Risky Business

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A podcast that is proof that insurance doesn't have to be boring. We're talking insurance, risk, business, life and motivation with industry leaders.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Guest interviews turn insurance and multifamily work into practical lessons on selling, operating, building trust, and making better business decisions.

Risky Business follows Gary Miller into the practical machinery of insurance and multifamily business, using guest interviews to connect industry work with sales, leadership, marketing, real estate, and personal productivity.

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Dog crap and insurance premiums on your desk? Gary Miller has guests for both.

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  • a way to raise price objections before they stall your insurance pitch
  • a less stiff LinkedIn approach that got one guest a real lead
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Telling Better Brand Stories With Adam Faust

Practical branding advice that connects social storytelling with trust and real-world behavior.

Adam Faust treats branding as a practical test of how a business cuts through the noise online. The discussion moves from insurance agencies and property management groups to the larger point: brands have to show who they are in a way that feels real, so audiences can know,…

Getting Better Things Done With Mike Vardy

Productivity is framed as a decision boundary, not a slogan.

Risky Business treats productivity less like a pep talk and more like a system for choosing. Gary Miller lets Mike Vardy unpack how an annual axiom, monthly themes, and firm boundaries around attention can make it easier to sort out what gets a yes and what gets a no.

Creative Digital Selling With Jordan Stupar

Jordan Stupar keeps the focus on practical selling moves, from Zoom pitches and prospecting to objections and follow-up.

Risky Business stays in practical territory. Jordan Stupar talks through selling in a COVID world, with Zoom presentations, a little creativity and humor when closing C-suite executives, social media prospecting, shorter sales cycles, and value based follow-up.

Building An Insurance Career That Lasts With Carlos Miranda

Insurance works here because relationships and plain language do most of the work.

Risky Business treats insurance as relationship work, and Carlos Miranda’s experience gives that idea some shape. The episode stays focused on the unglamorous side of success: steady habits, calm judgment when things feel uncertain, and an agency culture built on real personal…

Smart Science Meets Smart Multifamily With Kurtis Gilbreth

A practical multifamily discussion about pet accountability as an operations issue.

This segment treats a familiar multifamily nuisance as something operational rather than cosmetic: pet owner accountability, resident experience, and the drag that follows when dog waste builds up around a property.

Gridiron Lessons For Success and Captive Insurance With Grady Marshall

Captive insurance is explained in practical terms, with enough context to make the model and its tradeoffs easy to track.

Risky Business treats captive insurance as a workable business tool rather than an abstract idea. It starts with the basics of what a captive is, why a company would set one up, and how reinsurance and state rules shape the arrangement.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    From Military Leadership To Multifamily Success With Howard (Bud) Evans

    Budd Evans starts with service.

    ·34m·3 clips
  2. 2

    Collaboration, Enthusiasm, and the Future Of Property and Casualty With Brenda Austenfeld

    Brenda Ostenfeld shares her journey from a Kansas farm to leading at RT Specialty, discussing how culture and enthusiasm drive team success during the pandemic.

    ·24m·2 clips
  3. 3

    Smart Science Meets Smart Multifamily With Kurtis Gilbreth

    Host Gary Miller interviews Curtis Gilbreth from Pooprints about using DNA testing to hold pet owners accountable in multifamily properties, reducing waste and generating ancillary revenue.

    ·35m·3 clips
  4. 4

    The Making Friends Approach Of Networking With Multifamily Insurance Star Stuart Berryhill

    Stuart Berrio, a multifamily insurance specialist and investor, discusses his journey from teacher to third-generation agent, emphasizing networking over prospecting.

    ·38m·3 clips
  5. 5

    Getting Better Things Done With Mike Vardy

    Mike Vardy pulls productivity back to choices.

    ·1h 3m·5 clips
  6. 6

    Telling Better Brand Stories With Adam Faust

    Host Gary Miller interviews Adam Faust, founder of 5+8, a Houston-based branding agency of 15 people, about how insurance agencies and property management companies can stand out through authentic storytelling and brand clarity.

    ·27m·2 clips
  7. 7

    Creative Digital Selling With Jordan Stupar

    Host Gary Miller interviews Jordan Stupar, founder of one of the fastest-growing sales training companies in the U.S., about his path from door-to-door alarm and security sales to building a top-one-percent income and a digital sales academy.

    ·42m·4 clips
  8. 8

    Driving Business With Humility and Giving Back With Kyle Schielack and Braden Griffith From Higginbotham

    Risky Business host Gary Miller interviews Kyle Shelock and Braden Griffith, Managing Director and Vice President at Higginbotham, a commercial insurance firm based in Houston.

    ·25m·2 clips
  9. 9

    Falling Failing and Learning With Todd Smith From Moreton & Company

    Host Gary Miller interviews Todd Smith of Morton and Company, a risk management professional with 26 years of experience, about his unconventional path into the insurance industry and the lessons he has drawn from decades of falling, failing, and learning.

    ·25m·2 clips
  10. 10

    Building An Insurance Career That Lasts With Carlos Miranda

    Risky Business host Gary Miller interviews Carlos Miranda, a 20-year State Farm veteran and founder of Renters Legal Liability, about building a relationship-centered insurance agency.

    ·28m·2 clips
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    Gridiron Lessons For Success and Captive Insurance With Grady Marshall

    Grady Marshall shares his journey from college football under Urban Meyer to founding a captive insurance firm, explaining how captives work, their impact on traditional markets, and lessons from sports that apply to business and risk management.

    ·26m·2 clips