IA Advantage Podcast

Chip sits down in person with friend and "intrapreneur", Bobbie Collies, VP of Distribution at Coterie, about the company's very innovative approach to small commercial insurance in support of independent agents.

For more information:

• Learn more about Coterie
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

Two friends of the show have made big career-changing moves recently. Chip brings them both together to share the exciting stories behind each of their moves, the what-if moments, and to exchange career advice.

For more information:

• Learn more about ACT
• Learn more about Vertafore
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

Chip sits down with Philip Charles-Pierre, CEO of Semsee, to talk about the past, present and future SEMCI technology platforms and what it all means for independent agents and IA companies. Plus a side conversation about what’s behind the HUB / Bold Penguin acquisition of Insureon! Pull up a chair.

For more information:

• Learn more about Semsee
• Take the 2022 Commercial Agent Survey
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

In 1896 the insurance industry was changed forever. It’s the oldest, largest insurance and most influential insurance industry trade association in the world. Chip talks with the current and future chairs of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America along with the CEO, Bob Rusbuldt, to learn how the Big "I" has supported independent insurance agents and brokers throughout the years.

For more information:

• Become a Big "I" member
• Get Recommended on TrustedChoice.com

It's a Beercast!  With big news and multiple things to celebrate, Chip sits down over beers with Reid Holzworth, CEO of IVANS, and co-founders of Ask Kodiak, Allan Egbert and Mike Albert to discuss their bold new plans for a better connected insurance industry.

Find out what's in store for the IA channel with the merger of these two insurtech heroes and why it means we can all break out the bubbly. 🍺

For more information:

• Learn more about IVANS
• Learn more about Ask Kodiak
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

Agents have more technology at their disposal than ever before. So why are so many still resorting to pen and paper? Find out in this episode when Chip speaks with startup insurtech founders, Peter MacDonald and Joe Schnare of Wunderite.

For more information:

• Learn more about Wunderite
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

Why was the Trusted Choice national co-brand for independent agents created in the first place? In part 2 of this podcast mini-series, Chip talks candidly with current and past chairs of Trusted Choice for a little history lesson and an intriguing look ahead at the future of IA branding and marketing in the post-COVID era.

Did you miss Part 1? Listen to: Why Be a Trusted Choice Agent? Part 1

For more information:

• Become a Big "I" member
• Fee Insurance Group
• Mason-McBride
• Hartland Insurance Agency
• Get Recommended on TrustedChoice.com

This podcast was almost a year in the making.  It’s not often that an historic mutual insurer like Central Insurance welcomes a new leader, especially one that isn’t yet 40 years old. 

On May 13, 2020, Evan Purmort took over the reins of 145-year old company right in the midst of a global pandemic. On top of that, the company was tackling some large-scale initiatives, including a major technology platform overhaul and a creative rebrand.

Chip checks in with Evan one year later to hear how it all went and what other new things are in store for this long-standing and widely-respected insurance company.

For more information:

Learn more about Central Insurance

Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

The latest Agent For The Future study reveals that high digital adopters grew 60% faster than low digital adopters. Chip sits down with Tyler Asher, President of Independent Agent Distribution at Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance, to learn more about the findings and how they reveal a clear path to help agents of any size transform and grow.

For more information:

• Report: Rise of the Digital Insurance Agency
• Learn More about Liberty Mutual and Safeco Agent for the Future
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com

In this bonus episode, Chip checks in with digital marketing expert, former employee, and new agency owner, Ryan Hanley. As the world was coming to grips with an unprecedented pandemic last March, Ryan was launching a brand new agency. Crazy? Or crazy like a fox? Learn how he did it, including the secret weapon that helped him succeed.

For more information:

• Learn more about Rogue Risk
• Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com