Insurance Town

This week the Mayor sat down with former NFL player and current Motivational speaker, Desmond Clark . Dez had a very successful 12 year Professional Football career in the NFL most notably with the Chicago Bears. Now you will you find him sharing what he has learned throughout his life on and off the field as a mentor, coach and motivational speaker. Whether it was struggling with poverty as a chi...

In this Episode , the Mayor sits down with his Friend Holly Linder and these two have a great time talking about her career as an account manager and how she uses Social Media every day to bring in new customers, increase retention and improve brand awareness.  She loves all things marketing , relationships and insurance!! She gives us her play book for using social media marketing to grow revenue...

This is the 2nd Episode of the CHASE SHEARON SUBCAST! Where Chase Shearon, interviews long time friend and agency owner Joe Bailey of Bailey Insurance and Arkansas First Choice Insurance. These two have a fun conversation and we get a "glimpse" into the Life of Joe Bailey. 

This week the Mayor got to sit down with his Friend Jon Cooper , a serial entrepreneur and long time Insurtechie. He was the co founder and CEO of Life. Io and sold it and began his new venture in the insurtech space OVERALLS . Building great teams, unleashing talent, and using technology and innovation to challenge the status quo is what gets him going every day. This is a fun discussion about ad...

 This week the mayor got to sit down with his good friend Casey Nelson , founder and CEO of Stakwise . They had a fun conversation about the industry and agencies technology and how important getting your tech stack under control is. Casey is a great guy and this conversation is fantastic as well. Episode Sponsors Smart Choice Canopy Connect Agency Performance Partners Coverdesk

In this episode the Mayor's brother takes over as he releases his first ever subcast, and the first ever subcast of the Insurance Town Podcast. Chase Shearon has a vision to interview local Insurance agents to Arkansas and surrounding areas. This week he sits down with Sydney Hoffmans of iTrust Insurance in Little Rock Arkansas. 

In this episode the mayor sits down with, Pete Mohr . Pete Mohr is an entrepreneur who loves to help out entrepreneurs. He’s even writing a book that discusses his 5 P’s of successful entrepreneurship. This is a super fun conversation, Pete owns a shoe store called Shoetopia , and a business called Simplified Entrepeneurship . At Simplifying Entrepreneurship, he’s created tools, workshops and coac...

This week the Mayor got to sit down with Brian Edelman at Insuretech Connect 2021 live and have a great conversation with him about cyber insurance. Sponsors Canopy Connect Smart Choice Agency Performance Partners  Cover Desk

In this episode the Mayor was got the opportunity to sit down with new friend Ty Harris from Openly ! Openly is leading the way for so many other insurtech carriers. Ty and the Mayor talk everything from Poker to Insurtech and so many other cool topics. Ty breaks down Openly in a fun way and talks about the 50/50 blend of insurtech and traditional carrier . He talks about the cool features that Op...

Episode 100!!! WOW we made it Citizens !! how cool is this? I love each and every one of you guys. This episode is incredibly special . not only because of you my audience. but also my sponsors, and my incredible guest today!! SYD ROE! i love her so much. she is a sister to me, an inspiration and someone i love talking to. she did episode 1 and now i had to have her on episode 100.  We talk about...

This week the mayor sat down with his good friend Charles Specht . Charles is a Former producer turned Consultant, he’s also a keynote speaker, podcast host and oh yeah a minister too. These two had a great conversation beginning with a walk down memory lane. they talked about his story, they talked about his ministry, and the way he’s helping not only insureds but also other insurance agents win...

This week the Mayor had the opportunity to sit down with his new friends over at SALT: Jonathon Simmons and Casey Hege. They talk about utilizing technology in your agency. Casey comes from an agency back ground and Jonathon comes from a technology background this is a great conversation. We also discuss each of their stories and how they ended up where they are now. 

In this episode , the Mayor sat down with his buddy Steve Brossman from Australia. Steve is known as the 'Authority Catalyst' and we talk about how to become the leader in your market, FAST. With 30 years helping businesses stand out in their market, speaking to people in 15 countries to some of the worlds' leading business experts, he’s also a best selling author and just all around good dude. He...

In this episode the Mayor sits down with good buddy Lindsay Corran of Geovera , at InsureTech in Las Vegas. They talk about everything from her experiences at ITC , her story (which is great) , to what GeoVera is up to these days Sponsors Smart Choice Cover Desk Canopy Connect   Agency Performance Partners

In this episode , the Mayor has exclusive access and permission to ask whatever he wants! This episode is less about insurance and more about  Kelly Donahue Piro’s Story. It’s a lot of fun and they get pretty serious at times as well. Kelly is a very focused and incredibly successful business owner I’m our space. She has a passion for our industry and loves working with her clients everyday. Throu...

In this episode the Mayor got to sit down with his good friend Stacie King . You know her from her work with Agency Nation. She has her own company called Stacie King and Company . She is a champion of all things Social Media and a Cheerleader for digital communication and marketing. Stacie and the Mayor had a great conversation about all things social media and Marketing and then quickly the conv...

Throughout the next couple of months here in Insurance Town   we will be releasing a series of Bonus Episodes from the Mayor's Awesome adventures out in Las Vegas at this years Insuretech Connect conference 2021. This weeks special guests is Nichole Meyers of SwissRe Nichole Myers is Senior Vice President and Propositions Lead for the Americas. In her role she works with insurance carriers to find...

This week the Mayor sat down with his buddy Andrew Wynn of Ascend . These two had a great conversation about how Andrew has a desire to change the game for Agents when it comes to payments commissions etc. we started off on a walk down memory lane , where we got in to his past and how he got to where he is today , We talked about his time at Instacart and how that shaped his thoughts and alot of h...

Throughout the next couple of months here in Insurance Town  we will be releasing a series of Bonus Episodes from the Mayor’s Awesome adventures out in Las Vegas at this years Insuretech Connect conference 2021. This weeks special guests come from a company called Trust Layer! John Fohr is the visionary leader behind the concept and the brand . Alicia is the director is Strategic Initiative and bo...

In this episode the Mayor had the honor and privilege to visit with two bright young minds in our industry. Sydney Hedberg and Isabelle Repinski Both of these ladies come from large brokers in Marsh & Mclennan and Lockton Companies . They have so much to share with us on the topic of attracting young talent into our industry. These two insurance professionals are so wise beyond their young yea...

Throughout the next couple of months here in Insurance Town   we will be releasing a series of Bonus Episodes from the Mayor's Awesome adventures out in Las Vegas at this years Insuretech Connect conference 2021. This weeks special guests Lisa Fitzpatrick & Sue White come from a company called XcelABLE This was a fun conversation about their company and workers comp, return to work programs ,...

The mayor got to sit down with second-time guest John Bachmann !!!!! We had such a great time on this episode ! We talked about his new books , we quoted lots of movies and tv shows and laughed a lot. However we also talked a lot about everything from sales, marketing, claims, and one of my favorite topics , networking and building relationships. John is one of my favorite people in this industry...

Throughout the next couple of months here in Insurance Town we will be releasing a series of Bonus episodes from the Mayor's Adventures out in Las Vegas at this year Insuretech Connect Conference 2021 . This weeks Special Guest is my Man Rob Tate with Jornaya. This is a Company that I saw everywhere at the conference, they even sponsored the wifi. Jornaya helps you to know when your customer's are...

This week the mayor sat down with CEO and Founder of Wunderite , Peter MacDonald. We have such a phenomenal conversation about everything from Education to how to get that perfect top of stack Submission!!!  We travel down memory lane and discover a lot of similarities, we laugh a lot about various topics, and we learn a lot about various topics. That top of stack submission is crucial to writing...

Throughout the next couple months here in Insurance Town we will be releasing a series of Bonus episodes from the Mayors adventures out in Vegas at this years InsureTech Connect 2021 . This weeks Special Guest is Michael Reth from Axiom Connected . They are a digital-first company with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the automotive finance & insurance industries to help you improve you...