--- title: "Hey #Insurance – Ep 50 – My Advice to “Lost” Insurance Agents - InsNerds.com" description: "Links to the many resources mentioned: The Big I: https://www.independentagent.com/default.aspx PIA: http://m.pianet.com/join/local-pia-associations Elevate: https://www.elevateconference.com/ Agency Nation's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/agencynationins/videos (the videos from 2017 and 2018 are the best) Ryan Hanley: https://RyanHanley.com and https://www.youtube.com/user/ryanhanley13/videos The Insurance Guys Podcast: http://theinsuranceguyspodcast.com/ Paradiso Presents: https://www.paradisopresents.com/ Ryan Deed's The Digital Broker Podcast: https://www.useindio.com/the-digital-broker/ Kelly Donahue-Pyro's Agency Performance Partners: https://www.agencyperformancepartners.com/ Resource Pro:" --- [Insurance Nerds - Insuring Tomorrow ](https://insnerds.com/insights) # [Hey #Insurance – Ep 50 – My Advice to “Lost” Insurance Agents - InsNerds.com](https://insnerds.com/insights/hey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents) Written by [Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/antonio-canas) | Dec 17, 2019 5:00:00 AM # Hey #Insurance – Ep 50 – My Advice to “Lost” Insurance Agents by Antonio Canas Links to the many resources mentioned: The Big I: https://www.independentagent.com/default.aspx PIA: http://m.pianet.com/join/local-pia-associations Elevate: https://www.elevateconference.com/ Agency Nation’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/agencynationins/videos (the videos from 2017 and 2018 are the best) Ryan Hanley: https://RyanHanley.com and https://www.youtube.com/user/ryanhanley13/videos The Insurance Guys Podcast: http://theinsuranceguyspodcast.com/ Paradiso Presents: https://www.paradisopresents.com/ Ryan Deed’s The Digital Broker Podcast: https://www.useindio.com/the-digital-broker/ Kelly Donahue-Pyro’s Agency Performance Partners: https://www.agencyperformancepartners.com/ Resource Pro: https://www.resourcepro.com/ Meg McKeen’s Adjunct Advisors: https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/ My favorite intro to Hanley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZeOhFuhmk ### About Antonio Canas Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. Tony is a co-founder of InsNerds.com and a passionate speaker. - - - ##### [ Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/author/tony-canas/) + posts Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. Tony is a co-founder of InsNerds.com and a passionate speaker. ### Related Posts - [Hey #Insurance, Ep 20 - The Three Insurance Nerds’ Books](https://insnerds.com/hey-insurance-ep-20-the-three-insurance-nerds-books/) - [Hey #Insurance Ep 07 - The Aviation Underwriter Paradox](https://insnerds.com/hey-insurance-ep-07-the-aviation-underwriter-paradox/) - [Hey #Insurance - Ep 19 - Stop apologizing for working in #insurance](https://insnerds.com/hey-insurance-ep-19-stop-apologizing-for-working-in-insurance/) [**Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsnerds.com%2Fhey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents%2F%3Futm_source%3Dlinkedin%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DSocialWarfare) [**Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Hey+%23Insurance+-+Ep+50+-+My+Advice+to+%E2%80%9CLost%E2%80%9D+Insurance+Agents&url=https%3A%2F%2Finsnerds.com%2Fhey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DSocialWarfare&via=InsNerds) [**Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finsnerds.com%2Fhey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DSocialWarfare) [**Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsnerds.com%2Fhey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents%2F%3Futm_source%3Dreddit%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DSocialWarfare) [**Email](mailto:?subject=Hey%20%23Insurance%20-%20Ep%2050%20-%20My%20Advice%20to%20%E2%80%9CLost%E2%80%9D%20Insurance%20Agents&body=Links%20to%20the%20many%20resources%20mentioned%3A%20The%20Big%20I%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independentagent.com%2Fdefault.aspx%20PIA%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fm.pianet.com%2Fjoin%2Flocal-pia-associations%20Elevate%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elevateconference.com%2F%20Agency%20Nation%27s%20YouTube%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fagencynationins%2Fvideos%20%28the%20videos%20from%202017%20and%202018%20are%20the%20best%29%20Ryan%20Hanley%3A%20https%3A%2F%2FRyanHanley.com%20and%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fryanhanley13%2Fvideos%20The%20Insurance%20Guys%20Podcast%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Ftheinsuranceguyspodcast.com%2F%20Paradiso%20Presents%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paradisopresents.com%2F%20Ryan%20Deed%27s%20The%20Digital%20Broker%20Podcast%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.useindio.com%2Fthe-digital-broker%2F%20Kelly%20Donahue-Pyro%27s%20Agency%20Performance%20Partners%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.agencyperformancepartners.com%2F%20Resource%20Pro%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ARead%20More%20Here:%20%20https%3A%2F%2Finsnerds.com%2Fhey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents%2F%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DSocialWarfare) Categories [Agents & Brokers](https://insnerds.com/category/agents-brokers/), [Career](https://insnerds.com/category/career/), [Future of Insurance](https://insnerds.com/category/future-of-insurance/), [Hey #Insurance](https://insnerds.com/category/hey-insurance/), [Video](https://insnerds.com/category/video/) [Not Another 2019 Retrospective?](https://insnerds.com/not-another-2019-retrospective/) [Learning to Love Stretch Goals](https://insnerds.com/learning-to-love-stretch-goals/) [View full post](https://insnerds.com/insights/hey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Antonio Canas" }, "dateModified" : "2025-01-03T01:33:40.377Z", "datePublished" : "2019-12-17T05:00:00Z", "headline" : "Hey #Insurance – Ep 50 – My Advice to “Lost” Insurance Agents", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 100, "url" : "https://47532799.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/47532799/Imported_Blog_Media/Super-Tony-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-30-38-4779-AM.jpg", "width" : 100 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://insnerds.com/insights/hey-insurance-ep-50-my-advice-to-lost-insurance-agents", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://47532799.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/47532799/logo-horizonatl.jpg", "width" : 139.38907 }, "name" : "Insurance Nerds " } } ```