David Watson, executive vice president of Mappus Insurance, South Carolina sits down with Will Jones, editor-in-chief of Independent Agent magazine to share his origin story on this edition of Declaration of Independence on Agency Nation Radio podcast. After working for State Farm and Allstate, David became a Farm Bureau contractor and in 2016 he founded a scratch independent agency, BlueLake. However, he quickly noticed mundane tasks like lead generation and data entry were holding him back. The entrepreneurial bug bit again and David launched RiskAdvisor, a software program that streamlines the application and renewal process for independent agencies. Listen in to be inspired by his background and hear how carriers and agencies can work together to make it to do profitable business and service clients.

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Our Guest:

David Watson https://www.linkedin.com/in/agentdavidwatson/

Risk Advisor: https://riskadvisor.insure/

Mappus Insurance: https://www.mappusinsurance.com/

Read the interview: https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/june/declaration-of-independents-david-watson