Charles McDade is the owner of McDade Insurance Brokerage Group LLC, in Houston, Texas. Before joining PGI he sharpened his insurance ax with State Farm and Liberty Mutual. In March 2020 Charles started his independent agency with PGI, and despite the curveball of covid, Charles has absolutely thrived in his new IA world. The focus of building an Independent Brokerage was simple, McDade Insurance Brokerage Group, LLC would be “Insurance Driven to Serve”.
Charles' self-monikers are "PGI's 3rd funniest agent," or "The Denny's of insurance agents." No matter what title Mr. McDade is embarking on himself at the current moment, you certainly won't want to miss his hilarity in this episode.
If you don't have time for the whole episode, here are some conversation timestamps.
Timestamps:
1:10 - How much business do you get from the content you post on social?
3:00 - I started in 2010 as a captive agent.
10:15 - Who is Charles Mcdade?
12:25 - Do you think football prepared you for being an agent?
17:55 - How do you find talent in your agency?
18:45 - Harry Styles is so hot right now!
27:00 - Best Presenters from Soup Live Event?
29:35 - Just really great advice for life from Charles!
41:50 - How are you educating clients on what's happening in insurance today?
51:00 - Are you good at social media, or are you just good at creating content?
58:30 - How did Liberty Mutual prepare you as an agent?
1:02:30 - Funniest Insurance story ever?
1:07:30 - Favorite carriers?
1:13:00 - Tech stack?
1:18:00 - What would you tell younger Charles?
Honorable Mentions:
Houston
Paylocity
Texas
Soup Live
Facebook
Bardominuim
Hurricane Ike
State Farm
Liberty Mutual
Spencer Langthorn
Harry Styles
Cortlyn Vacek
Chris Paradiso
“Be the Last Agent Standing”
Malia Rodgers
Ron Wadley
Brian Blair
Jack Jamison
Casi Akins
Liberty Mutual
Openly
Safeco
CJ Hutsenpiller
Matt Hahn
Canopy