You may not have heard of Amanda Petty, but you’ve probably been to an event she helped make happen.
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Bob Tretter got a lot more out of life when he stopped daydreaming about baseball
How do clients and agents agree to the value of a product? Same way Bob Tretter helps agents see the value in membership.
A newcomer to IndyAHU, Thomas Mackey is about to lead it post-pandemic
Thomas Mackey hasn’t been the longest-serving member of IndyAHU, but he joins a long line of talented individuals who have become its President.
How do you change careers and industries, even during a pandemic? Susan Rider shows a way
“I think things come from your network. This was not a role I applied for. This was a situation where a founder and friend of mine talked about what they needed, and my friend suggested me.
Allie Gorgol helps IndyAHU move forward with new events, formats, and leadership
IndyAHU is moving forward like never before, bringing back major events, expanding monthly speakers, and more thanks in part to leadership.
Tom Leix started his insurance career with Kiwanis, the Indy 500, and then a book
“The actual test didn’t seem to start out well and after a few minutes, I thought I had wasted a lot of time. The questions weren’t written the way my brain works. It seemed like it was set up to trick you and asked questions that made you think, “What’s not the worst answer?”.”
Dwight “D” Hall pursues life, work, and semi-retirement humbly and faithfully
In July 1972, a young Hall walked into his first insurance job as a medical underwriter at Underwriters National Assurance Corporation. Located at 36th and Meridian Streets in Indianapolis, UNAC would close Hall’s department two years later and close its doors entirely by 1976 in a wild tale involving takeover from the Insurance Commissioner, bankruptcy, […]
Imagine starting your insurance career the same year as the Affordable Care Act
Months before President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, professionals in the insurance industry rushed to devour any news, gossip, and rumors they could latch on to. One of the most knowledgeable and powerful forces for educating consumers and professionals rested in the National Association of Health Underwriters. And one […]
Mike Watts finds opportunity and credibility in unlikely places
“We’re entering a period of time where there’s another shift coming because the individual market isn’t stable. A college professor of mine always told me that opportunity awaits whenever there is a shift in the supply or demand of a marketplace.”
Friendship, like insurance, must be in force early and continuously
Millennials carry the label of “job hoppers”, but like most generational labels, they’re hardly accurate. Indianapolis sales agent Jennifer Revell, a Gen-Xer who graduated college in the mid 90’s, is proof. “I was maybe ahead of my time,” she says. “A lot of people my age went to work for a company and stayed there […]
