Power Women In Insurance

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Faye Saxon Horton, founder of  I Sell Medicare Plans, which helps agents across the country find their flow in selling Medicare, Final Expense, ACA, and other products. Episode Highlights: Faye shares her journey in the insurance industry. (1:19) Faye shares what I Sell Medicare Plans is all about. (4:22) Faye mentions her I Sell M...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Melissa Pierzina, an instructor with ExamFX who helps people pass the licensing exam and achieve careers in the insurance industry. Episode Highlights: Melissa shares her journey into the insurance industry. (1:05) Melissa mentions the emotional journey of how she found her way into education and insurance. (4:07) Melissa shares ho...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Michelle Mosher, Owner of Southshore Insurance Professionals, LLC. Michelle and Teresa discuss the roofing situation in Florida, social media dominance, and how she masters the Florida insurance market. Episode Highlights: Michelle shares her background in the insurance industry. (1:42) What has surprised Michelle most about being...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Rebecca Davis, Agency Principal at Kannonball Insurance Solutions LLC. Medicare Wonder Woman, Rebecca Davis talks to us about how she focused her career, built a national medicare agency and found her soul huddle of women to help her achieve greatness. Episode Highlights: Rebecca shares her background in the insurance industry. (2:...

In this episode of Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Jordan Mckay, Marketing Manager at Paradiso Financial and Insurance Services. Jordan is the Data/Social Media guru at the Paradiso Agency. Episode Highlights: Jordan shares how she got into the insurance industry. (1:55) Jordan talks about managing her virtual assistants. (3:31) Jordan shares how they find balance in the marketing...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Teresa discusses something she often hears people talking about: the struggle to "have it all"...balance family, career, kids, and public service. Teresa talks about her 18 years as an agency owner and how she has learned to have it all. Episode Highlights: Teresa mentions the insurance conference she attended recently. (2:20) Teresa shares her chal...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Michelle Schaefer, Owner of Farmers Insurance. Michelle and Teresa chat about her journey from being homeless, to being a Farmers Agency Owner in Oklahoma. They also discuss how she’s impacted her local community with the statue she helped create in front of her office called, "You Go Girl". Episode Highlights: Michelle shares...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Lisa Hast, Agency Principal at Iron Rock Insurance. Lisa left the family-owned agency that she had been a part of for 35 years to forge out on her own. With her ingenuity and dedication, she has rocked it amid COVID and she is on her way to major agency success. Episode Highlights: Lisa shares how she got into the insurance ind...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Una Roy, Vice President of Operations at Excalibur Insurance Group. Teresa and Una discuss being a woman in the insurance space, building a team, and how DISC profiles and building an open, communication-driven culture make all the difference. Episode Highlights: Una shares her background. (1:24) Una discusses how she fosters t...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Teresa sits down with Ashley Fitzsimmons, the Director of Professional Development at Ohio Insurance Agents Association, Inc. Ashley chats about utilizing a state association for their resources, knowledge, and opportunities within their agency. They also discuss how to step up and take a leadership "voice" in the industry. Episode Highlights: Ashle...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Aurora Mullett, the Agency Owner of Intrinsic Insurance Services, sits down with Teresa Kitchens to discuss how she got into insurance, how she niched, and how she pulls in her local network to bring value to the industry. In addition, she has a great message about learning from everyone, and being "gender blind" in seeking assistance in this indust...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Jourdan Kitchens, the Senior Risk Manager at Bailey Family Insurance joins the podcast. Jourdan explores being a millennial in insurance and how her background in the restaurant industry helped her to bring excellent service as a Risk Manager. Episode Highlights: Jourdan shares her background. (3:21) Jourdan discusses her personal and professional g...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance, Christine Bailey, the CEO at Bailey Family Insurance joins the podcast. Christine shares how she found her way into the insurance industry, and how having the right processes and systems in place is helping their agency grow and scale. Episode Highlights: Christine shares how she found her way into the insurance industry. (1:02) Christine mentions w...

In this episode of the Power Women In Insurance podcast, host Teresa Kitchens interviews Elizabeth Culley, the Owner of Culley Insurance Group. Elizabeth talks about her career in the insurance industry and how she is using automation to take her agency to the next level. Episode Highlights: Elizabeth shares her background. (1:06) How did Elizabeth get into the insurance industry? (1:50) Does Eliz...

In this episode of the Power Women in Insurance podcast, host Teresa Kitchens interviews Monica Adwani, Vice President and Director of Marketing & Sales at Risman Insurance Agencies. Monica talks about the ups and downs of her career in the insurance industry and how she was able to step forward and transform her life. Episode Highlights: Monica shares how she got into the insurance industry. (2:3...

Meet Blythe Donovan, a senior producer/ sales team lead at MVP out of Oklahoma. She is also a joyful speaker, life coach, writer, and mom who has a passion for spreading joy and taking care of people in business and life. In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Blythe shares her insurance journey which started 2 years ago after being a serial entrepreneur for many years. She explains how...

Meet Katlyn Eggar, the Director of Education and Development at Quantum Assurance International. She creates game-plans for agents who want to transform their insurance agencies into high performing sales operations that can compete for the long term.  In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Katlyn describes how she began her insurance journey 9 years ago within the captive ecosystem befo...

In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Teresa speaks with her children Geoff and Kaleigh Kitchens about their experience growing up as the children of an insurance entrepreneur. They explain the entrepreneurial lessons they learned from their mother and the challenges of having a mentally absent entrepreneur mother. Listen in to learn the importance of maintaining a close relationship wi...

Meet Ashley Mastowski, an independent insurance agency owner at First Choice Insurance out of Las Vegas. She has over 20 years of customer service and sales in the insurance industry and now helps families protect their assets and loved ones against the unexpected.  In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Ashley shares her insurance journey from an office manager in a captive insurance ag...

Meet Colleen Blum, the vice president at Combs and Company in New York and the host of Try and Stop Me Podcast. She runs all the sales for employee benefits and provides business owners with solutions on how they can implement benefits such as Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability insurance within their budget.  In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Teresa speaks with Colleen as...

Meet Kristen Drussel, the vice president of sales with KC insurance in Kansas City. KC insurance is a referral-based independent agency that strives to help clients during their home buying process to ensure their most valuable investments are protected. In this episode of The Power Women in Insurance, Kristen shares her insurance journey that started with her not even knowing what it was and work...

Tara Bries is the director of client relations and a life insurance specialist at KC insurance group in Kansas City. She is passionate about serving and supporting customers as well as being an integral part of the KC insurance team.  In this episode of the Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Teresa speaks with Tara as she shares her insurance journey that starter in 2013 and her experience at KC si...

Mary Lyons is a financial advisor and the founder of the Wealth Woman. She helps create more spendable income in retirement using traditional financial vehicles in innovative ways.  In this episode of the Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Teresa speaks with Mary about her journey in the insurance industry which she describes as very challenging when she first started. She admits having landed in t...

In this episode of the Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Teresa hosts a solo episode to mark the 30th episode of the show. She talks about her favorite moments of the show and the powerful nuggets she  has learned from guests and is implementing herself. Listen in to learn the importance of setting 3-5 goals to define your agency’s priorities for the coming  year 2021. You will also learn the powe...

Beth DeLaForest is an independent insurance owner at Aspire Insurance Group in Wisconsin, is part of the women of IAOA, and a member of the Insurance Producers Network. Her agency just acquired the Aspire insurance agency and is currently adjusting positively to the new changes. In this episode of the Power Women in Insurance Podcast, Teresa speaks with Beth on how the idea of acquiring an agency...