Insurance Leadership Podcast

In this month’s episode, Ryan Eaton welcomes Cabe Chadick. Cabe is the President and Managing Principal at Lewis & Ellis Actuaries and Consultants in Dallas, Texas. As a product developer and accident and health insurance analyst, he shares insights on product development. 

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, and salesmanship. What does it even mean to have a “selling mindset”? How do you grow your company in an acquisition? How do top-of-the-line leaders actually do it?

If you’ve found yourself intrigued, join us on this episode of the Insurance Leadership to hear more about Drew Shockley and his input on the insurance industry.

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 products for a globalized approach? Howard dives into the ins and outs of what large-scale insurance companies implement in order to run smoothly. If you have these questions or more, you won’t want to miss this episode of the Insurance Leadership Podcast.

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 the Insurance Leadership Podcast, Holmes breaks down the ins and outs of starting your own agency. From humble beginnings, he walks through the different facets of his journey to hopefully help someone trying to start their own humble beginnings from forming an LLC and cold calling to opening an office space.

You won’t want to miss this insider wisdom. Tune in to this episode of the Insurance Leadership Podcast, and soak in the invaluable knowledge Rick Holmes brings to the table.

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 Leadership Podcast.

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 innovations are the key to being successful in a growing business. 

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?