About this episode

This episode features a discussion on how former college football players transitioned into successful insurance professionals.

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Ashley Engl, Director of Technology Learning & Innovation at Walsh Insurance and a member of the Big “I” Young Agents Committee, sits down with two emerging industry leaders whose journeys began on the football field. Hunter McHugh, owner of McHugh Insurance Group in Wilmington, Delaware, and Gannon Laidlaw, an insurance broker at Jaffe Insurance Agency in Napa, California, discuss how their experiences as former college football players helped shape the skills they rely on today as insurance professionals. They discuss the skills, discipline, and teamwork they developed through athletics and how those qualities have translated into their work as insurance professionals. They also share advice for current and former athletes considering a career beyond sports and discuss why the independent agency channel offers opportunities to compete, grow, and make a lasting impact. “As an athlete, you have to be willing to listen, put your ego aside, take feedback and apply it to whatever it is you’re doing,” Laidlaw says. “And that mindset translates very well into the insurance industry because as a broker, clients are relying on you for critical…

People in this episode

Host: Ashley Engl

Guests: Hunter McHugh, Gannon Laidlaw

Topics covered

• insurance
• athletics
• career transition
• teamwork
• professional development

Keywords

• insurance
• football
• career advice
• teamwork
• professional skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walsh Insurance, Big “I” Young Agents Committee, McHugh Insurance Group, Jaffe Insurance Agency

Places: Wilmington, Delaware, Napa, California

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