--- title: "Profiles in Risk – E46: Abel Travis on Insurance, Innovation and Podcasting - 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 In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Abel Travis, host of his own insurance related podcast called Insurance Innovators Unscripted. We discussed how he fell into insurance, the path his career took and why he got" --- [Insurance Nerds - Insuring Tomorrow ](https://insnerds.com/insights) # [Profiles in Risk – E46: Abel Travis on Insurance, Innovation and Podcasting - InsNerds.com](https://insnerds.com/insights/profiles-risk-e46-abel-travis-insurance-innovation-podcasting) Written by [Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/nicholas-lamparelli) | Dec 18, 2017 5:00:00 AM # Profiles in Risk – E46: Abel Travis on Insurance, Innovation and Podcasting by Nicholas Lamparelli Audio Player [http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/611854-e46-abel-travis-on-insurance-innovation-and-podcasting.mp3](http://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/611854-e46-abel-travis-on-insurance-innovation-and-podcasting.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)** In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I spoke with Abel Travis, host of his own insurance related podcast called [Insurance Innovators Unscripted](https://insuranceinnovators.co/). We discussed how he fell into insurance, the path his career took and why he got into podcasting. 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