Agency Intelligence: The Insurance Podcast Network

In this episode, we dive into the third rule of business: know your numbers. Understanding your financials is a critical component of success in any business. This rule is often overlooked, but it's essential to stay on top of your income, expenses, profit margins, and other key metrics to ensure that your business is profitable and sustainable.

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Adam Blumencranz, Partner at Distributed Ventures. Episode Highlights: Adam shares his daily routine as a venture investor, including spending time talking to new insurtech companies, advising current portfolio companies, and staying up to date with the latest developments in the insurance industry. (5:19) Adam discusses the p...

In this episode, James talks with Oliver Connor, Board Member of NetVU. To learn more about NetVU, visit https://www.netvu.org/web. 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/agencyfreed...

Prospecting for new business isn't usually "fun" and making cold calls is often even less exciting. In fact, many insurance agents don't cold call at all. And, those who do either don't leave voice messages whatsoever or they leave messages that are terrible and get zero results, meaning no one ever calls them back. In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Char...

Come on, people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Running a small business – like a brokerage – is tough. You don’t have all the resources, information, or access that you need. Luckily, Canadian brokers have provincial associations and a national association to rely on. Resources: Tom Reid Jeff Roy Steve Earle Adam Mitchell Digital Insurance Pint Podcast

In this episode, James talks with Mark Breading, Partner at ReSource Pro. To learn more about ReSource Pro, visit https://www.resourcepro.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.com/groups/...

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Monica Parker.  Monica brings to the table a vast knowledge of navigating and communicating organizational change. An international speaker and presenter, she is a regular contributor to several platforms, including The Guardian and Thrive Global, and has also appeared on CNN and BBC Worldwide as an authority on organizational cultu...

The Second Rule of Business: Make Money

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Dawnyel Smink, President of Canyon Lands Insurance and Founder of Women In Insurance Sharing Empowerment (WIISE). They discuss mentoring done right and how to build the courage to be our very best. Episode Highlights: Dawnyel discusses her passion for empowering women in the insurance industry and how she started the Women...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Kimi Donahue, Agency Success Manager at Openly. Episode Highlights: Kimi discusses her podcast, Metal Health, which focuses on mental health and heavy metal music. (0:34) Kimi mentions that she is an Agency Success Manager for Openly as well as a heavy metal musician. (3:45) Kimi discusses her transition from Agency Owner to O...

It's your fault. It's all your fault. Don't blame me and don't blame anyone else. You're building what you want to build so look in the mirror and own it. The size of your Book of Business is your own business but if you don't like what you're building then STOP AND BUILD SOMETHING ELSE.  In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, Charles Specht will tell you what you...

New car, caviar, think I’ll buy me a football team. With multiples at an all-time high and a raft of recent broker sales, the DIPP guys take a deep dive into broker M & A. They dig into the motivations of brokers who are selling, debate whether niche brokers can survive, and discuss whether scale is the only competitive factor that works. Can strategic partnerships, clusters, and franchises drive...

In this episode, James and guest co-host Peter MacDonald talk with Aviad Pinkovezky, President of First Connect Insurance. To learn more about First Connect Insurance, visit https://www.firstconnectinsurance.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...

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, we're serenaded by the dulcet tones of the all-powerful James Jenkins. James is an innovator and an eternally curious problem solver. He's an unapologetic risk and insurance nerd who gets excited about things that bore most people. Faith and family are the two most important things to James. This is an episode you don't want to miss... Episode Highlights: J...

We are excited to announce that the 10 Rules of Business podcast is joining the AI Podcast Network. The 10 Rules of Business is the brainchild of ex-corporate CEO turned ultimate entrepreneur Mike Kirby. The first rule of business is the simplest and also the hardest of them all, "stay in business". Take a listen!

In this throwback 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 v...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Jim Harris, International Bestselling Author and Principal at Strategic Advantage. Episode Highlights: Jim discusses disruption and the impact of disruptive technologies on traditional industries. (2:05) Jim mentions that the pandemic forced organizations to think differently and question their traditional working methods, whi...

Permission is everything. The Broker of Record Letter is not everything. Permission is the goal; the BOR is a tool. Spend more time gaining the insured's PERMISSION and you'll be able to collect a lot more signatures on BOR's. In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will teach you how to win your prospect's PERMISSION in order to win more new bu...

The IBAO has been hard at work for the last year & a bit on a major strategic initiative for the broker channel – going paperless. Join Steve, Jeff, Adam & Tom as they sit down for an in-depth discussion on the going paperless initiative. Colin Simpson, IBAO CEO, and Steve Gugler, partner 3 Tree get into the weeds with the DIPP crew on the project. Answering key questions, such as: What does the p...

In this episode, James talks with Matt Masiello, CEO of SIAA. To learn more about SIAA, visit https://www.siaa.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.com/groups/agencyfreedom Email us at...

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley sits down with Brenden Corr. Brenden Corr is the director of business development at Loss Run Pro. He joins the podcast to talk about how we bet on ourselves and actually win… We also may have, at some point, discussed loss runs as well. This is an episode you don't want to miss... Episode Highlights: Ryan shares his personal journey of discover...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Lisa Brady, Owner of Brady Insurance Group. Lisa and Teresa discuss how to build a strong team in this hard market. Episode Highlights: Lisa explains how she overstaffs her agency to be proactive and keep an extra person to make sure that they are reaching out to their clients with everything they need. (2:40) Lisa mention...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Brad Burton, Motivational Speaker, and Author of 4 best selling business books. Episode Highlights: Brad shares his journey from a challenging past to becoming the UK's top motivational business speaker, bestselling author, and founder of a large business network. (3:19) Brad discusses the significance of conscious decision-ma...

How would you like to win 6 new clients via signed Broker of Record Letter in less than 6 months ... with even the smaller of these clients being $12,000 in annual revenue? Would that be OK with you? I'm sure it would! In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht interviews [Insurance Producer Rockstar] Rocio Luna, who is also an active member of the 12X Commi...

In this episode, James talks with Micah Salas, Senior Vice President of Christensen Group Insurance and author of The Business Insurance Playbook. To learn more about Christensen Group Insurance, visit https://www.christensengroup.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 Fre...