--- title: "Profiles in Risk – E94: Putting Insurance Expertise on the Customer’s Side with Craig Tappel of HUB International - InsNerds.com" description: This episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.com Craig Tappel is a customer advocate. He has been in insurance since at a very young age and was raised by his insurance dad to always put the customer first. Craig lives & works by that. In this episode, we discuss image: https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-12-45-3684-AM.jpg --- 2 min read # Profiles in Risk – E94: Putting Insurance Expertise on the Customer’s Side with Craig Tappel of HUB International [![Picture of Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Nick%20Lamparelli(Headshot%20GS).jpg) Nicholas Lamparelli ](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/nicholas-lamparelli) : Jul 9, 2018 12:00:00 AM [Podcast](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/podcast) ![Profiles in Risk – E94: Putting Insurance Expertise on the Customer’s Side with Craig Tappel of HUB International](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-12-45-3684-AM.jpg) Audio Player [https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/746339-e94-putting-insurance-expertise-on-the-customer-s-side-with-craig-tappel-of-hub-international.mp3](https://www.buzzsprout.com/87086/746339-e94-putting-insurance-expertise-on-the-customer-s-side-with-craig-tappel-of-hub-international.mp3) 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *This episode is sponsored by ** [IA Path](https://iapath.com/)** – Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to **[https://iapath.com](https://iapath.com/)*** Craig Tappel is a customer advocate. He has been in insurance since at a very young age and was raised by his insurance dad to always put the customer first. Craig lives & works by that. In this episode, we discuss what putting the customer first actually means, his experiences as a young professional, how he puts his customer first mentality to work each day at HUB and a lot more. **CONNECT WITH CRAIG TAPPEL: LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigtappel/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigtappel/) **** MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: ****Lloyds of London: [https://www.lloyds.com/](https://www.lloyds.com/) Elliot City, MD 2018 Flash Floods: ** **BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY : Biographies on Winston Churchill: [https://amzn.to/2NDfeJw](https://amzn.to/2NDfeJw) Biographies on Abraham Lincoln: [https://amzn.to/2u4peTO](https://amzn.to/2u4peTO) The Great Lecture Series: [https://www.thegreatlectures.com/](https://www.thegreatlectures.com/) The Great Courses Series: [https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/all-types/courses/sort-by/guest_bestsellers/sort-direction/asc/mode/list](https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/all-types/courses/sort-by/guest_bestsellers/sort-direction/asc/mode/list) The Harry Potter Series: [https://amzn.to/2L0pDwU](https://amzn.to/2L0pDwU) ** ** 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)**   ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-12-45-3684-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-12-45-3684-AM.jpg) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-12-45-3684-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Lamparelli-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-12-45-3684-AM.jpg) ### About Nicholas Lamparelli Nick Lamparelli is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance wars. 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