Ben Shaw, host. New York.
Insure Podcast · Hosted by Ben Shaw
A long-form interview show about the people inside insurance — from independent agencies to MGAs and brokerage programs — who actually understand the risk and build the business.
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Ben Shaw, host. New York.
What this show is
"No pitch. No takeaways slide. Just one good conversation with the people who actually price the risk."
Most insurance media is for carriers, retail producers, or industry consultants. Insure Podcast is different. Every episode is one kind of conversation: an hour with someone inside an MGA or a brokerage program — the people who hold delegated underwriting authority from a carrier, set the appetite, build the form, price the risk, bind, and often handle the claim.
We talk about how they actually do the work — how a program gets stood up, how a niche book gets defended in a hard market, what reinsurance partners actually want to see, how delegated authority survives a bad year, and where the next ten programs come from.
Who this is for
That's not a slight. There are good shows for those audiences — this one is built for the people who hold the pen.
Gallagher · Syracuse, NY
From a workers' comp adjuster internship to building a commercial book at one of the largest brokerages in the world. Prospecting, cold calling, and earning trust in an industry where business owners have used the same broker for decades — plus how producers, account managers, wholesalers, and underwriters actually interact behind the scenes.
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Be a guest
One hour, Zoom or in person if I'm in your city. Light editing. Your full review before anything publishes. No prep — the best conversations don't follow scripts.
Prefer email? I'm at ben@insurepodcast.com.
Ben Shaw at his desk in Brooklyn.
About the host
Ben spent the last several years working in commercial insurance technology. He started Insure Podcast because the people who actually price the risk — the underwriters inside MGAs and brokerage programs — are rarely the ones being interviewed about how the industry works. That's the conversation he wants to have.
He lives in New York. Get in touch at ben@insurepodcast.com.
Things I want to talk about on the show
The back catalogue
Season one of the show was conversations with independent insurance agencies. Listen to season one →