Agency VA Podcasts
Three shows from inside the insurance industry — brokers in the hotseat, AI without the hype, and the founder's view of where it's all going. New video episodes twice a month.
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Brokers Hotseat
Real brokers, real questions — candid conversations from inside the industry, one guest in the hotseat at a time.
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The AVA Podcast
Straight talk on AI and the future of insurance agencies — from reality check to the agency of 2030, and a year inside the AVA product.
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Insurance Industry Insights
The industry through a founder's eyes — hosted by Agency VA founder and CEO Ben Barrientos.
About the ShowBrokers Hotseat — Now Releasing
Real brokers, real questions — candid conversations from inside the industry, one guest in the hotseat at a time.
The Podcast Built for Insurance Agency Leaders
Why This Insurance Agent Never Asks to Quote Your Business
How to Build Trust in Life Insurance Sales
How Insurance Agencies Can Scale Without Becoming the Bottleneck
How to Build a Successful Medicare Insurance Business
Building a Commercial Insurance Agency Around Value, Not Price
How to Modernize a Family Insurance Agency Without Losing the Personal Touch
Price vs. Protection: What Insurance Clients Need to Understand
Season One — The AI Reality Series
Six months, no hype — what AI actually means for an insurance agency, from first reality check to the agency of 2030.
The Reality Check
Your Data, Honestly
Beyond the Chatbot
The Human Question
Season Two — The AVA Product Series
A year inside AVA — one product theme a month, from AI enablement to where insurance AI is headed by 2028.
The Foundation
Why AI enablement comes before everything else.
The Inbox, Reinvented
Your first practical AI application — the inbox.
The Operating Model
Human + agentic AI, working the back office together.
Voice, Without the Hype
Where AI voice fits — and where it doesn't yet.
Documents That Read Themselves
What AI can really do with quotes, policies and loss runs.
One Platform
The individual products, together in AVA's broader platform.
Back to the People
Connecting the technology to Agency VA's core business.
Workflows That Run Themselves
Practical use cases your agency can start today.
The Hard Parts
The technical reality under every insurance AI project.
What It Really Takes
Honest answers on effort, failure and cost.
Insurance Industry Insights
The industry through a founder's eyes — Agency VA founder and CEO Ben Barrientos on where insurance is really heading.
Ben is recording the first episodes now. The series name, schedule and premiere date will land on this page first — subscribe below to be there when it drops.
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New video episodes land twice a month, every month. Follow the shows wherever you watch — or bring the conversation straight to your agency.