Go beyond Aspire magazine’s pages to hear industry experts discuss how to turn the insights and research from each issue’s trending articles into opportunities to help independent insurance distribution participants achieve more.
Since 2023, Aspire magazine has grown its readership from zero to +900,000 as the premier source of business growth insights exclusively serving the interests of independent insurance distribution advisors, BGAs, service providers, and carriers.
The video podcast, Off the Page, takes sharing those insights to the next level. Each episode enables subscribers to listen in on what industry leaders are thinking and doing to capitalize on current demographic, consumer, and marketing trends to achieve more for their bottom lines.
Ready to hear what we’ve been talking about?
Episode 1:
Charging into 2026
January 28, 2026
Host Chuck Anderson and his guests discuss the factors they see leading to success in the coming year for those involved in independent distribution. To kick off the debut episode, Chuck and Pamela Sheehan, editor of Aspire, share the mission, their expectations, and excitement for this new series.
Featured Guests
Josh Lubas, MassMutual Strategic Distributors
Rediscovering the value of protection
Josh and Chuck take a deeper dive into the historical shift in the perception and use of insurance to better appreciate the sales opportunities that Josh wrote about in his recent article: https://bit.ly/4jgEqEy
Todd Villeneuve, IFC National Marketing
Helping clients achieve lifelong financial health
Todd and Chuck go beyond the three steps presented in Todd’s recent article (https://bit.ly/4q1VTDz) in a broader discussion on helping clients achieve and maintain financial stability throughout their lives.
Luke Cosme, Pan-American Life Insurance Group
When a foreign national isn’t a foreign national
Luke’s recent article ( https://bit.ly/4aG22Ay) addressed the confusion about who is a foreign national when it comes to selling life insurance. His conversation with Chuck delves further into what agents and their companies can do differently to support the life insurance needs of legal, non-citizen U.S. residents, a market estimated to include 20 million plus individuals.
Gonzalo M. Garcia, AgencyONE Insurance Marketing Group, LLC
Integrating science, legacy, and risky behavior
In Part I of his two-part series (https://bit.ly/4smsIfI) on intentional planning, Gonzalo observed that “Real families don’t live in spreadsheets. They live in stories, relationships, health, fears, hopes, and day-to-day decisions.” He and Chuck explore this insight and its implications for advisors. https://bit.ly/4smsIfI
Bill Shelow, LIBRA Insurance Partners
Growing our way to the next level
Chuck and Bill talk about the importance of maintaining a strategic Northstar and the role it plays in building a cohesive leadership team, expanding on the discussion on the themes in his latest article (https://bit.ly/4smsIfI).
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