{"id":259320,"date":"2025-12-31T05:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/259320\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T05:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:27:13","slug":"vicki-gunvalson-reveals-whats-next-for-coto-insurance-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/259320\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicki Gunvalson Reveals What&#8217;s Next for Coto Insurance (DECEMBER 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/vicki-gunvalson\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"Vicki Gunvalson\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"3f603f36-bf2d-40ea-b64a-ee748b2afe8d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/vicki-gunvalson\" title=\"Vicki Gunvalson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vicki Gunvalson<\/a> is\u00a0really\u00a0looking forward to 2026. Not only is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/andy-cohen-invites-vicki-gunvalson-rhoc-return-bravocon-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she returning<\/a> to\u00a0<a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"The Real Housewives of Orange County\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"4b2ba672-b574-4c56-ad52-52dc316a83f1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county\" title=\"The Real Housewives of Orange County\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a>\u00a0for Season 20 (more on that down below), but she is taking a step back from her business, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/vicki-gunvalson-scores-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coto Insurance &amp; Financial Services, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vicki spoke with\u00a0<a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/heather-dubrow\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"Heather Dubrow\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"ba82f029-4f3b-4138-925c-560853f3de2a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/heather-dubrow\" title=\"Heather Dubrow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Dubrow<\/a>\u00a0at <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/bravocon-0\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"BravoCon\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c6a211b0-bd9d-48da-a936-6b351a774dd6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/bravocon-0\" title=\"BravoCon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BravoCon 2025<\/a>, where she revealed that she will be selling Coto Insurance in a video posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DS257RvEvcN\/?igsh=MWg0cXh0ZjB5cmV4Mw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> on Dec. 29. However, she won&#8217;t be removed from the company entirely. &#8220;I&#8217;m manifesting enjoying my life more. I&#8217;ve been working too hard for too long,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;My business is going up for sale. I&#8217;m still going to be retained as a significant other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to do what I want to do, I want to get up, I want to work out more, I want to learn how to dance,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to dance. And I want to travel more. That&#8217;s my goal. It&#8217;s not work all day every day 10 hours a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vicki first started working in insurance in the suburbs of Chicago in 1991 and &#8220;quickly became the top agent in her company within the first year of her career,&#8221; according to Coto Insurance&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotoinsurance.com\/our-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>. From there, she moved to Orange County and became the founder and president of Coto Insurance &amp; Financial Services, Inc., which she built from the ground up. In the years since it became a family business as her son, <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/people\/michael-wolfsmith\" data-entity-title=\"Michael Wolfsmith\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/people\/michael-wolfsmith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Wolfsmith<\/a>, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/vicki-gunvalson-son-michael-wolfsmith-old-photos-new-details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vice President of Life Insurance<\/a> at Coto Insurance &amp; Financial Services, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Vicki Gunvalson shares her goals for the new year in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Vicki also has some major goals for 2026, in addition to working less. The mom of two took to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DS28Fwjkqe0\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> account on Dec. 29, where she shared her goals for the new year over a video of her laughing while dancing on stage.\u00a0&#8220;The 2026 fun bus is ready to leave the station!!&#8221; she wrote in the caption of the post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/vicki-gunvalson-boyfriend-career-update-july-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vicki Gunvalson Shares a Love Life Update as She Contemplates a Major Career Change<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vicki revealed that in 2026, she wants: &#8220;Endless woohoos and whoop-it-ups, an overflowing love tank, never-ending work days, more fun with my friends, soulmates &amp; sisters; a kick ass RHOC Season 20.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vicki Gunvalson shares her thoughts on retirement from her insurance career<\/p>\n<p>Vicki had previously opened up about retiring during a July 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EodCa_Ngm0U&amp;list=PLfuCvhA6AxWp6PPj046rEFGZQnxR8Q0_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">episode<\/a> of her podcast,\u00a0My Friend My Soulmate, My Podcast. During the episode, Vicki admitted that her boyfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/rhocs-vicki-gunvalson-michael-smith-relationship-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Smith<\/a>, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-feast\/real-housewives-vicki-gunvalson-wants-to-open-bar-in-puerto-vallarta-mexico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wanted to open a bar<\/a> but decided against it. However, they had floated the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/vicki-gunvalson-boyfriend-career-update-july-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her retiring sometime soon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike wants me to consider working three or four days a week versus eight,&#8221; she explained on the podcast. &#8220;And I&#8217;m open to that. What do people do when they&#8217;re retired? What do people do [when] they don&#8217;t work? Help me&#8230; I don&#8217;t have any hobbies&#8230; I used to crochet&#8230; I raised kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;I think the people who are retired and have no purpose, they die.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Details on Vicki Gunvalson&#8217;s return to\u00a0RHOC\u00a0Season 20<\/p>\n<p>Vicki formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/andy-cohen-invites-vicki-gunvalson-rhoc-return-bravocon-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accepted the opportunity to return to\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/andy-cohen-invites-vicki-gunvalson-rhoc-return-bravocon-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RHOC<\/a>\u00a0as a cast member during <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/bravocon-0\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"BravoCon\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c6a211b0-bd9d-48da-a936-6b351a774dd6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/bravocon-0\" title=\"BravoCon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BravoCon 2025<\/a>. Vicki made an appearance at <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/franchise\/the-bravos\" data-entity-title=\"The Bravos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/franchise\/the-bravos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Bravos<\/a> on Nov. 15, when\u00a0Real Housewives\u00a0executive producer, <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/andy-cohen\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"Andy Cohen\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"ea18a2ca-d356-444c-98a8-93abdaccc4ce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/andy-cohen\" title=\"Andy Cohen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Cohen<\/a>, presented her with an orange and asked her to join the cast of\u00a0RHOC\u00a0Season 20. Vicki, in reply, said &#8220;yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/vicki-gunvalson-shares-rare-update-son-michael-wolfsmith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vicki Gunvalson Shares a Rare Update on Her Son, Michael Wolfsmith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andy continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/andy-cohen-reacts-vicki-gunvalson-rhoc-season-20-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open up about Vicki&#8217;s return to\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/andy-cohen-reacts-vicki-gunvalson-rhoc-season-20-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RHOC<\/a>\u00a0at BravoCon during an\u00a0Ask Andy\u00a0event on Nov. 16. &#8220;We will gather, and we will work on where we&#8217;re going with Season 20,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I was so excited to give Vicki that orange back. We don&#8217;t take it lightly that\u00a0The Real Housewives of Orange County\u00a0is turning 20, and so we thought it would be a really fun thing to bring her back. And I really wanted to do it in front of all of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/vicki-gunvalson-son-mike-wolfsmith-reunion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See what happened when Vicki recently reunited with her son for the holiday season.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vicki Gunvalson is\u00a0really\u00a0looking forward to 2026. 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