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Recent IRMI Podcast Episodes
Agribusiness
Brandon Keller Talks Farm Mutuals!
In this 12-minute podcast episode, you will learn about farm mutual insurance. Our guest, Brandon Keller, president and CEO of Germania Insurance, discusses the history and function of farm mutuals. Tune in to hear how farm mutuals play a vital role in protecting the rural insurance market.
Construction
Innovation Is the New Risk Management
It took nearly 2 decades to achieve cultural buy-in of risk management as a core business function and to start sharing best practices at the industry level. Construction innovation is following a similar trajectory as more companies realize that innovation has massive potential to improve business outcomes, yet few common best practices have been established and contractors struggle to create a road map for innovation with a proven return on investment.
Agribusiness
Sam Talks AgriCon!
In this 11-minute podcast episode, Sam Bennett, shareholder of the Harrison Agency, Inc., and IRMI Emmett J Vaughan Agribusiness Conference (AgriCon) Advisory Board member, discusses the rich history of AgriCon and the personal value it has brought to his life and work. When Sam teaches the Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist classes at AgriCon, he's not just reading words; he's imparting knowledge he lives every day.
Construction
Mitigate Risk by Empowering Field Leadership
Somewhere along the way, the construction industry lost sight of the vital role field leaders play in avoiding and mitigating project risks. In this 11-minute episode, Tricia Kagerer shares how top-down hierarchical structures can silence the voice of the field workers, and she provides tips for empowering and developing the future generation of field leaders.