Tony Cañas

Chief Motivational Officer at Insurance Nerds and Client Advisor at Jacobson

Tony Cañas is a young insurance nerd, blogger and speaker. He's the voice of the Millennial generation in the insurance industry helping the industry understand how to engage this large demographic that will soon make up over 50% of the workforce. Tony has been in the insurance industry since 2009 and has completed the CPCU, AU, AIC, ARM, ARe, ASLI, API, AIS and AINS designations along with his Toastmaster's Competent Communicator and Advanced Communicator Bronze public speaking designations. Having worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales at four different insurance carriers, five cities and four states he has gained a broad understanding of the industry.

Tony has been very involved in the industry's effort to recruit and retain Millennials and has become a well known speaker and blogger on the topic. His book Insuring Tomorrow: Engaging Millennials in the Insurance Industry was published in 2017 and quickly became a best seller.

Tony is passionate about insurance, technology, innovation and about engaging Millennials in the insurance industry.