About
The investor who built the brokerage.
Most insurance CEOs came up through sales. Matt Sutika came up through the client chair — as a multifamily LP investor across thousands of apartment units who got tired of the brokerage experience and built the one he wished existed.
He’s the son of an insurance agent, a former State Farm agency owner, Obie’s first Chief Insurance Officer, and since January 2024 the founder and CEO of Nimble Insurance. At Nimble he did the thing the industry said you can’t do: replaced lone-wolf producers and commission hunger with pooled team pods accountable to the client.
“I’ve sat on your side of the table, and that perspective drives everything we do — from coverage design to claims advocacy.”
Off the clock: boy dad x2, based in Sarasota, Florida, and chronically early on insurance trends he later writes about here.
The arc
Four chapters, one table.
2012
Indianapolis. His own shop.
Fresh off watching his dad build a career as an insurance agent, Matt opens a State Farm agency doing personal lines — and starts itching for something “bigger and more modern.”
2017
Chicago. Skylight Insurance.
He moves into commercial multifamily — “where I saw a massive opportunity to rethink how brokers operated” — and founds Skylight Insurance.
2020
Insurtech. First CIO.
Obie announces an asset acquisition of Skylight. Matt becomes Obie’s first Chief Insurance Officer and spends three years inside the technology side of insurance.
2024
Sarasota. Nimble launches.
Owner from mid-2023, Matt launches the Nimble brand on January 1, 2024 — a modern commercial insurance firm built for multifamily owners and operators. No producers guarding books; team pods sharing clients.
2025
The family grows.
Nimble partners with Vantage Insurance Partners, and True Insurance joins the family in August — “it doesn’t feel like an acquisition; it feels like the obvious next step.” Insurance Journal names Nimble a Bronze Best Agency to Work For (Southeast).
Now
Both sides of the table.
Matt runs Nimble by day and invests as a multifamily LP across thousands of units. Every essay on this site comes from that double seat. Read the writing →
The heresy, in one line
“You don’t need traditional producers and a traditional comp plan. You need pods — teams that share the client instead of guarding the book.”
Read The Pod Manifesto