Family Category: "Inspire" Stories

More Than a Business

Get a taste of the Integrity life and discover the people who are making it great.

August 7, 2020

A Business Partnership for the Ages

On the “Inspire” podcast, Integrity partners Jeff Sams and John Hockaday of New Horizons talked about the special bond they have after being in business together for 40 years. Jeff and John have a lot in common: A commitment to service. A passion for sports. And a love of time spent with friends and family..

July 16, 2020

Strong Women Who Inspire

On the “Inspire” podcast, Integrity partners JoAnn Wray and David McNerney of McNerney Management Group mentioned how they’ve been inspired by their mothers and other strong women in their lives. They both expressed their gratitude for the great example of Donna McNerney, David’s mother, a long-time fixture at McNerney Management Group. After the podcast, JoAnn..

July 6, 2020

A Heartfelt Passion for Music

On a special edition of the “Inspire” podcast, we heard music from Sachin Garg of the Integrity Dallas office. Sachin sang a beautiful Mother’s Day song in Hindi: A few of you asked for his YouTube channel that features music of his native India. You can check it out here. We are so grateful for..

June 29, 2020

A Lifelong Pursuit of a Challenging Skill

On the “Inspire” podcast, we were privileged to hear from McNerney Management Group’s legendary founder, Dan McNerney. Dan is a man of many diverse talents — one of which is competitive roping. It’s a skill he worked very hard to develop, and his hard work paid off when he made it all the way to..

June 21, 2020

A Good Heart and a Purple Heart

On the “Inspire” podcast, Senior Solutions Founder, Ryan Schaake talked about the powerful influence his father, Larry Schaake has had on his life. Throughout Ryan’s childhood, his dad went above and beyond to be there for him — a fact that is nothing short of miraculous considering what Larry went through as a soldier. While..

June 19, 2020

Supporting Each Other is What Integrity Partners Do

On the “Inspire” podcast, Jake Bailey, Founder of Senior Insurance Brokers, talked about how much he appreciates being part of Integrity — and the amazing support he’s received from his fellow Integrity Partners. Last year, just months after joining Integrity, Jake and his wife hosted a special skeet shooting event on behalf of their nonprofit,..

June 17, 2020

Five Generations of Milners

On the “Inspire” podcast, we heard from NASB Co-Founder Chad Milner, whose family has been in the insurance business for five generations and counting. Insurance prowess isn’t the only thing Chad’s family has in common. Chad, his father and grandfather all share the same first name — and Chad has continued the family tradition by..

June 15, 2020

Two-Time Cancer Survivor, Now a Doctor

On the “Inspire” Podcast, Brenda Emrick-Kennedy, President of Emrick Insurance Marketing Group talked about her son, Cullen who has battled cancer twice. The first successful fight came early, at age two, when Brenda was a young mother. Cullen faced the disease again while he was attending medical school. Not only did he win this second..

June 12, 2020

Remembering Paul Sharon

On the “Inspire” Podcast, Integrity Managing Partner Steve Bugg paid a warm tribute to his friend and mentor Paul Sharon. Paul was a force for good throughout his long and successful career at Premier Marketing. His rare blend of intelligence, enthusiasm, patience and kindness made a positive impression not just on Steve, but everyone he..

June 9, 2020

Our Integrity Idol Winners are…

PJ Galloway Agent Pipeline Patrick Cash Integrity Marketing Group The votes are in — and the Grand Prize winners of Integrity Idol are PJ Galloway of Agent Pipeline and Patrick Cash of Integrity Marketing Group. Congratulations to PJ and Patrick for their exceptional performances throughout the competition — the honor couldn’t be more well-deserved! Thanks..

June 8, 2020

Love is All You Need

Before we announced our Integrity Idol grand prize winner, we heard from our five Integrity Idol finalists who came together to sing “All You Need is Love” — the perfect song to bring this friendly, charity-fueled competition to a close. Here’s a video of their special performance. Huge thanks again to these amazing people. They’re..

Kendall Spence – A Mission to Serve Others

On the “Inspire” podcast, we had the great pleasure of featuring Kendall Spence, who works here in the Dallas office. Kendall’s singing on the “Inspire” pre-show started the idea of creating “Integrity Idol.” But due to her work on the podcast, and in spite of her great singing talent, she was unable to participate. Today..