The Insurance Guys podcast is dedicated to agents by agents. Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers discuss all aspects of becoming an insurance agent and give real life examples of their experiences in all aspects of hiring, sales and the day-to-day reality of running your own successful insurance agency.
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Johnny Gwin, the podcast’s original and current producer, joins Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers to look back on the show’s early days, the discipline of reaching fifty episodes, and the technical challenges of those first recordings. He shares career advice, walks through David Ogilvy’s core advertising principles, and traces his own creativity to television, music, and formal training at…
Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers welcome Garrette Droege to discuss the major technological shifts reshaping insurance. Garrette shares how his theater background strengthens client work through improvisation, then explains why blockchain remains actively developed by financial institutions and how crypto is maturing into institutional digital assets and stablecoins. The conversation explores AI…
In this episode of The Insurance Guys Podcast, host Scott Howell joins co-hosts Vishal Sankhla and Bradley Flowers to welcome special guest Andy Barker, CEO of Houchens Insurance Group. Scott opens by sharing a recent meeting with Auto Owners about securing a contract for his agency before the conversation turns to Andy’s impressive career path, which began with a transition from Cingular Wireless…
In this episode of The Insurance Guys Podcast, Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers dig into practical agency management wins, starting with Bradley’s most profitable month happening while he was on paternity leave and the KPI-based monthly/quarterly bonus structure that replaced pure commission for account managers. They stress account rounding and a smarter cross-sell process (account managers start…
In this episode of The Insurance Guys Podcast, hosts Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers welcome Ben Walker of Custom Insurance Solutions and CIS Private Client. Ben shares his remarkable journey from owning a KFC franchise and managing movie theaters to building a thriving high net worth personal lines agency. He opens up about the early churn and burn days of writing any business possible before…
In this episode, Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers welcome fractional sales leader Patrick McClure to share proven strategies for doubling insurance agency revenue. After a light-hearted introduction featuring Bradley’s humorous “Insurance Soup” story, Patrick discusses his journey from Clemson football to building a successful career in insurance. He outlines his effective onboarding process,…
In this episode of The Insurance Guys Podcast, Scott and Bradley sit down with Seth Zaremba, CEO of B Atomic, to discuss how his innovative platform is revolutionizing insurance agency operations. Seth shares the evolution of Be Atomic and its Service Center, which standardizes core processes, automates routine tasks, and dramatically boosts efficiency. The conversation explores how agencies are…
In this unfiltered conversation with Scott Howell, Bradley unpacks the 17 things he found broken in his agency after a month away, introduces the “Client Concierge” role he borrowed from Billy Wagner that’s reshaping how Portal Insurance handles quoting and producer development. Scott brings his own takeaway from the Paradiso Mastermind — a 15-minute weekly employee check-in — and both hosts get…
In this episode of The Insurance Guys, hosts Scott and Bradley kick things off with some lighthearted Southern banter about accents before welcoming Ryne Ring, Director of Gig Economy and Embedded Products at The Citadel, a program administrator specializing in embedded insurance solutions. The conversation explores the evolving role of AI in insurance, from its potential to cover emerging risks…
In this episode of The Insurance Guys Podcast, Scott Howell and Bradley Flowers welcome Michael Lebor and Kayden Stephens from Momentum AMP to discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming agency management systems. The conversation traces the evolution of Momentum from its early days as NowCerts through its development into a fully integrated, conversational platform designed to be keyboard…