Coterie Insurance wraps up season 3 of our podcast, And I Quote. This season we had 2 incredible hosts, Bobbie Collies and Ashleigh Burden. They each spoke to incredible guests who all shared really significant insights and stories. You can listen to all the episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube. Learn more about Coterie Insurance: https://coterieinsurance.com/ Follow Coterie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coterieinsure ..read more

Lou Facciponti is President of Commercial Lines & Owner of Blue Coat Insurance Group in Maryland. He joins our host, Ashleigh Burden as a guest on our podcast, And I Quote, to discuss how he turned his 14-year career of Police work into a completely new path of becoming an Insurance Agency Owner. After 3 years of learning the industry, getting licensed, and learning from others, Lou took a leap into creating his own successful agency. Depending on who you as 7 years in the insurance space still may be considered "fresh & new" but others may say he's already a veteran. Either way, Lou h ..read more

Meg McKeen joins Coterie Insurance on our podcast, And I Quote for a very insightful episode on discovering your strengths, overcoming burnout, lifting women in the insurance space up, and helping insurance companies reach their fullest potential by empowering their teams. Meg has an extensive background and resume within the insurance space starting as an underwriting and exploring the sales side, too. Working for major companies and climbing her way up the ladder, Meg made a change in her career five years ago. Burnout is all too common in the insurance industry, but it's not discussed as ..read more

Brandon Schuh joins Bobbie Collies on Coterie Insurnace's podcast, And I Quote. Brandon Schuh is the Head of Speciality Insurance Practice at Christensen Group. As a product liability expert, Brandon talks about how he got started in the insurance space and built a career in risk management. From his background of working at Gorilla Ladder, networking with underwriters and claims experts, and starting a Private Investigation business, to working at Hays Companies, Brandon brings a variety of experiences and passions to his career. Businesses are continually evolving and creating products that ..read more

Meet your new hosts, Ashleigh Burden, Marketing Manager, and Bobbie Collies, Chief Growth Officer. These two incredible women will be having conversations with agents, brokers, partners, and insurance industry experts around relevant and trending topics. In this opening episode, you get to hear more about Ashleigh and Bobbie and learn more about their background. Bobbie is coming up on celebrating her 20th year in the insurance industry, and Ashleigh is still fairly new. Coterie is her first step into the insurance industry, and her passion for small business lead her to start her journey. T ..read more

Jessica Fukuchi has been in the insurance industry since 2008 and is the President of PCRG Insurance located in Washington. Jessica is a mother, travel enthusiast, community helper, and social butterfly. In this episode of Coterie Insurance's podcast, And I Quote, Ashleigh Burden, Marketing Manager at Coterie, gets to interview Jessica about her success in the insurance industry and how she has built her referral-only agency. Some of the main highlights in this episode: - Recruiting and hiring in the insurance agency. Jessica says that PCRG puts the people first. As a remote-first company, c ..read more

Kelly Spies, Insurance Broker and Agency Owner of K.S. Pacific Insurance Agency in California joins Coterie Insurance's podcast, 'And I Quote', for a great episode on finding your niche within the insurance space, mentorship, and work/life balance. Ashleigh Burden, Marketing Manager at Coterie Insurance, hosts this episode and they dive into all the fun topics like tacos, food trucks, and getting started in the insurance space. Here is a quick breakdown of the episode: 0:00-0:20: Podcast Intro 0:20-1:04: Welcome Kelly Spies to the Podcast 1:04-2:20: Taco Trail and Food Trucks 2:20-5:15: Nich ..read more

On this episode of Coterie Insurance’s podcast, And I Quote, Bobbie Collies, Chief Growth Officer, sits down to speak with Ema Roloff, Director of North American Property and Casualty Sales at EIS. Ema discusses creating and cross-posting engaging video content on TikTok vs LinkedIn, how to implement technology smoothly by starting with the company ‘why’, and what video content or topics are resonating with her audience. In this episode Ema specifically mentions 3 videos so we have linked them for easy access: What is an API: http://bit.ly/3zgW1Gw AI and Machine Learning: http://bit.ly/3Keq1ci ..read more

Monica Adwani joins Coterie Insurance's podcast host, Ashleigh Burden for an insightful episode on entrepreneurship, work/life balance, serving communities and people, and setting goals. Our podcast theme is "because relationships matter", and this episode truly highlights that from the start. Monica and Ashleigh both attended Cassidy Arbeli's Unburden Your Business networking event for women in insurance in October 2022 and stayed connected online. The dynamic they share during this conversation is very powerful and truly emphasizes the importance of building relationships in the insurance i ..read more

Semsee and Coterie Insurance recently recorded a live webinar that we wanted to share on the And I Quote podcast.   In this conversation with Zack Yurch, Head of Revenue at Semsee and Becky Monfre, Director of Digital Accounts at Coterie Insurnace, we dive in to learn about independent agents add value and expertise to small businesses.   This conversation is hosted by Ashleigh Burden, Marketing Manager at Coterie Insurance and she leads the conversation by asking questions like: How are IAs positioned as experts on the unique coverage needs for small businesses ..read more