Agency Intelligence

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass has an informative discussion with Bradley Flowers, owner of Portal Insurance and co-host of The Insurance Guys podcast. Gain insight on advancing your agency and insurance business from proper networking and relationship-building techniques, best practices for communicating with clients, and the things that Bradley Flowers learned from Gary Vaynerchuk.

In today's episode of Agents Influence podcast, Jason Cass chats with Ed Higgins, owner of Thousand Islands Insurance Agency. Ed Higgins has been working on a plan to bring to the attention to our state regulators that the online and on TV commercials are misleading and are not a true representation of the policy they are selling. Higgins, agent since 1974, who has been on the cutting edge of technology for decades, also talks about agents need to do to provide more value and a better experience to customers than the primary providers.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass records a Valentine's Day Special Facebook Live Event in which he interviews insurance power couple, Jeff Roy and Una Roy from Excalibur Insurance. They discuss the dynamics of being a couple within the workplace, maternity leave, differing insurance rates, and other details of the insurance business.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass speaks with CEO of Zinc Insurance, Seth Zaremba. Seth speaks about the history of his career in the industry and Seth and Jason discuss the way data is changing insurance, what the place of the agent is in the new insurance business taking shape now, and the form the agency business needs to take to respond effectively to the power and value that data is bringing to insurance.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass is joined by Wessly Anderson to discuss the state of efficiency-improving data implementation in the insurance industry, and ways to strengthen the operation of an agency through data and outsourcing. Updating agency practices for the present moment with modern technology can be a painful growing process, but it's ultimately necessary for an agency to remain competitive.

In this episode of Agent's Influence, we throw it back to a podcast from 2 years ago that predicts the future of the insurance industry. Take a listen as Jason Cass interviews Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research about the future of AI, the difference between change and transformation, and how to anticipate future trends in technology.

In this episode of Agent's Influence podcast, Jason Cass has Wessly Anderson as a special co-host. Jason and Wessly interview Nicholas Ayers and talk about all things leads, marketing, and the magic of having a process.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass offers a solo discussion, where he gives you access to his curated collection of special insurance industry professionals that you should be learning from, just like he has. Better your agency business by getting familiar with these men and women who span across a wide range of agency needs, from marketing to automation...and beyond.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass sits with four change agents in the insurance industry, Wessly Anderson, Preston Schmidli, Nicholas Ayers and Ryan Hanley, for another special Facebook Live event. They talk about all things marketing, sales, and how to generate the best leads. This is an episode you won't want to miss.

In today’s episode of Agent’s Influence, Jason Cass interviews Daniel Faggella, CEO and Founder of Emerj. Daniel gives us the 401 on artificial intelligence, insurance, and how we can apply it to our own agency.

In today's episode of Agent's Influence, Jason Cass interviews Robb Zbierski, Professional Speaker, Instructor and Coach at Freedom Personal Development. Robb teaches us how we can hack our brains to be more successful. The difference between a business continuing and failing is a mindset. Check out Robb's book "Master your Mind" to learn more about how you can hack your brain. 

In today's episode of Agent's Influence, we have Part 2 of the special Facebook live event with Jason Cass and Ryan Hanley. As we listen to the second part of the series, Ryan and Jason talk about growing a business and being profitable. The two also delve into the workings of digital marketing.

Jason Cass and Ryan Hanley got together around Thanksgiving for a special Facebook live event that was so good we turned it into a two-part podcast!  Previously at Agency Nation before making the move to Bold Penguin, Ryan has become a key voice in insurance and marketing. We hear Ryan go through the process of finding his "thing" and what he should do next in his career. Jason and Ryan also talk about marketing and what it takes to be an independent agent.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass chats with Miles Merwin, Founder and President of Advisors Insurance Agency. Jason and Miles talk about preparing for retirement within insurance and what that means for each person.

Jason Cass shares the overwhelming response to his previous podcast, "Special Episode: My Story I Was Told Not to Tell. Here It Is...". Here are a few of their stories.

In 2013, I was told to take down my website or I would be black balled in the industry. Obviously I never did, but I suffered greatly for it and until today I was too scared to tell the story. But now I have a buddy in the industry who is suffering, and I think my story is probably his story. This is actually the story of many agents who are trying to change the status quo and are being silenced by those who are trying to keep it. So here is my story...

In today's episode of Agent's Influence, host Jason Cass interviews Reid French, CEO of Applied Systems. The two talk about the progression of insurance over the years and discuss the recent developments between Applied Systems and Google. Reid shares what he believes is in store for the insurance industry.

In today's episode of Agent's Influence, host Jason Cass interviews Tariq Valente, Head of Business Development at Surfly. Tariq helps businesses connect more profoundly with their clients. Expectations and a shared understanding are two components of a successful customer experience. Jason and Tariq talk about the evolution of customer experience and how insurance is evolving.

In today's episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews Olivia Schmitt, Select Business Unit Manager at TRICOR Insurance. Jason and Olivia discuss managing select, smaller premiums. They delve into the importance of leveraging smaller clients and how to use technology to enable rock solid processes.

In today's episode of Agents Intelligence podcast, host Jason Cass interviews Wessly Anderson, CTO of Agency VA. Jason and Wessly discuss innovation and transformation in the insurance industry ranging from new data solutions to new agency strategies.