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Independent Agent Magazine Reviews the Biggest Stories of 2025

This end-of-year episode of Agency Nation Radio is brought to you by the editors of Independent Agent magazine. Will Jones, editor-in-chief, hosts the discussion and is joined by Olivia Overman, content editor, and AnneMarie McPherson Spears, news editor.

Legal System Abuse: Rising Costs for Insurance 

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, host Nathan Riedel, Big “I” senior vice president of federal government affairs, is joined by Jeff Beck, senior vice president of government and regulatory affairs at Selective Insurance, and John Barbour, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia.   

Exploring AI: Optimizing AI Usage 

This episode of Agency Nation Radio is the fourth and final episode in a special series about artificial intelligence (AI) brought to you by the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology’s (ACT) AI workgroup.   

Exploring AI: Implementing Tools 

In this third episode of Agency Nation Radio’s AI series from the ACT AI Workgroup, host Kasey Connors, Executive Director of the Agents Council for Technology, is joined by agency owner Jake Holehouse of HH Insurance and Dale Steinke, director, Agent for the Future Advisors at Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance.  

From One Generation to the Next: Navigating Agency Succession Planning 

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Peter van Aartrijk, executive vice president at Aartrijk is joined by Lee Gaudette, president of Gaudette Insurance, and his son, Peter Gaudette, commercial insurance advisor at Gaudette Insurance, and Keith Mangini, Vice President and Commercial Team Leader at InsurBanc.

Exploring AI: Working With Vendors 

This episode of a special series from the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology (ACT) unpacks real-world lessons from implementing artificial intelligence (AI).

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