Top Executives

Sam Halpern – Online Insurance Marketing Pioneer and Innovator

October 14, 2022 John King Build Your Practice, Compliance, Insurance Education, Insurance Training, Know How, Marketing, Top Executives

Sam has been marketing and selling insurance on the Internet since January of 1999, gaining national prominence as an expert in travel insurance, international benefits and war risk insurance before transitioning focus to the senior market in 2004. Transferring lessons learned from online travel insurance, Sam developed innovative, first generation web-based tools and services throughout the…

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Larry Adams – LongevityQuest, Inc. Predictive Analytics To Drive Down Healthcare Spend

August 9, 2022 John King Insurance Education, Insurance Training, Know How, Long-Term Care, Marketing, Top Executives, Top Producers

Join us for a conversation with Larry Adams at LongevityQuest.  Their algorithmic biotech analysis (created in conjunction with Quest Diagnostics and MIT) encourages and empowers people to pursue a long, good life. They help organizations improve employee health and reduce costs by intelligently managing what has previously been unknowable. Their innovative myLQAnalysis® reports provide individuals…

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Andrew Wynn: Co-Founder of Ascend

July 12, 2022 John King Build Your Practice, Cyber Security, Insurance Education, Insurance Training, Know How, Top Executives

In this episode we are excited to share a conversation with Silicon Valley virtuoso and Ascend co-founder, Andrew Wynn.  Take a few minutes to learn about this innovation which facilitates funds flow through the various stakeholders in insurance, all while prioritizing your customer’s experience. Bio: Ascend is co-founded by insurtech entrepreneur Andrew Wynn (Co-CEO) who…

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Grace Grant – Exec Dir of GIS: The Insurance Industry Talent Pipeline

October 6, 2021 John King Insurance Education, Insurance Training, Management, Marketing, Top Executives

Grace Grant is the Executive Director of the insurance industry’s premiere collegiate talent pipeline, Gamma Iota Sigma.  We are very pleased to share a few minutes of our conversation with Grace about how GIS brings the stakeholders of our industry together to serve those seeking talent and those seeking careers!  Grace joined Gamma Iota Sigma…

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Chris Gandy: Chicagoland NAIFA President and MDRT Financial Advisor

February 12, 2021 John King Build Your Practice, Insurance Education, Insurance Training, Know How, Long-Term Care, Management, Marketing, Top Executives, Top Producers

Take a few minutes to listen to a conversation with Chris Gandy.  Learn how Chris grew his business by helping his clients create custom financial strategies designed to help make their dream retirement lifestyle a reality.  In 1999, Chris started his own firm and, since then, has worked with business owners, physicians, professional athletes and…

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Chris Ingram – Top Executive

August 31, 2017 Dennis Anderson Build Your Practice, Insurance Education, Insurance Training, Management, Top Executives 29:21

Ask anyone about Chris Ingram, and the first thing they will say is he’s competitive. Very competitive. It will also be followed up by his other qualities of leadership, vision, and dedication. For clients at Jettison, a passion for making sure they win will always come first. He views every client through the lens of…

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Marvin Feldman – Top Executive

August 29, 2017 Dennis Anderson Build Your Practice, Insurance Training, Know How, Management, Marketing, Top Executives 36:36

Marvin Feldman signed his first New York Life contract in 1966 while he was a senior at Ohio State University, and started his career as an Agent with New York Life in Columbus, OH. Immediately after graduating he transitioned into New York Life’s Management Program. In 1974 Marv returned to personal production in East Liverpool,…

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Jeff Hastings – Top Executive

August 28, 2017 Dennis Anderson Build Your Practice, Insurance Training, Know How, Management, Marketing, Top Executives, Top Producers 36:03

Jeff Hastings knows all about the good intentions that pave the road to success. He has been in our shoes and experienced great triumphs and tribulation and has lived to tell the tale. As a small business owner, he developed one of the largest and most productive sales teams in the Farmers Insurance Groups of…

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Joseph Brady – Top Regulator

March 30, 2017 Dennis Anderson Compliance, Insurance Education, Regulatory Issues, Top Executives 35:06

Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation. Joseph Brady is the Executive Director the NASAA (North American Securities Administrators Association). NASAA is the association of state, provincial, and territorial securities regulators in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. NASAA and its members are committed to protecting investors from fraud and abuse in securities transactions, and…

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Anne Melissa Dowling – Top Regulator

January 5, 2017 Dennis Anderson Insurance Education, Regulatory Issues, Top Executives 00:19:26

Anne Melissa Dowling, CFA, the Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI). Dowling brings nearly 30 years of insurance industry experience to the position. She spent 25 years in the private sector, and she has spent the last three-and-a-half years working in leadership positions for the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID). Most recently, Dowling was…

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