Agency Intelligence

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews Jared Bellmund, Managing Partner at ALLCHOICE Insurance in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Jared Bellmund talks about the power of really getting to know potential clients through finding out their needs and engagement with them, not relying on social media for marketing, and the usefulness of having a downloadable app.  

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews Christian Moore, Owner and The Insurance Guy at The REAL Insurance Agency, and Founder of The Edgent in the Lexington, Kentucky area. Christian Moore talks about his quest for the truth and transparency, ways that his agency is structured and give back to their local community, being a Christian entrepreneur, pushing agents to focus on giving good advice, and holding steadfast to his integrity. 

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence podcast, host Jason Cass is joined by Mastermind member Daniel Seong who talks about his life and career in the insurance industry. Find out his advice to other agency owners.

Rand Fishkin is a world-class entrepreneur, best selling author and one of the most dynamic individuals in the marketing and entrepreneurial space, if not the world. His work has also played a major impact on the success of my own career and it was my great honor to share our conversation with you.

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews Jack Wingate, Founder and President of ALLCHOICE Insurance in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area. Jack Wingate talks about getting started in the insurance industry, what branding really means to him, the importance of being ok with not having all the answers so that you can find them, and why you need to spend some time outside of your agency.   

In today´s episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass has a discussion with Arleen Taveras & Ted Taveras who are both the President and COO of Spot On Insurance and ILSA and also the Co-Hosts of Spot On Insurance Podcast. Arleen Taveras & Ted Taveras talk about their backgrounds in technology, insurance, compliance and starting ILSA and Spot On Insurance, as well as developing their compliance courses and their Spot On Insurance Podcast.

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews Erik Garcia, Owner of Garcia Insurance Services, President at Garcia Financial Group, and Investment Advisor at New Century Financial Group, LLC. Erik Garcia discusses the differences between financial advising and financial planning, avoiding the one size fits all approach to financial planning, the concept of ‘fee compression,’ Dave Ramsey’s advice, and planning for your ideal future. 

David Davis went from traveling the world, solving Fortune 500 technology challenges to a single location independent insurance agency and is absolutely changing the game. Get more: https://ryanhanley.com

In today´s episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass has a discussion with Raghav Tanna, Chief Executive Officer of Tarmika, a company that is helping insurance agencies become more efficient through a single entry comparative rating solution. Raghav Tanna talks about how he got into the insurance industry working for his dad, the creation of Tarmika, Raghav’s goals for the independent agency system, the differences between indietech and insurtech, and how Tarmika is empowering independent agencies.

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Chad Spaide, Founder of Pure Potential Insurance Automation and President of BenefitSource Insurance Services. Chad Spaide talks about what it is like to run an agency, utilizing automation properly, converting his agency from paper to digital, risk management, customers needing to hear from agents, and getting agents onboard with automation conversions. 

Carey Wallace, CEO of IntellAgents, joins the podcast to explain how agents and associations can pool their data resources to build more efficient and valuable organizations. Get more: https://ryanhanley.com

In today's episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass has a discussion with David Carothers, Principal at Florida Risk Partners, Founder of Game Changers Marketing, Founder of Killing Commercial Insurance Sales Training, and Book Author at The Extra 2 Minutes. David Carothers and Jason Cass talk about commercial insurance, reinventing yourself, adapting what you learn to your business, and Killing Commercial Insurance Sales Training. 

Brian Ahearn, former Director of Learning at State Auto Insurance, explains how insurance agents harness the powers of influence and persuasion. Get more: https://ryanhanley.com

In today’s episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass has a discussion with Chris Langille, Founder of Advisor Evolved and Insurance Website Developer. Chris Langille talks about the new product offerings that are coming from Advisor Evolved, the problems with relying on word-of-mouth marketing, qualitative return-on-investment versus quantitative return-on-investment, and the power of Advisor Evolved websites. 

One of my favorite people in the whole world, Sydney Roe, joins the podcast to share the origin story to her superpowers. Get more: https://ryanhanley.com/

In today´s episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass has a discussion with Erin Nutting, Agency Owner of Integrity Insurance Services and one of the most frequent guests to the show. Erin Nutting opens up about her current relationship that has led to an engagement. Hear what Erin has learned about not just building stronger interpersonal connections, but also how things like empathy, communication, grace, and balance also have benefited her work life as well. 

Former rockstar turned high-performing insurance producer, Woody Brown, joins the podcast to explain how he learned to avoid the insurance celebrity trap and grow his business. Get more: https://ryanhanley.com

Today’s episode of Agents Influence, is a throwback to an interesting 2018 podcast Jason Cass did with Mark McLaughlin, IBM‘s Global Insurance Director. The two explore the insurance industry, its challenges, and the revolutionary solutions of the future. Mark share his opinion on the role technology will play in the insurance industry going forward.

Leadership and sales master guru, Brent Kelly, stops by the podcast to discuss why leaving the insurance industry isn't all its cracked up to be. Get more: https://ryanhanley.com

In today's episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass does a special episode where instead of an interview he talks about the presentation he is planning to give at the Edwardsville Economic Forecast Breakfast that is put on by Walt Williams, who is the economic director and development director in Illinois. Jason also covers his ideas on the pillars of business intelligence, ways data is transforming P2P business, and also why transformation is crucial to focus on as opposed to change.