--- title: "Profiles in Risk – Episode 26: Jeff Kleid on Web-based Insurance and Networking With The Cards You Are Dealt - InsNerds.com" description: "SUBSCRIBE AT: Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3Q Google Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4 iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7Mi YouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar Jeff Kleid's career really stands out. He started out as an insurance producer but moved to an executive role and used the skills from both positions to become one of the first successful web-based insurance entrepreneurs. Some of his" image: https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JeffKleid-1-300x300.jpeg --- 2 min read # Profiles in Risk – Episode 26: Jeff Kleid on Web-based Insurance and Networking With The Cards You Are Dealt [![Picture of Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Nick%20Lamparelli(Headshot%20GS).jpg) Nicholas Lamparelli ](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/nicholas-lamparelli) : Aug 13, 2017 12:00:00 AM [Podcast](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/podcast) ![Profiles in Risk – Episode 26: Jeff Kleid on Web-based Insurance and Networking With The Cards You Are Dealt](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JeffKleid-1-300x300.jpeg) Audio Player [http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/551188-episode-26-jeff-klein.mp3](http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/551188-episode-26-jeff-klein.mp3) 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. **SUBSCRIBE AT: [Buzzsprout RSS: https://goo.gl/5K4X3Q](https://goo.gl/5K4X3Q)**** [Google Play: https://goo.gl/WMAvW4](https://goo.gl/WMAvW4)**** ****[iTunes: https://goo.gl/7SqwvP](https://goo.gl/7SqwvP)**** [Overcast: https://goo.gl/8b4cbD](https://goo.gl/8b4cbD) ****[Spotify: https://goo.gl/niAbGN](https://goo.gl/niAbGN) [Stitcher: https://goo.gl/DmE7Mi](https://goo.gl/DmE7Mi)** **[YouTube: https://goo.gl/1Turar](https://goo.gl/1Turar)** Jeff Kleid’s career really stands out. He started out as an insurance producer but moved to an executive role and used the skills from both positions to become one of the first successful web-based insurance entrepreneurs. Some of his early web-based programs are still alive, bigger and better than ever. ON BEING A GOOD NETWORKER: Toastmasters Internal: [https://www.toastmasters.org/](https://www.toastmasters.org/) On being a good networker – “It’s about quality not quantity” On being a bad networker – “don’t throw your business cards around”   HOW TO REACH JEFF: email: [jeff@jeffkleid.com](mailto:%20jeff@jeffkleid.com) Twitter: [https://twitter.com/JeffKleid](https://twitter.com/JeffKleid) LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkleid/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkleid/) Home Page: [http://jeffkleid.com/](http://jeffkleid.com/) Book: [Networking With The Cards You Are Dealt](https://www.amazon.com/Networking-Cards-You-Are-Dealt-ebook/dp/B01JASKCIW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502221970&sr=8-1&keywords=networking+with+the+cards+you+are)   Inexpensive video creation: [www.powtoon.com](https://www.powtoon.com/) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JeffKleid-1-300x300.jpeg?width=300&height=300&name=JeffKleid-1-300x300.jpeg) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JeffKleid-1-300x300.jpeg?width=300&height=300&name=JeffKleid-1-300x300.jpeg) RANK THE RISK: ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/phobiua-picture-300x231.png?width=300&height=231&name=phobiua-picture-300x231.png) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/phobiua-picture-300x231.png?width=300&height=231&name=phobiua-picture-300x231.png)   https://twitter.com/JeffKleid ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-02-54-17-0183-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-02-54-17-0183-AM.jpg) ### About Nicholas Lamparelli Nick Lamparelli is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance wars. 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From selling home & auto insurance, helping companies with commercial insurance, to being an underwriter with an excess & surplus lines wholesaler to catastrophe modeling Nick has wide experience in the industry. Over past 10 years, Nick has been focused on the insurance analytics of natural catastrophes and big data. 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