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Insurance Journal South Central’s Top Stories for 2018: Medical Marijuana, Weather Woes
Dec 31 2018 // At first glance it might seem that 2018 was a “slow news” year in the South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. After all, the region escaped the devastation of a major hurricane, and...
Insurance Journal Midwest’s Top Stories for 2018: From Agent Fraud to Ruby Slippers
Dec 31 2018 // The most-read stories in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2018 covered agent fraud, a fatal tourist boat sinking in Missouri, court cases and opinions, and even a pair of stolen — and returned — ruby red...
Insurance Journal Southeast’s Top Stories for 2018: Fraud, Hurricanes, Data Security Law
Dec 31 2018 // It was a busy year in the Southeast with two major hurricanes that wreaked havoc on the region, an escalating insurance crisis in Florida, and a new industry-specific cybersecurity law in South Carolina that takes effect...
Insurance Journal Top National Stories of 2018
Dec 30 2018 // Insurance Journal readers showed the most interest in stories relating to industry consolidation in 2018, with nine of the most read 25 national news articles of the year having to do with mergers or acquisitions. But the...
California Commissioner Pushing Insurer Fossil Fuel Divestment to The End
Dec 20 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones continues to push the fossil fuel divestment hot button right to the end of the year and his tenure as the state’s head insurance regulator. Jones this week released the...
Virginia Insurers ‘Actively Preparing’ for Florence; State’s Top 10 Home Insurers
Sep 13 2018 // The Virginia Bureau of Insurance says it is “confident that insurers are actively preparing for this storm” as the potential impact of Hurricane Florence is anticipated in the state. “The Bureau’s...
Insurance Journal Launches IJ Pro, A New Member Platform
May 16 2018 // May 16, 2018, San Diego, CA — Today Insurance Journal announces the launch of a new member platform, called “IJ Pro”. What is it? It’s an enhanced experience for Insurance Journal’s most loyal...
Insurance Journal Blog Seeks Input to Feature ‘Flipsides’ of Insurance Industry
May 9 2018 // Insurance Journal has launched a blog titled “Insurance Flipsides” to highlight stories that don’t often get told about the insurance industry. The editors would like this to be a collaborative effort and...
Startup Agency Gabi CEO: ‘We Don’t Want to Eliminate Agents’
Mar 20 2018 // Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site Gabi Raises $9.5 Million; Now Selling in 6 States). In its...
Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader
Mar 19 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11. Prior to his...
Agent and Carrier Strategies and the Future of Cyber Insurance
Mar 2 2018 // More than 20 years ago, Steven Haase wrote the first cyber insurance policy. Haase told Insurance Journal the story of how that first policy came about in the first part of this report, What Agent Who Wrote First Cyber...
What Agent Who Wrote First Cyber Policy Thinks About Cyber Insurance Now
Mar 1 2018 // It was more than 20 years ago. The Internet as it is known today was in its infancy. Steven Haase was with an insurance agency in Atlanta focused on insuring technology companies. “Around 1995, I saw the...
Insurance Journal’s Agency Salary Survey
Feb 19 2018 // Total compensation for insurance agency management, owners, principals and support staff were up in 2017, while total comp for producers declined just slightly over the year before. That’s according to the 2018...
Drone Insurance Webinar Tackles the Basics and Beyond
Feb 15 2018 // The live webinar on InsuranceJournal.com on Feb. 21, 2018 at 11 a.m. PST offers an insiders look at the drone insurance business. San Diego, CA, February 15, 2018– The future is here. Drones are buzzing about the skies...
Super Regional P/C Insurer Conference Registration Underway
Feb 5 2018 // Lake Geneva, WI, February 5, 2018- Following up on a sold-out inaugural conference last year, the industry’s second annual Super Regional P/C Insurer Conference has been scheduled for July 22-24, 2018 at the Grand...
Super Regional P/C Insurer Conference Registration Underway
Feb 1 2018 // Following up on a sold-out inaugural conference last year, the industry’s second annual Super Regional P/C Insurer Conference has been scheduled for July 22-24, 2018 at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake...
Participate in Insurance Journal’s Annual Agency Salary Survey
Jan 25 2018 // The deadline to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual Agency Salary Survey is approaching fast – participate by Feb. 2 to receive a complimentary copy of the survey results. ALL retail agency owners,...
‘Super Underwriter’ Hoopingarner Wins Insurance Journal’s ‘Coolest Part of Your Job’ Contest
Jan 22 2018 // Insurance underwriter Aubrie Hoopingarner said she wound up working in insurance the same way many people in the industry start their careers, she “kind of stumbled into it!” Now, nearly a decade into a...
‘Super Underwriter’ Hoopingarner Wins Insurance Journal’s ‘Coolest Part of Your Job’ Contest
Jan 10 2018 // Insurance underwriter Aubrie Hoopingarner says she wound up working in insurance the same way many people in the industry start their careers, she “kind of stumbled into it!” Now, nearly a decade into a...
Top Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // It was another busy year in the Southeast with storms, workers’ comp, and carrier insolvencies dominating the headlines. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that attracted the most readers in...
