Scott Howell on Crushing the Transition from Captive to Independent Agent

Scott Howell, president of iProtect Insurance and co-host of The Insurance Guys podcast stops by the show for one of the most EPIC episodes we’ve ever released. We talk about insurance industry obstacles, sales, life, transitioning to independent, leadership, and everything in-between.

Scott Howell on Crushing the Transition from Captive to Independent Agent

Scott Howell – President of iProtect Insurance and co-host of The Insurance Guys podcast.

Scott began his career in Insurance in May of 2008 as an associate agent with State Farm Insurance in Birmingham, Alabama where he completed the State Farm Agency Owner Program in June 2010. In that same month, Scott joined Nationwide Insurance in the Associate Agency Executive program and spent the next 3 years in various agency programs within Nationwide. In May of 2013, Scott purchased the servicing rights of an existing book of business in Athens, Alabama and over the course of the past 8 years has grown the 3 agency locations in Florence, Athens and Huntsville, Alabama and is widely regarded as one of the fastest growing insurance agencies in the Southeast.

In July of 2020, the Agency transitioned to a full service Independent Agency, known as iPROTECT Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.

• 2018 – Nationwide Conference of Champions
• 2019 – Nationwide Presidents Conference
• 2020 – Nationwide Conference of Champions

Scott is also the Co-Host of the widely popular, The Insurance Guys Podcast. www.TheInsuranceGuysPodcast.com. The podcast is infotainment for agents and is widely regarded as the most listened to podcast for both Captive and Independent insurance agents in the United States of America. The mission of the podcast is to help insurance agents, “any way we can” with stories, interviews and information from the best people and technology within the insurance industry.

• Live Podcast at 8% Nation
• Live Podcast for Keystone Insurance Conference
• Speaker at Tennessee Young Agents Conference
• To book Scott for speaking or live podcasts within the insurance industry, please contact Bradley Flowers at (251) 253-4555 or email him at saralandinsurance@gmail.com.

Connect with Scott Howell

• iProtect Insurance & Financial Services
• Connect on LinkedIn

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Yours in strength,

Hanley

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