Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley After a 3-week hiatus, The Ryan Hanley Show is back, with a deep breakdown of the trends and ideas impacting the digital distribution of insurance products in 2022. This is Part II of a two-part series. Don't miss this one... Episode Highlights: Ryan discusses the Reuter’s report, “Insurance Distribution: 7 Key Trends for 2022” (3:06) Ryan talks about trend...
Mar 03, 2022•42 min•Ep. 142
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley After a 3-week hiatus, The Ryan Hanley Show is back, with a deep breakdown of the trends and ideas impacting the digital distribution of insurance products in 2022. This is Part I of a two-part series. Don't miss this one. Episode Highlights: Ryan explains why he took a 3-week hiatus from recording. (0:30) Ryan talks about what has been happening over at Ro...
Mar 03, 2022•41 min•Ep. 141
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley This is a special multi-guest episode of The Ryan Hanley Show with a "Who's Who" lineup of technology power players including Steve Anderson , CEO of Catalyit , Peter MacDonald , Co-Founder & CEO of Wunderite , and Andrew Wynn , Co-Founder & CEO of Ascend . We get after all things independent insurance agents and technology. You don't want to miss t...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 140
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley This is a special Billy Williams episode on maximizing agency growth in 2022. In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley and Billy Williams dive deep into what holds agencies back from growing and what the major keys are to breaking free of stagnation and making growth real moving forward. This is an episode you don't want to miss... Episode Highl...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 139
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, John Fohr, Co-Founder of TrustLayer, the digital platform helping agencies and business owners alike better track licensing, certificates, and insurance, joins the podcast for an EPIC conversation. This is one you don't want to miss... Episode Highlights: John sits down with Ryan and talks about when he started his b...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 138
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Bradley Flowers , entrepreneur-in-residence at Portal Insurance , for a tremendous conversation on what comes next for one of the most exciting and interesting young agencies in our industry. Don't miss this episode... Episode Highlights: Bradley talks about hiring someone to work on his vari...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 137
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Josh Gurley , partner at HM Advisors , for an epic conversation to start 2022. They break down the business of insurance, selling commercials and growing your business. Josh is an all-time professional in our industry. Episode Highlights: Josh shares with us about doing a year in review. (6:0...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 136
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this throwback episode of the Ryan Hanley Show , host Ryan Hanley interviews Josh Braun , the Founder of Sales DNA . The Master Guru of cold email prospecting, (and all things sales), Josh Braun, explains why we don’t get the response rate on cold outreach we should be and what to do about it. Episode Highlights: Josh mentions why salespeople will typica...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 135
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this solo episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley breaks down how he's positioning Rogue Risk for success in 2022 and what independent agents can do to put themselves in a position to dominate. Episode Highlights: Ryan opens the episode by telling his listeners his plans for 2022. (00:45) Ryan explains that it is important to recalibrate our minds o...
Dec 09, 2021•41 min•Ep. 134
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ricky Hayter , owner of ANR Insurance Group , joins the podcast for a tremendous conversation on what it takes to run an independent insurance agency. Ricky is growing his agency like crazy and shares some of the challenges they've faced as well as how they've overcome all of them on the path to world domination. Don...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 133
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Kevin Abramson , President at Cover Whale joins the show to discuss why the insurance industry is ripe for innovation and how Cover Whale plans to attack these opportunities. Cover Whale is currently providing insurance truckers by breaching the gap between insurance and technology. This is a tremendous conversation,...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 132
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ciara Gravier CIC, CRM, CCIC, PWCA, CPIA , Founder and CEO of The Bunker Insurance & Risk Management joins the show to share all her secrets to winning the start-up independent agency game. Ciara is someone I’ve personally been a fan of for a long time and it was an absolute pleasure to be able to spend time and ...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 131
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley PathPoint , the first open digital wholesale brokerage for the Excess & Surplus lines market in the insurance industry. Some people find E&S boring and difficult. In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Alex Bargmann , CEO and co-founder of PathPoint . They discuss why this is no longer the case and why independent agents n...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 130
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews Brandon Smith , EVP at Glidewell and founder of the Producer Development Program . Brandon joins the podcast to help us better understand how to train high-functioning, successful insurance producers. We all want to write more business, Brandon Smith helps us understand how to help our producer...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 129
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Will Shaw , CEO, and co-founder of Better Agency . They discuss entrepreneurship, InsurTech, and what Will has learned from assisting agency owners in growing their businesses. Will is an all-time guy in our industry...this is a conversation you don't want to miss. Episode Highlights: Will ta...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 128
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by David McFarland , founder, and CEO of Coterie Insurance , for an all-time conversation about insurance, insurtech and what it takes to win the small business insurance market. David is one of the smartest guys in commercial insurance and things he and his team are doing at Coterie are rapidly...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 127
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Erik Garcia, CFP® , owner of Garcia Insurance Services and Garcia Financial Group . Ryan & Erik discuss what it means to set goals and actually make those goals a reality. Erik is one of the most thoughtful insurance professionals in the game. You are going to love this episode. Episode H...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 126
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews Peter MacDonald , co-founder, and CEO at Wunderite . Peter discusses insurance start-ups, entrepreneurship, and how independent agents can make commercial insurance submissions better. This is an episode you don't want to miss... Episode Highlights: Peter explains what Wunderite is and what the...
Sep 30, 2021•57 min•Ep. 125
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Wade Eyerly , founder and CEO of Degree Insurance . Wade discusses how to establish an insurance product where one didn’t previously exist. Wade is a tremendous person, and Ryan and Wade take this conversation in a variety of directions. You don't want to miss this episode... Episode Highligh...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 124
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews Raymond Lynch , Vice President of Growth at Coterie Insurance . Raymond talks about his transition from Liberty Mutual to Coterie Insurance, and why small business insurance is the place to be. Episode Highlights: Raymond discusses his decision to transition from Liberty Mutual to Coterie. (11:...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 123
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Jonathan Libby , founder of Steady State Finance , the smart Defi insurance company. Listen for an absolute nerd session on all things crypto, blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi) and what the future holds for insurance. Episode Highlights: Jonathan explains what decentralized finance mea...
Sep 09, 2021•56 min•Ep. 122
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Daniel Seong , Founder, and President of Great Park Insurance . Daniel stops by the podcast for a conversation on the life you can build through a career. Daniel is one of the all-time people with an all-time story, and what he's been able to do is nothing less than inspirational. It was a gr...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 121
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews the veracious Carol Roth , entrepreneur, business television personality, and best-selling author of The War on Small Business . Carol joins the podcast for a tremendous conversation on small business in America. Episode Highlights: Carol explains why small businesses are being undervalued, esp...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 120
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this tremendous episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Andrew Ryan and Jack Hertvik of Hertvik Insurance Group . Andrew and Jack are running a dynamic and growing agency that pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a traditional independent insurance agency, and in turn, dominating the insurance game. Episode Highlights: Jack shar...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 119
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Katherine Ternes , Vice President of Revenue at AgencyZoom . Kat joins the podcast to share her unique and dynamic expertise on developing processes and implementing a CRM inside independent insurance agencies. Kat is one of the most interesting people in the insurance industry. Did you know ...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 118
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews Zach Mefferd , CIC, Co-Founder of Coverage Direct and ZipBonds . Zach joins the show for an exclusive, first-ever podcast interview. In their conversation, they discuss where Zach developed his entrepreneurial spirit and how he's cultivated that spirit to found multiple successful companies wit...
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 117
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews Pat Costello, CPCU , Co-Founder, and Principal at Evolve MGA . Pat joins the podcast for a wonderfully nerdy deep dive into cyber insurance. Pat and Ryan also also discuss exactly how independent insurance agents can (and should) sell more cyber insurance to their clients. Don't miss this episo...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 116
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by Jason Cass , Owner of Agency Intelligence and managing partner of the Insurance Alliance . This is the second half of the conversation with Jason Cass that started on the Agency Intelligence podcast early this week. In this episode, we break down the current state of digital insurance and whe...
Jul 22, 2021•28 min•Ep. 115
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley is joined by James Jenkins , CIC, CRM, CRIS, Founder of RiskWell Insurance . This is what happens when you hit record on a random conversation with James Jenkins... you're welcome. Episode Highlights: James mentions a cool thing about his conversations with Ryan. (6:56) James shares why Ryan’s approach on...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 114
Spartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business : https://www.findingpeak.com Finding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanley In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley interviews Nigel Walsh , Managing Director of Insurance for Google . Nigel joins the podcast for a fun and nerdy discussion examining the differences between digitizing your insurance business and building a digital insurance business. The distinction is larger and more impactful than you might think. Don...
Jul 08, 2021•49 min•Ep. 113
