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Bold Penguin: Using Technology to Improve the Insurance Customer Experience
Bold Penguin: Using Technology to Improve the Insurance Customer Experience

Ilya Bodner, co-founder of Bold Penguin, joins Agency Nation Radio for chat about insurance technology improving the independent agent customer experience. No all insurtech is being built to "Disrupt" the independent agency channel. Bold Penguin is a...

Posted: Dec 01, 2016

What is Insurtech and Why Should Independent Agents Care?
What is Insurtech and Why Should Independent Agents Care?

The Insurtech Startup movement is certainly a hot topic within the insurance industry right now. But what is Insurtech? In this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Marty and Ryan examine what is means to be an insurtech company and whether or not Trusted...

Posted: Nov 29, 2016

Boyd McGehee Explains How to Choose an Agency Management System
Boyd McGehee Explains How to Choose an Agency Management System

After 6 years of searching for a new agency management system, Boyd McGehee, principle of a 3rd generation, 100 year-old agency in Alabama, made the decision to switch agency management systems. Not an easy process. On this is episode of Agency Natin...

Posted: Nov 20, 2016

How InsurTech Startups Die - ANR46
How InsurTech Startups Die - ANR46

In this episode of Agency Nation Radio we discuss the tale of two insurance startups: ESurance and eCoverage. Taking cues from an excellent article in CBInsights, Ryan Hanley and Marty Agather breakdown the missing piece in most insurtech startups. G...

Posted: Nov 14, 2016

Government Affairs: Unsung Heros of the Independent Insurance Industry
Government Affairs: Unsung Heros of the Independent Insurance Industry

Nathan Riedel, VP of Political Affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, joins Agency Nation Radio to breakdown the very important, yet often overlooked, work done by the Big I Government Affairs team. Seriously, we insuran...

Posted: Oct 31, 2016

When Selling Small Business Insurance Becomes a Battlefield - ANR44
When Selling Small Business Insurance Becomes a Battlefield - ANR44

Insurtech startups are gunning for the small business insurance marketplace. Selling small business insurance has become a battlefield. Are you ready? Get more Agency Nation Radio here.

Posted: Oct 24, 2016

Nyssa Lieder, TrustedChoice.com SEO Master Guru, on the Secret to Ranking in Search
Nyssa Lieder, TrustedChoice.com SEO Master Guru, on the Secret to Ranking in Search

SEO doesn't have to be like the Wizard of OZ behind a curtain. There aren't tactics, tricks and gimmicks. SEO is a set of technical best practices for delivering value via search engine. In this episode Nyssa Lieder spills the beans on SEO best pract...

Posted: Oct 21, 2016

The Scavenger Hunt that is Buying Insurance Online - ANR42
The Scavenger Hunt that is Buying Insurance Online - ANR42

The online insurance buying process in NOT linear. In this episode of Agency Nation Radio we explain what really happens... Get more Agency Nation Radio here.

Posted: Oct 17, 2016

Improve Your Phone Skills Through the Power of 30 Seconds - ANR41
Improve Your Phone Skills Through the Power of 30 Seconds - ANR41

Marty Agather interviews Kevin Brandt about new Trusted Choice phone skill initiative titled, "The Power of 30 Seconds." Phone skills are incredibly important to the success of every independent insurance agency. Yet, most agencies just assume their...

Posted: Oct 05, 2016

ANR40 - The Inbound Marketing Tactic Top Producers Don't Want You to Know
ANR40 - The Inbound Marketing Tactic Top Producers Don't Want You to Know

In this episode of Agency Nation Radio, we get Marty Agather back for a dynamic conversion on inbound marketing. Specifically, we explain the one inbound marketing tactic that the most successful agencies have put into practice that everyone else is...

Posted: Sep 28, 2016