INSURICA: The U Podcast

INSURICA's National Healthcare Practice Leader Phillip Smith talks about the evolution of INSURICA's Healthcare Practice. With its extraordinary growth, INSURICA has been able to hire a dedicated healthcare practitioner as a risk management specialist. Leah Saylor joins Phillip and host Andy Paden to discuss the healthcare practice happenings.

As INSURICA approaches its next milestone – 225 x 25 – company leadership asked a great question: “What can we do TODAY to continue our momentum as a leading privately-owned broker for the next 10 years…20 years…and even 50 years?” That’s how TGS was born. INSURICA is “doubling down” on the momentum of the past two decades.

INSURICA's President and CEO Mike Ross announced that May 2023 is DAVE SALDON MONTH within the INSURICA Community. Dave Saldon is retiring May 31 as INSURICA's first-ever Director of Sales Development and on this podcast episode he sits down with host Andy Paden to reflect on 13 years of leadership and legacy. The good news is that Dave will continue to serve INSURICA post retirement in a role that reflects his passion and greatest gift: mentoring and coaching new producers! Run time is 30 minutes.

Herman Williams is well known throughout the INSURICA Community because he's one of the friendly voices who helps solve IT problems. But Herman also provides great leadership with INSURICA's Diversity and Inclusion initiative, U Belong, and wants to encourage all INSURICAns to come along on the U Belong journey. Herman is a thoughtful guest. His first podcast episode from 2021 is the most listened to podcasts we have. Run time is 31 minutes. Enjoy!

VP of Data & Innovation, Jeff Nickles, and Director of Data & Lead Resources, Kylie Hubbard, join host Andy Paden to discuss the latest developments in INSURICA's innovation initiatives. Jeff and Kylie have just returned from the InsureTechConnect conference in Las Vegas, the largest-ever conference of its type.

INSURICA's Environmental Practice Leader and Partner Club Member Tom Caraway  invited Tulsa Lawyer Samanthia Marshall for a discussion about Oklahoma's Government Tort Claims Act and how that affects educational entities like public school districts and technology centers. Sam's law practice focuses on education and employment law. Read more about Sam here: http://www.rfrlaw.com/our_people/samanthia-s-marshall #tort #education #Oklahoma

Dora Martindale leads a team of INSURICA claims specialists who are currently tracking more than 2,000 open claims. From reporting claims in a timely fashion to advocating for our customers, INSURICA's claims department helps reduce the stress of claims. They are heroes in many ways, and customers who get help tend to stay INSURICA customers for the long haul. Run time is 25 minutes.

Jeremy Hearron talks about his approach to bringing the most value to his clients. Many insurance agents start with insurance. Jeremy -- and INSURICA -- begs to differ. Start with risk -- and reducing a client's risk profile in every way possible -- before taking the company to an underwriter. Taylor Caraway joins Andy Paden in the hosting duties. And Season 3's first guest is from INSURICA's westernmost state -- California!

INSURICA's newest partner agency -- The Evans Agency -- represents an historic moment for the company: our very first partnership EAST of the Mississippi River. The Evans Agency, with locations in Jackson, Mississippi, Quincy, Florida, and Birmingham, Alabama, is led by its CEO, Maurice Evans, and COO, Reginald "Reggie" Thompson. In this episode we get to learn a little bit about their backgrounds, the agency they've built, their expertise, and their outlook for the future now that the partnership with INSURICA is official. Welcome to the family, Evans Agency!

INSURICA's Energy Practice and premier Oklahoma workers compensation provider, CompSource Mutual have created a new Workers Compensation Program exclusively for Oklahoma's energy industry. The program REWARDS Best in Class companies for hard work and innovation in safety and risk management. All it takes to begin receiving the benefit is to participate in a short risk management survey developed by INSURICA's Energy Practice. National Energy Practice Leader Dave Deardeuff and Energy Practice member Dax Deardeuff join host Andy Paden to talk about the program, and how energy companies and other Oklahoma insurance brokers can participate.