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How Insurance Brands Recapture Consumer Attention - ANR32
How Insurance Brands Recapture Consumer Attention - ANR32

Insurance brands are losing equity in the greater marketplace. Consumer brand retention continues to fall. Today we discuss how to change the course of insurance brands. ...and so much more. Get more Agency Nation Radio here: http://www.agencynation....

Posted: Jul 22, 2016

What Wine in a Can Teaches Us About Insurance Marketing
What Wine in a Can Teaches Us About Insurance Marketing

In this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Ryan and Marty break down the "Wine in a Can" trend and what insurance professionals can learn. In particular the time it takes micro-trends to become actual trends. Get more Agency Nation Radio: https://www.ag...

Posted: Jul 17, 2016

ANR30 - How to Differentiate Your Insurance Agency From the Competition
ANR30 - How to Differentiate Your Insurance Agency From the Competition

We all use the same tired descriptions to explain why our agency is different from the competition. It's officially time to change that. In this episode of Agency Nation Radio, we break down why the common insurance agency "Brags" are meaningless to...

Posted: Jul 07, 2016

Why Relationships Matter Most for Insurance Buyer Satisfaction
Why Relationships Matter Most for Insurance Buyer Satisfaction

For the first time in 6 years, small insurance companies have taken the lead for insurance buyer satisfaction. This is in large part due to the independent insurance agent sales force partnered with small insurance companies. Agents are still at the...

Posted: Jun 29, 2016

Will Usage-based Insurance Startups Change the Industry Landscape?
Will Usage-based Insurance Startups Change the Industry Landscape?

“Usage-based insurance is a unique or innovative thing because the industry historically has sort of been in a ‘purchase-once-and-forget’ mentality... I think it’s a real opportunity for the industry because it’s thinking about things in a completely...

Posted: Jun 27, 2016

Why Human Beings Need to Start Answering the Phone
Why Human Beings Need to Start Answering the Phone

In this episode of Agency Nation Radio we discuss the tough work of insurance industry trailblazing and why phone trees suck. Something as archaic as a phone tree has been a staple of the insurance agency for decades. But today’s customers don’t have...

Posted: Jun 15, 2016

When Technology Gets In the Way of Customer Experience
When Technology Gets In the Way of Customer Experience

Emily Huling, recently published an article on her blog with 17 Terrific Tips When Visiting Clients. The one we want to discuss is #14, where she recommends not using an iPad or any other technology when taking notes and meeting with new and old cli...

Posted: Jun 08, 2016

Why Silicon Valley Believes the Insurance Brokerage is Broken
Why Silicon Valley Believes the Insurance Brokerage is Broken

We have a lot of contention with today’s topic of discussion. Whitney Arthofer’s article on Tech Crunch “Insurance Brokerage is Broken” hits us where it hurts. It’s clear from this article that she’s never worked one single day as an insurance agent,...

Posted: May 17, 2016

Is the Microinsurance Trend About to Catch Fire?
Is the Microinsurance Trend About to Catch Fire?

In this episode, we discuss Drew Aldrich’s article on CBInsights, “Going Micro is the Next Big Thing for Insurance Tech”, breaks down how it works and shares a few tactics from the successful startups who helped bring microinsurance to the forefront...

Posted: May 09, 2016

2 Things You Must Do to Succeed as an Insurance Business
2 Things You Must Do to Succeed as an Insurance Business

Today we dissect the epic fall of the darling medical testing company, Theranos and what it means to the insurance industry. Once upon a time, Theranos was defended as one of the most ground-breaking companies, using unheard of and cutting edge micro...

Posted: May 02, 2016