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This is the Insurance Chatter! What is the insurance industry talking about? What problems are insurtechs solving? What trends are agents, brokers, underwriters and executives thinking about? Every week, I sit down with a different person from across the insurance industry to discuss what's happening in their niche markets. I want to give you a behind the scenes look at risk, technology, data and culture within one of the most exciting business sectors. Follow along to get pumped and see where they insurance industry is headed!
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Today I am sitting down with Mark Smith, 🎉 President of K2 Insurance Services a specialty MGA that is set to write nearly $1.5 Billion dollars of premium this year! 💵Mark has spent over 30 years in the insurance industry, and as he states, "life has been good to me." 🎯 Over his 30 years, he's gone coast to coast, and he's been successful at every step of his career.He started out as an actuary geek, 📝 then developed a deep skill set to manage and run teams and divisions of insurance with a fo...
Today I'm sitting down with 💪 Abraham Boling, CEO and founder of Insurance Professionals, a cluster group with over 600 independent agents.Abe is the true definition of 💥 self-made, self-built, and determined to work his way out of poverty to the top. He knew he wanted to create a legacy and revenue stream that could give his family of six the life they deserved. 🚨He got his start with Aflac and quickly pivoted to founding his own independent agency called Contractors Insurance NW INC. 🙌 He s...
🙋Today, I'm sitting down with Kevin, the president of Cover Whale. I've been following their company for a while and have been impressed; They've already written 💰$100 million in premiums so far this year, and they're aiming to double that in the second half of the year.Listen 🎧 in as he tells us how they're insurtech 2.0—driving growth while maintaining market-leading loss ratios, focusing on profitability and leveraging data to make roads safer and save lives! 🙌Kevin has grown up in the ins...
🌞We're back with another Chatter episode!Today I'm sitting down with Troy Korsgaden—a highly sought-after insurance and financial services consultant. 🥇 Troy is a man who never stops innovating and learning. 🎙️ He's got a lot of energy, a ton of charisma, and a real gift for connecting with his audience and moving the insurance industry forward—🌟and now he's sharing his best tips with you!Troy is known for being a man who can make a room full of people laugh. But he's also a man who can make ...
Today I'm sitting down with Adam Keifer, CEO & Co-Founder of Talage.You may have seen him ripping it up on the University of 🏈Nevada football team—he was shooting for the NFL, but he ended up landing in the second-best career: 💲Insurance!He got his start at a local independent agency in Reno that was eventually acquired by Wells Fargo. He credits his agency roots and mentor, Dave Strickler, with helping him realize that there was a huge opportunity to revolutionize small business in...
Dan Keough is a man of many talents 🙌 . But that's not the only thing that sets him apart —it's his WHY. Dan strives to contribute something bigger than himself, and he owes much of his success to this principle.Growing up in Chicago, IL, 👨Dan's baseball career brought him to the University of Iowa and kept him there until he decided to take a shot at the insurance industry.His father's cousin was working for Arthur J. Gallagher, so Dan was able to get an internship that eventually led to an ...
💭Caleb Whitehouse is the Master of Solutions at Scottish American, a Managing General Agent (MGA) in the insurance industry. Caleb's journey from the basement to the ground floor to the top floor is an inspiring one that has taught him how to truly master his craft, empower and mentor others, and believe in himself. 🙏 He has always been guided by a higher power and now he is paying it forward in creating an entrepreneurial culture that helps his team members do their best work possible and be...
🔥Today I am sitting down with Scott Carpinteri; a true maverick in the insurance industry, driven to change its perception and bring it into the future.Scott Carpinteri was ahead of his time, pursuing a degree in the insurance field (Actuarial Science) when it was a relatively new thing to do so. 📚He jokingly laughs that he is tired of insurance being the redheaded stepchild of the financial industry and actively works with many risk management programs around the US to bring young talent🎓 in...
Today's guest is Jeremy Gluck, president of AEGIS General Insurance Agency 🏡 where he manages nearly $200 Million of annual affordable housing premium. Jeremy Gluck 🎓 graduated from Western Colorado University and at the last minute pivoted from ski bum ⛷ to the reinsurance industry. He was fortunate enough to start his career 💼 under Rod Fox (founder of TigerRisk Partners🦊) and credits Rod with instilling a winning attitude, grinding harder than anyone else, and above all advocating and putt...
👍 Bell graduated from the University of Montana in 1996 and began his career with Chubb. Shortly after 9-11 Bell was recruited by Chubb to help found Allied World Assurance Company, a publicly-traded global (re)insurance company that Chubb capitalized in conjunction with AIG and Gold Sachs Capital Partners. 📈 He launched Allied Worlds Professional Lines, ultimately becoming the Chief Operating Officer.After 10 years of leadership at AWAC David was given the opportunity to move back home...
Today's guest is 🕴Robert Kimmel, CEO and Co-Founder of K2 Insurance Services, the sleeper general insurance agency in the country, has been on a roll since he launched this business in 2011. K2 Insurance Services has grown from $0 to $1.4 billion🚀🚀 of annual premium written and he's done it by being different and creating a culture that attracts top talent to K2 Insurance Services.Robert Kimmel had always been an entrepreneur at heart. When he was in college, his roommates father offered him ...
Have you ever wondered what it takes to succeed in the insurance industry?I sat down with the perpetually driven Rod Fox to talk about his success story—and trust me, you don't want to miss this one! It involves a cabin in the woods, horses, and fire!Rod Fox is the real deal and he lives with a healthy dose of risk, an unrelenting drive, and a passion to lead a great life capitalizing on hard fought victories.He's one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet, and he's got the accolades...
🙋Today I am honored to sit down with a truly exceptional man.Garrett Droege is not your typical insurance guru🌐 . He rose to fame as an actor, making an appearance in shows like Dawson Creek and One Tree Hill but Garrett quickly learned that stand-in cameos wouldn't pay the bills 🎬 for his new family. So he temporarily took a position at his father-in-law's insurance agency. After scratching his head over the way they did business, faxing and mailing correspondence, he knew there had to be a ...
Peter MacDonald has been a part of the insurance industry since birth.🤓His father started his own agency in the early 80s, and Peter worked there throughout high school and college. He quickly became fascinated with all things insurance, and after graduating from Wheaton College in 2010 and traveling around the world 📍, he officially joined forces with his father to help grow their family business.It was at this point that Peter began meeting with other successful MarshBerry agencies and lear...
Today I'm really excited to sit down with 🌟 Grace Meek, the CEO of Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC; a wholly owned subsidiary of Homesite Insurance. Grace is a powerhouse who has risen through the ranks at some of the world's top insurance companies, from actuary to managing large books of business to forming entire specialty insurance programs 🙌 . I can say without a doubt that she is a woman who knows what she wants and is willing to work hard for it.🏆Grace graduated from Stony Brook Uni...
Today I am sitting down with Peter Hearn, the Chief Executive Officer of Guy Carpenter and a member of the Marsh McLennan Companies Executive Committee.👔 After his Sophomore year of college, Peter opted out of playing hockey🏑 and pounding nails🦺 to study abroad and work as an intern at Willis Faber Dumas in London. He has spent the next 44 years working with other high-profile insurance companies such as Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby (Tower Watson), Willis Re and Guy Carpenter & Com...
I'm Reghan Brandt, and this is the Insurance Chatter - an insurance industry podcast that identifies market trends, insurtech tools, and ways to recruit new talent to the industry. I take a love for the insurance industry, mix it with excitement and enthusiasm and stir in a bunch of sarcasm and "crass humor." We all know the insuran is one of the oldest industries on the planet. We also know it's not cool right? I mean, who wants to go into a career that their Dad or Grandpa went into b...
Bill Cotter is a man who has seen it all. 🌍He's been around the world, and he's no stranger to success. There's not much that can take this man by surprise, but when it comes to his📊 leadership and management of Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, he's got an eye for detail that shows in everything he does.Bill has led a nomadic life- 🙌from New York to Hong Kong to Seattle he brings a wealth of experience and institutional knowledge to his team. 🚁He cred...
Chris Senskible is no stranger to success 💯. He is one of the top talents to come out of the Silicon Prairie, and today I could not be more excited to share his story🏰.Chris is a man who knows his purpose, and he's not afraid to pursue it with everything that he has. He is a competitor who lives for the thrill of competition—whether it's on the football field 🏈(glory days at University of Nebraska at Kearney) or in business, he's always going hard.About a decade ago, Chris would take his work...
🌟Let's get to it.Today I am so excited to sit down with Dr. Billy R Williams today. He’s a true genius, mentor, investor and leader in the insurance industry. 🔥 We are grateful for his military service and when he was getting ready to retire from the military in 1999; 💯he knew he was ready to dive into his true entrepreneurial spirit and make his family generational wealth. 💪 Listen to him share how he did not “land” in insurance but chose it because he knew insurance drives the entire econom...
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