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  • Industry’s First Virtual Insurance Tradeshow Live Again In February 2012

    The Insurance Journal is the Featured News Source for the 2012 Virtual Insurance Marketplace. The 2012 Virtual Insurance Marketplace offers retail insurance agents and brokers the opportunity to visit booths with live chat in the Exhibit Hall and view presentations in Meeting Rooms as they experience the virtual tradeshow environment. The VIM promises industry leading [...]

  • Leading Brokers Discuss the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange

    The LexisNexis Insurance Exchange is an insurance placement platform that enables the flow of data and documents between brokers and carriers. Listen as Wade Reece, Chairman and CEO, BB&T Insurance Services, Markham McKnight, President, BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Shad Steadman, Vice Chairman and COO, Rutherfoord and Bill Henry, CEO and Chairman, McQueary Henry Bowles [...]

  • Developmental Disability Facilities

    Workers’ Comp, Abuse & Molestation, GL, Umbrella, Auto Commercial-Standard, Blanket Additional Insureds, Real & Business Personal Property, Misc Professional Liab

  • Religious Programs

    Charity First’s new Religious Program targets churches of all denominations, Jewish Synagogues and Buddhist Temples. All lines available: Property, General Liability, Sexual Abuse, Pastoral Professional, Auto, Umbrella, WC and D&O.

  • Community Association Specialists

    Directors and Officers Liability, Fidelity Bond, and Umbrella policies for Condos, Homeowners Associations, Timeshares, and Hotels.

  • The Insurance Industry Gives Back to The City of Hope

    The City of Hope is one of only 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationwide and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. An independent biomedical research, treatment and education institution, they are a leader in the fight to conquer cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. In this video, Insurance [...]

  • The Power of Periodization

    In sales, every day counts – and every week counts. We all know this, yet we’re not always focused on it. In fact, most of us fall into the trap of “annualized” thinking … the unspoken belief that there’s plenty of time in a year to make things happen.
    Ken Branch and his team at Encompass [...]

  • FSC Introduces New Technology to Help Agencies Manage Leads and Improve Sales Performance

    FSC Pipeline is the industry’s first Insurance Sales Management System that gives producers and managers the solutions they need to sell more, manage less, and forecast accurately.
    FSC Pipeline is a fully automated system that helps agencies make the most of every lead, every prospect and every relationship they have across all lines of business, while [...]

  • Happy Holidays from the Wells Publishing team!

    Members of The Insurance Journal, MyNewMarkets.com and ClaimsJournal.com staff have put together a short video to thank YOU…our readers, viewers, and advertisers. It’s filmed entirely on Flip video, and the music was created on an iPad. Enjoy!

  • CPM Provides Comprehensive Cover for Companies Relying on Technology

    Although most businesses have some presence online, traditional insurance policies do not take into account the ever-changing legal landscape of this unique marketing tool. CFC Underwriting’s CPM is the solution. Covering Cyber, Privacy and Media Risks, it includes comprehensive media liability such as user generated content, intellectual property rights infringement and defamation.

  • Arrowhead Wants to Talk Business with Agents and Carriers

    With muscle behind its marketing and distribution, and a strong carrier backing, Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. has proven it’s not a typical GA. Arrowhead’s focus since 1983 has been providing ease of doing business with online tools and offering commercial and personal products that are competitive in the marketplace.

  • The History of Crump

    Crump celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2010!
    Founded by E. H. Crump in 1920 in Memphis, TN, Crump grew to become the largest insurance agency in the southern U.S. Through acquisitions and growth, the company evolved during the latter half of the century. In 2005, private investors purchased Crump. In 2007, additional investment was made to [...]

  • Virtual Insurance Marketplace

    It’s a virtual insurance tradeshow!
    Retail insurance personnel (in the USA) register and attend our Virtual Insurance Marketplace for *FREE at your convenience from your computer! Meet Company and/or Wholesale Markets with live chat, learn the latest from our lectures and chat with other insurance producers. Register now, space is limited!

  • The Power of ISU

    ISU is the Nation’s Leading Network of Independently Owned and Operated Insurance Agents You retain your independent ownership, your image and your Identity. You enhance your capabilities and gain the resources and advantages of a nationally recognized brand name respected by carriers nationwide as the Better Source for Better Business.
    With the clout of over $1,000,000,000 [...]

  • The New Insurance Tax

    A battle is brewing over insurance tax policies as foreign based reinsurance companies launch a campaign today to fight back against a group of U.S. based insurers who are pushing for what they say is a discriminatory and anti-foreign tax.
    HR 3424, a bill in Congress, threatens to drastically raise insurance rates across the country. [...]

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  • Norwood on Workers’ Comp

    John, principal of Norwood & Associates, has been an lobbyist for insurance and financial services sectors across several decades. Norwood offered a focused looking at the all-important workers’ compensation issue, and he gave his thoughts on health insurance exchanges. In fact, Norwood forecast that 2012 will rank as an important one when it comes to [...]

  • Lobbyist Norwood Analyzes Consumer Watchdog Legislation

    John Norwood is one of California’s best known legislative advocates for the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood spoke to the Insurance Journal about legislation and regulation, including a proposal by a consumer advocacy group that would establish prior approval for healthcare insurance and would make major changes to auto insurance and homeowners insurance in [...]

  • At-Home Insurance Careers for Disabled Veterans

    For insurance agents Gary Trippe and Jim Pender, the idea for DVIC, or Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers, which aims to guide disabled veterans into careers in insurance, evolved in part from their own personal experiences with disabled family members. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson, the two share their dream of an organization [...]

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  • Entrepreneurial Technologists

    This year the Entrepreneurial Insurance Alliance (EIA), sponsored by MarketScout, named Vertafore and Risk Metrics, as winners of it 2011 Entrepreneurial Award in technology. Vertafore’s WorkSmart and Risk Metrics’ Insurance 360 technology products received recognition from the EIA as being some of the industry’s most innovative concepts in technology. Each year, the EIA receives hundreds [...]

  • How Insurance Distribution Is Changing

    Retail and wholesale brokers face the challenge —and opportunity— of redefining their relationships and value proposition in today’s changing insurance distribution world, according to Glenn Hargrove, president, MarketScout Wholesale, Dallas, Tex. In this interview from the recent Western Insurance Agents Association’s Insurance Industry Roundtable in California, Hargrove outlines the value proposition of agents and brokers [...]

  • Interesting Times in Medical Liability

    The medical liability market continues to perform well even as the nation struggles to implement health care reform. Robert Allen, senior vice presidents at Torus Insurance, says many health care institutions are implementing new strategies to be successful in today’s health care reform world. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrea Ortega-Wells from the annual [...]

  • Pat Ryan Asks, ‘Are You Happy?’

    Patrick Ryan is an innovator who sees opportunity. And it was opportunity that drove him to launch Ryan Specialty Group in early 2010. Success lies in hiring “good people,” Ryan says. In this interview from the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) annual convention in San Diego, Ryan says his newest venture gave [...]

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