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Insurance Journal Nominated for Four Publishing Awards
Mar 30 2011 // Insurance Journal magazine has been recognized for excellence in magazine publishing, receiving four nominations for Maggie Awards including for best publication and best iPad edition. Known as the “Oscars” of...
Commentary: Pending State Legislation to Implement NRRA is Fly in the Ointment
Mar 23 2011 // Pending state legislative proposals, such as California’s AB 315, that would implement the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA) are akin to the fly in the ointment. The NRRA becomes effective on July...
Web Exchange
Mar 21 2011 // Soft Market Ending, Finally? Could the soft market finally be over? A new analysis concludes that insurance prices are rising and the prolonged soft market is ending, contrary to earlier reports from other analysts....
Welcome to the Insurance Journal Advertising & Marketing Blog!
Feb 24 2011 // Last week an email went out to the company congratulating me on 21 years with Wells Publishing, Inc. Now this made me feel very old so I immediately emailed back that I was only 12 when I started with the company. For...
Mood on Main Street: How Recession Changed Insurance Buying Habits
Feb 15 2011 // The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of the survivors are not going to soon forget the pain of the past few...
Opinion Exchange
Jan 10 2011 // Insurance Journal Blog Your Sales iQ Insurance Journal blogger David Connolly says sales agencies should be well into their projections for 2011, while reviewing production results for 2010. “Agencies with...
Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance Instructor Spotlight
Jan 10 2011 // Mary Eisenhart Learn the business-building techniques Mary Eisenhart teaches on a daily basis at her own 14-year-old consulting firm. Beginning Febr. 17, 2011, Eisenhart will begin her three-part series, “The How...
How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career
Dec 20 2010 // Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to...
Insurance Journal Magazine Unveils Android Phone Application
Nov 23 2010 // Insurance Journal, the leading news source for the property/casualty insurance industry, has launched a new Android phone application, that allows readers to view news and multimedia content published on the...
How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career
Nov 18 2010 // Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to agency errors and omissions (E&O) exposures. But agency owners are not the only ones...
How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career
Nov 1 2010 // Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to...
Last Chance: Participate in Insurance Journal’s Agency E&O Survey
Oct 14 2010 // Agents, there’s just one more day to participate in Insurance Journal’s Agency E&O Survey. The deadline to take the survey is Friday, Oct. 15. Don’t miss your chance to find out what’s been...
Agents’ E&O: What Do YOU Know? Take Insurance Journal’s Survey Now
Oct 7 2010 // It’s time again for Insurance Journal to find out what’s been going on with Insurance Agents’ Errors & Omissions Insurance. IJ’s annual survey solicits the experiences and opinions of...
Best Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 30 2010 // The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2010 accent different programs or benefits depending upon their...
Insurance Journal Academy Attending the First Virtual Insurance Marketplace Tradeshow
Sep 27 2010 // Please join us at the insurance industry’s first Virtual Insurance Marketplace tradeshow. October Wed 27- Sat 30 2010. Get all the benefits of attending an insurance trade show without any expense or leaving your...
America’s Best Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 20 2010 // Salaries and Benefits Lead but Quality of People and Relationships Win Votes, Too The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the Best Agencies...
Insurance Journal Academy Attending the First Virtual Insurance Marketplace Tradeshow
Sep 13 2010 // Please join us at the insurance industry’s first Virtual Insurance Marketplace tradeshow. October Wed 27- Sat 30 2010. Get all the benefits of attending an insurance trade show without any expense or leaving your...
Insurance Journal Seeks Nominations for Best Agencies to Work For
Aug 24 2010 // Is your independent insurance agency or brokerage firm a great place to work? Insurance Journal is once again on the lookout for the best independent insurance agencies and brokerages in the U.S. to work for and we hope...
Insurance Journal Seeks Nominations for Best Agencies to Work For
Aug 16 2010 // Is your independent insurance agency or brokerage firm a great place to work? Insurance Journal is once again on the lookout for the best independent insurance agencies and brokerages in the U.S. to work for and we hope...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas*
Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...
