Agency Intelligence: The Insurance Podcast Network

In this solo episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley breaks down how he's positioning Rogue Risk for success in 2022 and what independent agents can do to put themselves in a position to dominate. Episode Highlights: Ryan opens the episode by telling his listeners his plans for 2022. (00:45) Ryan explains that it is important to recalibrate our minds on how we are going to plan for 2022. (3:1...

Anyone can just show up and -- sadly -- that's all most producers do. The real question to answer should be: What am I accomplishing when I actually do show up and do the work? In other words, are you achieving the results you really want for yourself, or are you doing just enough to get by? Are you merely hitting your "safe goals" or are you doing so much work you're making those old goals look l...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Cassidy Arbeli, Owner of All Nevada Insurance - The Arbeli Group, Business Strategist and Consultant, and host of the Unburden Your Business podcast. Cassidy discusses how she was a State Farm agent turned independent and how her love of business and the industry has grown into her helping other women with building a succe...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Mary Boyd, CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation. Mary talks about Road Rewards, the unique telematics app that Plymouth Rock offers and why it is proving to be beneficial to both customers and agents.  Episode Highlights: Mary explains to Jason that she hates to lose, and most people do not know about it. (4:32)  Mary sh...

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 episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Sean Kirby to discuss some of the top things they learned at their first-ever AI BrainShare. Episode Highlights: Sean explains that the BrainShare conference was different from any other conference he has been to. (4:55) Sean talks about the things he learned from Marcus Sheridan at AI BrainShare 2021. (7:03) Sean shares that he likes...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Chris Greene, The Flood Insurance Guru. Chris is based in Georgia and serves the lower 48 states with flood insurance solutions, both NFIP and private. Learn more about his program and how you can partner with him to serve your clients and collect a generation commission split at https://www.floodinsuranceguru.com/floodinsuranceprogram. V...

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 episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, Charles Specht will tell you what you need to d...

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ricky Hayter, owner of ANR Insurance Group, joins the podcast for a tremendous conversation on what it takes to run an independent insurance agency. Ricky is growing his agency like crazy and shares some of the challenges they've faced as well as how they've overcome all of them on the path to world domination. Don't miss this episode... Episode Highlights:...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens, Aurora Mullett, and Vonda Copeland sit down to talk about how the industry is in transition and how women and men are the same and different, and how we as women can lessen the gap. Episode Highlights: Vonda talks about her experiences as a female agency owner. (2:21) Aurora discusses her experiences as a female insurance executive. (5:...

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 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 business.  E...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Travis Parry, Ph. D., Balance Coach and Bestselling Author of Achieving Balance. Travis shares why we need to shift our focus from perfection to becoming perfected and shares how you can achieve balance in your career and life.  Episode Highlights: Jason started his show by discussing what balance is. (1:20) Travis shares that...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James is joined by several friends who have all come together to share on the Top 10 things independent agents and teams should be thankful for this year. Joining in the conversation are J.C. Wogomon, Lucas Jones, Eric Roberts, Jared Lorenz, Casey Nelson and Michael Franke. Visit our website to join our email list, sign up to be a potential guest on the s...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Monica Adwani for Part 2 of the book review of The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brené Brown.  Episode Highlights: Monica starts by saying how things have changed since the last interview. (2:37) Monica shares her perception about being worried about making mistakes as an adult. (8:18) Monica talks about how productivity and in...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Chris Langille, Founder of Advisor Evolved. Chris shares digital marketing strategies and tools to improve your agency’s digital presence. Episode Highlights: Chris talks about his last name and its country of origin. (1:42) Chris talks about his 2 sons and what’s keeping them busy. (5:24) Chris shares his ideas about new tech...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Brandon Smith, author of the 2022 Producer Development Planner and the creator of the Producer Development Program. Learn more about Brandon's planner and program at https://www.producerdp.com Visit our website to join our email list, sign up to be a potential guest on the show and never miss an episode: https://www.agencyfreedompodcast.c...

LinkedIn is one of the absolute most potent tools out there for prospecting, whether in B2B or B2C. Unfortunately for most insurance producers, they either don't use LinkedIn at all, they use it poorly, or they come across as spammy. In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will begin teaching you how to use LinkedIn to prospect better, close more deals, a...

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Kevin Abramson, President at Cover Whale joins the show to discuss why the insurance industry is ripe for innovation and how Cover Whale plans to attack these opportunities.  Cover Whale is currently providing insurance truckers by breaching the gap between insurance and technology. This is a tremendous conversation, don't miss it... Episode Highlights: Kev...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens sits down with Monica Adwani, to review Brene Brown's book: The Gifts of Imperfection. Teresa and Monica discuss how the ten Guideposts may benefit women and leaders. Episode Highlights: Monica talks about their new virtual professional company called Savvital. (3:42) Monica discusses the book's first paragraph. (7:41) Monica explains wh...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Jeff Shi, CEO of Quotehound and Co-Founder of Quantum Assurance International to talk about all things Crypto and what it could mean for the future of the insurance industry. Episode Highlights: Jeff mentions that there is a lot of change going on in the insurance, agency, and insurtech worlds. (2:49) Jeff says that this was h...

In this episode of Agency Freedom Podcast, James talks with Ty Harris, Co-Founder, and CEO of Openly Insurance. Openly is an emerging digital native carrier currently operating in 14 states. They are positioned to be a major player in the IA channel for years to come. Learn more about Openly at https://www.openly.com. Visit our website to join our email list, sign up to be a potential guest on the...

No, your prospects don't really HATE you. Nope, they don't LIKE you, either. Moreover, they probably don't KNOW you from Adam (whoever that guy is). The real issue, however, is that your prospects don't TRUST you. And, why don't they trust you? The answer to that question -- as well as how to fix it -- is what host Charles Specht will teach you in today's episode ... which is all about Mastering t...

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ciara Gravier CIC, CRM, CCIC, PWCA, CPIA, Founder and CEO of The Bunker Insurance & Risk Management joins the show to share all her secrets to winning the start-up independent agency game.  Ciara is someone I’ve personally been a fan of for a long time and it was an absolute pleasure to be able to spend time and learn more about her story. You're going to l...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa Kitchens is joined by Kristen Walkup, Agency Development Office Manager at Willow Wood Insurance Agency. Kristen talks about being an office manager and shares her experiences on going from captive to independent. Episode Highlights: Kristen shares her journey into the insurance industry. (1:22) Kristen shares her positive experience of moving to...

In this episode of Agents Influence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Brad Fuller, CEO of Lightspeed Voice. Brad talks about what makes Lightspeed Voice unique, the importance of customer service, and the value of integrations.  Episode Highlights: Brad answers whether he is an android or iPhone user. (4:07) Jason asks Brad what was the last app he downloaded. (4:27) Jason asks Brad if he loves...