Insurance Leadership Podcast

Drew Shockley is the Senior Vice President of Training and Development for EverQuote, an online insurance marketplace founded in 2011, and he joins the Insurance Leadership Podcast to share his story about his involvement in the insurance industry which dates as far back as his teenage years. However, having the success he's had, Shockley shares his take on topics like leadership, acquisitions, an...

Chris Howard is the Head of the North American Market for Zurich, a multi-national insurance company spanning over 50,000 employees. With his experience in such a large company, Howard came for today's episode to talk about how big corporations take products to market.  In one of the top 10 largest insurance companies, how do you maintain relevancy and consistency? How should a company diversify p...

Rick Holmes is the founder and president of Lake Shore Benefits in Birmingham, Alabama. At age 24, Holmes started his own insurance agency dealing with disability and life insurance. However, over the years, he expanded outward and upward into the spaces of health, dental, vision, and the list goes on. Commanding a fleet of his own doesn't come without its challenges, though. On this episode of th...

James Benham is the co-founder and CEO of JBKnowledge and is back today for Part 2 of his original conversation with Ryan. Diving into the topics of machine learning and blockchain usage in the insurance industry, Benham gives us a broader scope of understanding of how the future may look. From new encryption technology to predictive analytics, you won't want to miss this episode of the Insurance...

On this episode of the Insurance Leadership Podcast, Ryan is excited to welcome James Benham, CEO, and Co-founder of JBKnowledge to break down how artificial intelligence and predictive analytics are at the forefront of modern insurance. With 25 years of insurance software experience, James has made incredible strides on the technological side of our industry. He explains how insurance tech innova...

In this month's episode, host Ryan Eaton revisits the most memorable snippets from each guest speaker's episode this season. Each speaker brought a different perspective of thought leadership in the ever-transforming insurance industry addressing a wide range of topics from acquisitions to technology.  

CEO of Amwins Connect, Becky Patel joins the podcast this month to talk about overcoming the enemies of growth. While growth is great, it can be hard to keep the forward momentum year over year. Becky has experienced this herself and shares her perspective on how to manage growth and prevent plateaus.

Eugene Starks joins the podcast to discuss his role as President of NAHU and how his leadership lessons have guided him through his career. From his role, Eugene is able to offer the podcast a new perspective on the future of the insurance industry.

Ryan Eaton dives into the very vital topic of self-leadership. In an ever-changing environment of balancing work, family. and faith, how do leaders learn to be both personally successful and interpersonally followable?

This episode's guest, Jim Ballew, is the President of 90 Degrees Benefits based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Whereas in previous episodes Ryan covers a large range of topics with guests, he largely focuses on Jim's experience with servant leadership.

Mike Sullivan, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Office at OneDigital, joins the podcast to discuss his outlook on the insurance industry and specifically, how his team at OneDigital identifies growth potential through agency acquisitions and other business decisions.

Greg Hatcher, owner of the Hatcher Agency, joins the podcast to talk about his experience starting an insurance agency and turning it into the top performing agency in Arkansas for 30 straight years. 

Sharon Alford, current VP of Director to Consumer & Individual plans at VSP joins the podcast to discuss the current technology landscape in the insurance industry and the race to build an all in one system or a "unicorn". As a leader in technology and innovation in the insurance field, Sharon shares her wealth of knowledge with host Ryan Eaton. 

Jude Thompson- current President/CEO of Delta Dental of KY and Game on Mouth Guards joins the podcast to talk about using blue ocean strategies in the world of business. He also touches on his previous leadership experience as Co-CEO of Papa Johns during his conversation with host Ryan Eaton.

David White, CEO of the Morgan White Group, joins the podcast to discuss his experience being a leader in the insurance field over the past 30 years. He goes over his three types of leaders, as well as advice that has been instrumental to his success.

In this podcast, Ryan identifies the need for leaders to cast a vision so their team has a clear direction to push forward.  He also explains how leaders don't have to know every outcome, as long as they have a clear purpose.