Agency Intelligence

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews past guest Olivia Schmitt, Select Business Unit Manager at TRICOR Insurance in Dubuque, Iowa. Olivia shares how she balances her life as a mother with her insurance career, the importance of schedule flexibility, and how emotional intelligence is impacting leadership roles.

In today´s episode of Agents Influence, host Jason Cass interviews Carey Anne Nadeau, Founder and CEO of ODN, Insurtech Founder and Data Expert. ODN predicts where car crashes are most likely to happen to increase the profitability of traditional auto insurance underwriting and telematics programs. Carey Ann Nadeau shares how she arrived in the big data industry and what her company ODN is able to accomplish and improve in the insurance field.

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass celebrates the Mother’s Day month of May with the Month of the Insurance Woman by welcoming Jill Roth, Executive Vice President at Ahart, Frinzi & Smith, the national young agent of the year for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) as well as one of their National InsurPac board members, and a proud mother and wife. Jill shares her expertise as an insurance agent, a vice president running an agency, and what it takes to multi-task in order to succeed in not just business, but also in your family life.

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass welcomes Erin Nutting, an agency owner of Integrity Insurance Services, a national speaker, a highly accomplished blogger, and a proud mother. Erin discusses her journey towards building her own business in the insurance industry, balancing changes in her life, and how the rewards and love of motherhood plays into her life. She offers honest personal stories and provides advice on how to grow in the insurance industry

There have been many changes in my agency and for the past 2 years, I have been hyper-focused on it for the past two years. Stay tuned as I lay out what it is and how it is working in my office. Then I take the conversation down a road I don't really want to travel but have to. Something has to be said, so I am filling that voice

In today´s episode of Agency Intelligence, host Jason Cass interviews Chris Greene, Owner and Insurance Agent at Community First Agency in Covington, Georgia, and President of The Flood Insurance Guru. Chris Greene offers up his expertise on creating his niche in flood insurance, building up his agency expertise, and being able to provide people with valuable industry education

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.