4 years ago, agencies across the country said they would never hire a "digital marketer." I'm guessing you'll listen to this episode and say the same thing about this person....this new role you don't think you'll need. I'll take the same 4 year bet.
Saying "yes" to a startup? A tall order for most. Lucky for us...Pat West, Chicago Bulls fan and lover of all things sneakers, is not most people. Kicking of his insurance career at State Farm...trading corporate red-tape for HedgeQuote....and falling in love with insurtech....Pat walks through how and why he ended up on the b atomic crew. Pumped to have him on board!
365 days ago the b atomic team said we would: build 1 platform for indie insurance agent marketing, sales, service & analytics.....a platform that empowered agents to own their own data....collaborate with each other to learn what's working and what's not, operationally. 365 days later? we did what we said we would do. here's a behind-the-scenes look at the journey.
If you'd have asked me a year ago whether we'd be starting not one, but two companies during a world pandemic.....I'd told you that you were crazy! And yet here we are....announcing the start of another industry solution born from necessity.
Landon Bentham, an indie agent from NC, discusses whether insurance was actually prepared for COVID-19, how this will affect commercial coverage moving forward and how to proactively communicate with your clients.
We are all living through unforeseen times. It's called into question normal business practices. Like....is it really the right time to be marketing insurance? Listen as Geralda Ymeraj, CMO of Zinc Insurance, breaks down how she's led Zinc through their best quarter. Thanks to marketing.
With everyone working from home, it's easy to become disconnected from your team and feel....alone. Chris Shaffer, COO of Zinc, explains how the work they've done over the past 12 months on transparency and connection through technology has made this transition much easier. 3 weeks in and they're as strong as ever.
It's a tough time to be an insurance agency owner. How do you tell clients that their policy doesn't cover viral outbreaks, even when the government is mandating shutdown? How do you keep your own team motivated when they're no longer together in the office indefinitely? How do you take time as a business owner to process what's happening and prepare for what's next? Having steered his agency through multiple national crises, Seth Zaremba offers up some life experiences on leading in crisis....
Just in case you missed it, Tarmika and b atomic are joining forces. Tarmika, founded by an independent agent, is a commercial lines comparative rater. Hear how this partnership will help neon agencies and what it means for b atomic partnerships moving forward.
Meet Trevor Baldwin from Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, an independent agency in Tampa, FL. Trevor explains how his internal data science team gives him a competitive edge with clients, helps him run a leaner agency and has deepened his relationships with carriers.
After spending 19 years with Intel Corporation, where he led a worldwide team in support of cloud and datacenter customers, Dave Davis left silicon valley. He joined Fudge Insurance, an independent insurance agency in Florida, as Chief Technology Officer in 2019. Here's why he made the jump, what tech roadblocks fudge insurance has run into and how he's helping solve them.
Opening remarks from Clinton Houck, CIO of b atomic, at the very first carrier meeting. 8 carriers and 43 people in attendance to discuss how agents and carriers together can create the future of insurance technology.
Syd Roe, Billy Williams and Ron Berg sit down to discuss what tech agents should pay attention to in 2020 during the Big "I" Diversity Summit/Winter Meeting.
For the past few weeks, we've seen this idea floating around: "behavioral data isn't worth much because all it will show us....is what we already know: be nice and care about your customers." The problem is....nice doesn't scale.
If you're frustrated with the "Why" of insurtech and/or the current carrier-agent highway, this episode is for you.
Meet Kirt Trimble. 9th of our (now) 15 pilot agents! He shares how his early years in the carrier world have helped him transform Trimble Insurance. And why he was so drawn to neon. For those craving serious industry change, this is one you don't want to miss.
In this episode, you'll hear Chris and Seth lead a conversation on service/customer experience during the annual Zinc carrier review meeting. They walk through the data analysis that led to crafting a lasting solution for their team in 2020.
In this episode, you'll hear Chris and Seth lead a conversation on retention during the annual Zinc carrier review meeting. They walk through the data analysis that led to crafting a lasting solution for retention in 2020.
This is a special episode. Today was the year-end carrier review for Zinc Insurance. This is a 30 minute piece of the 2 hour meeting. (Oh yes, you get a backstage pass.) In it, you'll hear Geralda discuss how she's designing her 2020 marketing plan for Zinc. And even more interesting, you'll see how a seasoned insurance marketer leads carrier meetings.
As the b atomic team has pushed our message and mission forward over the last 3 months, we've heard both cheers and fears. One of the loudest fears? A hesitancy to embrace data ownership in a society that's questioning data-centric businesses. Today, we address that fear head on.
Meet Christopher Cook. 8th of our 14 pilot agencies! He shares what took from his tobacco farm roots to successful owner of a multi-location agency. And why he chose Neon. This is an episode you'll come out of ready to crush life.
Meet Christian Moore. 7th of our (now) 14 pilot agencies! Learn why REAL Insurance isn't a startup, how long it takes Christian to hire someone (hint: at least a year), and whether you're truly ready for automation.
Frank Sentner is The Guy, meaning the man who invented "insurtech" in the 1980s. Today, he shares how far we haven't come...and where we need to head as independent agents. Thank you, Frank!
Meet Jeff Roy, 6th out of our incredible 13 neon pilot agencies. Jeff shares his (painful) journey of duct-taping together 50 disparate tech platforms and tools in the name of a world-class customer experience. Here's what he learned along the way.
Jason Cass, agency owner since 2002 and host of the leading insurance agent podcast named Agency Intelligence, joins us for a deep dive on the tech landscape for indie agents....and why so many have taken matters into their own hands.
Clinton Houck, head of product for b atomic, shares why he jumped into the startup world and his game-plan for crafting the first iteration of cutting-edge indie agent tech.
Chris Cheatham, CEO of Risk Genius, was "doing insurtech" before it was cool. Coming off the biggest insurtech event of the year, here is his take on how far insurtech has come....and how far it has to go.
Briana McClain, Senior Data Scientist at TUVA, has worked on projects ranging from making city transit safer to work for the department of defense. But today, she breaks down how small businesses can use data science as a competitive edge.
Ryan Hanley, CEO of Metabolic, shares how he inspires his teams to reach peak performance, his thoughts on corporate activism and why physical communities are becoming so important.
Chad Combs, VP of Personal Lines Underwriting for Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, left Nationwide because he couldn't affect enough real change in the IA channel. Now, he's leveraging the power of data to help OMIG and his agent partners collaborate on elevating the customer experience. Honored to have a do-er and believer like Chad join us!
