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Childcare Confidential - Jaron (Think “Karen”… but with a Jessica twist.) - SPECIAL SHOUT OUT

😬 Ever met a Jaron? (Think “Karen”… but with a Jessica twist.) In our next episode of Childcare Confidential, we’re diving straight into the stories you can’t make up—the wild, the petty, and the all-too-real moments from life in childcare. 🎙️ Join Jessica Hampton and Katy Denk as we unpack what happens when scenarios and how not to be a Jaron about it.

Oct 1, 2025
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Business of Preschool Podcast - Protecting Your Preschool: Navigating Insurance with Samantha Phillips

From liability coverage to student accident policies, we break down what really matters when it comes to protecting your school, your staff, and your families. And because real conversations aren’t always perfect—we’ve kept in a few of our conference bloopers, too. 😉

Sep 26, 2025
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FOX Business Rundown: Childcare Providers Are Facing An Insurance Affordability Crisis

FOX Business’ Lydia Hu speaks with Samantha Phillips, a Texas-based insurance agent who works with hundreds of childcare providers across the country. Phillips explains why this surging expense poses an existential threat to the entire child care industry.

Sep 1, 2025
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The Compliance Alliance Power Half Hour Compliance Workshops - The Imperative to Control the Narrative

In the ever-challenging landscape of early childhood education, one topic is quickly becoming impossible to ignore: skyrocketing insurance premiums. On a recent episode of TCA Blog’s Compliance Alliance Power Half Hour, host Lynn Wenger TCA sat down with insurance expert Samantha Phillips to break down what’s driving these cost surges—and, most importantly, what childcare providers can do about it.

Apr 24, 2025
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The Child Care Business Podcast - Episode 4, Season 10: How to Find and Keep Insurance for Your Child Care Center with Samantha Phillips

Samantha Phillips is an insurance broker who specializes in insuring child care centers, a job that is especially tough this days as ECE businesses struggle to find and keep insurance. Costs are soaring. Samantha said she has a client in Massachusetts whose insurance DOUBLED, from $25,000 a year to $50,000 a year .. and the client had never filed a claim. And paying that amount was the client's only option. That's just one example Samantha shares during this podcast. She also gives examples of court verdicts and settlements stemming from cases in child care centers that are affecting premiums, as well as how licensing inspections are playing a role in skyrocketing costs. Samantha also gives tips on how to keep your current insurance, which is getting harder and harder to do, as well as what you can do to shop around to try to find lower prices. One such tip is to write an insurance narrative to show that you have a strong management team and that your approach to protecting your property is proactive rather than reactive.

Oct 24, 2024
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THE INDICATOR - How insurance is affecting the cost of childcare

We may not have contributed to this podcast, but we feel it's worth sharing another source highlighting this critical threat. The childcare industry has been having a tough go of it. It's already expensive; pandemic-era programs have ended; plus there are too few providers. Enter a new challenge: increasing liability insurance premiums. Today, we look at why these premiums are rising for childcare providers, and how they're impacting both businesses and consumers.

Jul 29, 2024
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Child Care Business Coach - The Insurance Crisis for Child Care with Samantha Phillips

The Child Care industry is already in crisis and insurance is only making it worse. This subject is not talked about nearly enough, but is very important. Join Samantha and I as we discuss state of the industry and liability insurance for child care programs. Get important tips to learn how we can be proactive and keep our daycare businesses running.

Dec 18, 2023
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Schools of Excellence - How to Simplify and Streamline with Samantha Phillips & Chris Myers from Comploy

As part of a special bonus podcast series, I sat down with Samantha Phillips and Chris Myers of Comploy—a Human Capital Management company—to talk about insurance and other aspects of running an early childcare business.

Dec 19, 2022
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Childcare Business Growth Podcast - Samantha Phillips - Top Tips Edition: Episode 4

Join Nick Williams and Samantha Phillips to discuss the importance of Being Selective About Your Insurance Agent.

Dec 5, 2022
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Child Care Rockstar Radio - What You Should Know About Preschool Insurance – Samantha Phillips

Knowing what insurance policies to have and making sure you have high-quality coverage is of the utmost importance for a child care business owner. Today, Kris talks with Samantha Phillips about the three biggest, most common insurance mistakes she sees in the child care field and how we can best address them. They also discuss policies every school should have, case studies of actual child care owners switching their insurance to guarantee better coverage, and how to avoid situations that cause financial ruin.

Mar 28, 2019
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