Insurance, You Indemnify Me
“Insurance, You Indemnify Me" - With Shawn Michael Walker (SVP at Premier Group Insurance, A Top 50 Insurance agency in the US, doubling in size every three years.) What to expect on the POD cast: Come for the funny, lively, real conversations. Stay for the insurance content you are dying for. The stories will be hilarious, the content will help you grow as an industry professional, no matter if you are a senior leader at a carrier, or a brand new Captive or independent agent. On this podcast you will hear interviews from three different Segments: First and foremost, AGENTS. How are they and what are they doing to provide “So Much More to their clients and Carriers”. Their funniest stories. And More. Second, the Carriers. Senior leaders, Local leaders. Carriers have deep bench strength in their knowledge vault. How they do “So Much More” for the Agents... We’ll introduce you to their side of the equation, in a way you have not seen yet. Third, Insurance vendors. #Insuretech. CRMs, lead providers, All things that we should consider as agents and carriers to make life better for the Independent Distribution channel. These are going to be no nonsense interviews on what the product does, why it is worth it, etc. I’ll push them to know what makes their Tech or angle better than the next tech company.I’ll try to get one done a week. Come back for more, and share the shiz out of these shows! If we interview your agent friends, show him some love by sharing! Make him/her/other accepted pronouns, famous. Contact me for show ideas or Interviewees. ShawnW@pgiagents.com ***Disclaimer: This content is intended for informational purposes only. Nothing stated in this content is intended to modify, change or adjust coverage to any insurance policy you have or may obtain from an insurance carrier now or in the future. This content is not intended to be relied on as legal or medical advice. While a good faith effort has been made to verify the claims in this content, we make no guarantee that this content is free from all mistakes or errors. Copyright © 2021 Premier Group Insurance, Inc. All rights reserved.
Insurance, You Indemnify Me
Insurance, You Indemnify Me: Season 2 Ep.10 Ron Wadley, owner of Insurance for Texans .
Ron Wadley is nothing short of a Famous agent. To many, he is known as Uncle Ron! He was an actuary before he started in Insurance and went to farmers before going Independent! Nine years in and he is well known as a Marketing Guru. Agents from all over the industry sit at his feet to listen to him and learn from him.
In this show, he gets into what he does, in detail, in his agency. How he does it. We disagree on some significant fronts and it gets a little confrontational at points. We get into how he markets and remarkets, his tech stack, his processes, how he educates clients, his funniest stories, his most meaningful stories, and his favorite carrier. Folks, you can’t miss this show. If you need to jump to specific time stamps look below for those and check out the list of honorable mentions!
Also, Shawn finally figured out how to share the funniest story in his 20-year career!
Timestamps:
1:00 - Who is Ron Wadley?
4:50 - How did you become a marketer?
17:30 - Do you fill your pipeline strictly through digital marketing?
21:20 - How would you describe the difference /between independent and captive worlds?
25:00 - Best speakers from Insurance Soup Live?
29:00 - Magical trick for digital marketing?
33:50 - Funniest story in insurance?
40:40 - Most meaningful insurance story?
44:40 - How do you provide options to your clients?
45:35 - How do you educate the client?
47:30 - Who is on your personal board of directors?
53:50 - It was called Insurance Stew Once Upon a Time?
56:45 - Favorite Carrier, why?
1:09:00 - Reactive or proactive in reaching out to renewals?
1:14:10 - Agency Tech Stack.
1:20:30 - What would you tell younger Ron.
Honorable Mentions:
Baylor University
Waco, TX.
TransAmerica
Fort Worth
Bank One Tower
Farmers
Taylor Dobbie
Mike McCormick
Insurance Soup
David Crouthers
Jack Jameson
Bradley Flowers
Germania
EZLynx
Brian Blair
Hubspot
David Carothers
Troy Korsgaden
CJ Hutsenpiller
Malia Rodgers