Power Producers Podcast

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Trace Meek, Founder of Fetch. Trace explains how Fetch helps insurance agents find policy-specific carriers and discusses the launch of a new product called Ask Fetch, which utilizes machine learning to teach AI about insurance underwriting. Episode Highlights: Trace explains how Fetch, an underwriting...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Donald Shampine, President of Michigan Insurance Group. They discuss the importance of knowledge and education in the sales process, the challenges of starting and running an agency, and the benefits of being involved in industry associations. Episode Highlights: Don shares his journey of how he entere...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck discuss how important it is to solve problems instead of selling a product because as prospects share information, the higher the chances are of being able to close a sale.  Episode Highlights: David mentions that he’s beginning to believe that many agents do not understand how to identify and solve pr...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Peter Dunn, Sr. Vice President, Commercial Division at DHI Commercial Roofing. Peter Dunn discusses DHI Commercial Roofing's proactive approach to roof inspections and maintenance recommendations, as well as its use of technology to monitor weather events, and the importance of understanding insurance...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Jacob Simon, Founder & CEO at Adapt API. They discuss the benefits of using Adapt API to streamline processes and automate repetitive tasks and the challenges of automating the exchange of information between carriers and agencies.  Episode Highlights: Jacob explains that account managers are actually...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and guest co-host Josh Gurley discuss various topics related to the insurance industry, including the challenges of the hard market and the importance of branding and building strong relationships.  Episode Highlights: David discusses the challenges of a hard market, including increased rates and longer processing times for applicatio...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Will Shaw, CEO, and co-founder of Better Agency. Will discusses InsurTech, commercial aspects, and how agency owners grow their businesses more effectively with Better Agency. Episode Highlights: Will talks about his time as an NFL player. (5:42) Will responds to the question of how he was ab...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and guest co-host Jason Cass, interview Dr. Billy Williams, CEO of Williams Family Investment Group and President of Inspire a Nation Business Mentoring. They talk about the four types of discipline, the five levels of leadership, and how investment allows you to accomplish more of what you want.   Episode Highlights: Billy...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and guest co-host Josh Gurley discuss the challenges of navigating the hard market in the insurance industry, the importance of understanding reinsurance, and providing accurate information to underwriters.  Episode Highlights: David mentions that it's essential to understand how to converse with clients and prospects about how the ha...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Angel Rojas, CEO of DataCorps Technology Solutions, Inc. Angel discusses what cybersecurity is all about and the five best practices that every business should implement. Episode Highlights: Angel shares his background. (2:10) Angel shares what he sees in the current marketplace. (9:58) Angel...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Josh Braun, a Sales Guru, and host of the Inside Selling Podcast. Josh discusses his approach to sales and how mindfulness training can help you lower the zone of resistance people often have with salespeople. Episode Highlights: Josh shares that he began his sales career as a kindergarten teacher, sel...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers reveals that his single biggest affliction also serves as his most powerful superpower, and discusses the importance of self-care and how the pressure to emulate "perfect" role models can set newer producers up for disappointment.  Episode Highlights: David discusses his childhood experiences with ADHD and how it affected him in schoo...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Lorin Montgomery, Vice President at Corporate Insurance Advisors, LLC. Lorin talks about her journey to moving from the company side to the brokerage side. Episode Highlights: Lorin shares her background. (2:26) Lorin shares a story of how she moved from the company side to the brokerage side...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Anurag Sha, CEO & Co-Founder of Aureus Analytics. Anurag discusses the use of AI and machine learning in the insurance industry. They talk about Donna for Agents and discuss the future of AI and machine learning in the insurance industry. Episode Highlights: Anurag discusses the advancement of AI and m...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck talk about the importance of having driver selection criteria established on the front-end and communicating that to your clients. Episode Highlights: David talks about the call that he had with someone where they talked about a contentious meeting all based on having drivers with bad driving record. (...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Bharath Bangalore, Founder of Blue Ocean Strategic Partners. Bharath discusses process efficiency, automation, and the impact of technology on the insurance industry.  Episode Highlights: Bharath discusses his background in finance and how his experience working at Ritz Carlton and Peninsula Hotels sha...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Erika Andresen, Business Continuity Expert at EaaS Consulting. Erika shares her expertise in business continuity planning for disasters and business interruptions. She highlights the importance of preparing for communication loss, and developing a 12-week plan to secure your business. Listen and learn...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck talk about some of the difficulties they have encountered when working with construction accounts.  Episode Highlights: Kyle shares that learning centers are the best, and for him, the library is the original learning center. (1:33) David shares his first new favorite thing, which he finds awesome. (4:...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Rick Elmore, CEO and Founder of Simply Noted. Rick discusses the benefits of sending handwritten notes, both in terms of building relationships and increasing customer loyalty, and how Simply Noted can help businesses grow authentically. Episode Highlights: Rick explains that Simply Noted is a platform...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Scott Knowles, CEO of Loss Scan. Scott discusses the features of Loss Scan, which uses AI to turn loss runs into data, and how it could benefit the insurance industry. Episode Highlights: Scott shares his background in the insurance industry, and how they developed an AI system that can extract informa...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck talk about their experience when dealing with difficult clients. Episode Highlights: David shares a story about an account that was referred to them by one of Kyle's referral partners. (6:52) David mentions what happened to that account. (7:37) David mentions his response to the client. (10:47) David s...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Ryan Dunn, Director of Insurance at Trava. Ryan discusses the importance of being proactive with cyber insurance, how to leverage cyber to earn new business, and how Trava is enabling agents to collect internal infrastructure data and provide it to carriers for cyber underwriting. Episode Highlights: R...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Dulce Suarez-Resnick, Vice President of Sales at Acentria Insurance. Dulce discusses how Acentria Insurance leverages technology to streamline the insurance process and improve customer experiences. Episode Highlights: Dulce shares that she has been in the insurance industry for 37 years, starting at 1...

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck sit down with Clayton Wood, Managing Partner at C.B. Wood Financial. They discuss Clayton's book, The Chronic Cost, and how it can help companies with 50 to 500 employees better understand and save money in the employee benefit buying process. Episode Highlights: Clayton explains that the book, The Chr...

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Andy Phillips, Author of Round Zero: Inside the NFL Draft. Andy discusses the Round Zero book, which focuses on the football draft process and gave him the opportunity to interview various individuals such as agents, coaches, players, and general managers to get a better understanding of what goes on i...