David Estrada

David Estrada

Estrada began his career in 1984. Since then, he’s amassed an exceptional record in both production and senior leadership roles. As a producer, he consistently won top sales awards, including the Exceptional Producer Council Award, which recognizes the top 3% of producers in Willis’s North American Retail Division. Formerly the President and CEO of Northern California for USI Holdings, he is now the Founder and Managing Director of Rainmaker Advisory LLC, a Portland, Oregon-based advisory firm dedicated to the improvement of sales and operational excellence within the insurance industry. A nationally recognized speaker and thought leader for the industry, Estrada is the author of Shock the Topline: A Practical Guide for Growing Your Insurance Practice.

Growth strategies for your insurance business

Growth strategies for your insurance business

A look at how to target clients and the economics of book building

Governing principles for growing your book of business

Governing principles for growing your book of business

From client retention, to winning new clients and strategic partnerships – here’s how to expand your brokerage

How to get record sales numbers next year (and how to benefit from your competitor’s slip-ups)

Want to build your business even more next year? Look forwards – but also look sideways, says insurance business guru David Estrada

A better way to plan your annual insurance sales (and why you should get rid of some clients)

David Estrada explains how to make 2017 a bumper year for your insurance business – by examining what you’ve done as well as what you want to do

IB TALK

How commercial property risks are changing in the UK

AXA's Matt Briggs discusses the emerging risks reshaping commercial property insurance, from lithium-ion batteries and net zero retrofits to climate change and what underwriters look for in a well-managed risk

Has construction insurance moved from paying claims to preventing them?

Prevention, collaboration and changing expectations are reshaping construction insurance. AXA's Andrew Hogg shares where the market is heading

Inside the rise of drone insurance

Coverdrone's Phil Heath and Richard Webb discuss the growth of drone insurance and what it reveals about insuring emerging technologies.

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