the signs of it so we can fully achieve our goals. Episode Highlights: Teresa mentions that, in her opinion, Overcoming Underearning is about becoming entirely who she wants to be, not simply about money, finances, or treating herself well. (4:54) Teresa reminds everyone th...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Syd Roe, Director, Agency Marketing of Vertafore. Syd and Teresa talk about her journey in the insurance space and how that journey is helping Vertafore market forward. Episode Highlights: Syd explains that she wanted to help tell the story of the independent agent in a way that made people feel like the rock stars they ar...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Bobbie Collies, Chief Growth Officer at Coterie Insurance. Bobbie and Teresa talk about data and how it is changing our industry. Episode Highlights: Bobbie shares how she got into the insurance sector and what she's been doing in the insurance technology space. (1:09) Bobbie mentions that many Insurtech companies started...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Anais Babajanian, Business and Career coach at Anais Babajanian Coaching. Anais and Teresa talked about how to get really clear about the items that hold us back so we can achieve our goals. Episode Highlights: Anais shares how she got her start in accounting and what led her to business and career coaching. (1:19) Anais d...

In this solo episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens discusses what underearning is and why it is so important to see the signs of it so we can fully achieve our goals. Episode Highlights: Teresa shares how reading Barbara Stanny's book Overcoming Underearning has changed the way she thinks about herself, her business, and what she wants to accomplish in the insurance industry. (00:11...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Elisa Stampf, Co-Founder and CEO of Insure Equality. Elisa talks about diversity and how to be an agent of change for the industry. Episode Highlights: Elisa explains the importance of talking about insurance, not just as applies in the industry, but how it faces outward. (3:59) Elisa discusses what Phoenix is and how it i...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa does a solo episode about leveling up and how to combat the junk in our heads that holds us back from success. Episode Highlights: Teresa mentions that we are at the time of the year when we think and make plans for the following year. (0:37) Teresa shares how she is managing after experiencing a major tragedy last year. (1:42) Teresa recalls a t...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Melinda Krieger. Melinda is with Hanover Insurance and she has had a 36-year career in the insurance industry, and we talk about how to weather the storms of life and the insurance market to have the career you want. Episode Highlights: Melinda shares her background experience and how she got into the insurance industry an...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Ati Grinspun. Ati Grinspun is a branding and photography guru who works with women to help them with their personal branding and how to make a great impression on our clients. Episode Highlights: Ati explains how she became interested in becoming a branding business coach. (1:35) Ati shares that while she was deciding what...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Heather McBroom. Heather is the CEO of Precision Services. She uses InsuredMine to help agencies streamline processes and take the headache out of setting up their agency for success. Episode Highlights: Heather shares that she and her mother have been in the industry since 1997. (1:32) Heather explains that insurance is s...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Ossiea Lake. Ossiea Lake is a realtor and an insurance agent at Assured Connections Insurance that focuses her business on serving the community first. Episode Highlights: Ossiea explains that she has been in sales for nearly 20 years, beginning as a real estate agent before going on to insurance. (1:43) Ossiea shares what...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Nikki Ostrander. Nikki is the owner of a family agency with a deep understanding of what it takes to make the business a win/win proposition for everyone. Episode Highlights: Nikki discusses her background and what led her to start her agency with her mother. (3:03) Nikki shares that she honors her mother by continuing, bu...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Erin Kaiser and discusses mental health and how to keep a positive attitude.  Episode Highlights: Erin explains what it was like for her and her business during the height of COVID. (2:06) Erin shares her experience as a captive agent working for State Farm who later started her own business. (8:44) Teresa shares about bei...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Monica Adwani, host of TranscendwithM podcast, and Managing Partner of Savvital. Monica helps insurance agents with their day to day tasks with finding and locating Virtual Professionals. They take an 8 week training program and another 6 weeks with training to make sure the VP and the agency are ready to add a virtual pro...

In this throwback episode of Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Teresa talks to Nancy Huff Nicklow, the president and owner of Huff Insurance in Pasadena Maryland. She started in the insurance industry at 14 years old when she worked for her father filling and doing claims.  Nancy took over the insurance agency at age 35, right after her father passed away. She shares the challenges she went throug...

Meet Jennifer Klages, a woman who has been in the insurance industry for 28 years and owns an independent agency in Chandler, Arizona. She started in the industry at 18 years right out of high school with an answering phone job and never left.  In this throwback episode of Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Jennifer describes her journey from answering phone calls to an agency owner. She shares how...

Meet Teresa Kitchens, an insurance agency owner- The Sterling Insurance Group in Plano Texas. She has been running her business for the last 18 years. In this throwback episode of the Power Women in Insurance, Teresa shares her journey as a business owner, wife, and parent and the challenges she has had to face. She describes why she started this podcast as a way to encourage women to step up and...

Meet Brooke Sarratt, an independent insurance agency owner in Fort Worth Texas. Her agency- White Slate helps families and small to medium businesses with insurance packages that fit their needs and wants. In this throwback episode of the Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Brooke shares her insurance journey with the host Teresa Kitchens. She shares how she started with cold calling large commercia...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Debby Kallinikos. Debby and Teresa talk about how she has built her career around being curious and serving others. Episode Highlights: Debby shares her insurance journey and how she got to where she is today. (1:26) Debby mentions how important it was for her to be around someone that knew what they were doing when she wa...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Andrea Gioia from Coterie Insurance. Andrea talks to us about how Coterie is building out the technology to quote commercial insurance quickly and efficiently. Episode Highlights: Andrea talks about her background and what led her to Coterie. (1:29) Andrea shares that their mission at Coterie is to build and foster a world...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Elisa Stampf. Elisa has helped build Insure Equality and protect the people's voices in the insurance space. She pioneers conversations and helps others to find that safe space to have the tough conversations that will help make tomorrow's industry a better place. Episode Highlights: Elisa shares her background story and h...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Danielle Willets, Big Dog at Little Dog Social Media. Danielle talks about how Little Dog Media helps agencies with their social media. They pre-plan and post 15 different social media posts per month to help with brand awareness and generate business for insurance agents. Episode Highlights: Danielle shares why she starte...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Lorin Montgomery. Lorin is an amazing commercial insurance producer with Brown & Brown Insurance. She built a successful career and has been able to ride the tides of commercial insurance in Florida for 38 years and she is still going strong! Episode Highlights: Lorin discusses her journey to get to where she is today. (1:...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa talks to Kaleigh Kitchens (her daughter) about her entering the insurance industry and what she has experienced so far. This is one episode and we will make other episodes as we document her first year in the insurance industry and how she grows her roots in a new career. Episode Highlights: Kaleigh shares her journey and her story of how she fou...