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Insurance Journal, Channel Harvest Launch Survey on Agent-Carrier Relationships

Mar 3 2015 // Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, is conducting its 2015 national survey of agents’ attitudes about their carrier partners.This is the seventh annual study on key aspects of the...

Employee Pay Up But Morale Down

Feb 23 2015 // Agency employees are not happy when it comes to compensation, and money isn’t the problem.Despite some reported increases in salaries and total compensation, many employees continue to be unsatisfied when it comes to...

Most Popular Insurance Journal South Central Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // Fraud, higher homeowners rates, fracking, and electronic traffic tickets are topics that drove readers to the following stories on InsuranceJournal.com in 2014. The following 10 stories led as the most popular picks by...

Most Popular Insurance Journal East Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // As 2014 comes to a close, it’s time to look back at the most popular news stories of the year on InsuranceJournal.com. Among the most popular stories in East were Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s...

Most Popular Insurance Journal Midwest Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // The most popular InsuranceJournal.com news stories in the Midwest ranged from groundbreaking lawsuits to research into making people safer from storms. With an understanding that stories appearing later in the year have...

Most Popular Insurance Journal National Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // In 2014, readers of InsuranceJournal.com made articles about online competition, flood insurance and the sagas at Tower Group and Fireman’s Fund along news about Uber and Warren Buffett’s $1 billion basketball...

Most Popular Insurance Journal West Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // The year’s most popular InsuranceJournal.com news stories in the West ranged from the tragic to the silly and from matters of great importance to the industry to the ongoing saga of innovative-yet-controversial...

Most Popular Insurance Journal International Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // Listed below are 10 of the most popular articles that appeared in the international section on Insurance Journal in 2014 in no particular order:Somali Pirates Driven Off in First Attack of 2014 – After this first...

Most Popular Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2014

Dec 31 2014 // In 2014, Southeast readers of InsuranceJournal.com made news about Florida insurers, courts and politics along with North Carolina storms and homeowners insurance among the most popular stories of the year. With an...

Bennett Awarded Matt Wells Scholarship to National Alliance Producer School

Dec 18 2014 // A former college and professional basketball player and coach is the most recent recipient of Insurance Journal’s Matt Wells Scholarship to the National Alliance Producer School.The scholarship honors Matt Wells, son...

Carrier Management, Insurance Journal Win Folio Media Awards

Dec 15 2014 // Wells Media Group’s newest publication for property/casualty insurance industry, Carrier Management, is making its mark in the publishing world, garnering three honors at last week’s 2014 Eddie and Ozzie...

Former Basketball Player/Coach Awarded Matt Wells Scholarship to National Alliance Producer School

Dec 15 2014 // A former college and professional basketball player and coach is the most recent recipient of Insurance Journal’s Matt Wells Scholarship to the National Alliance Producer School.The scholarship honors Matt Wells, son...

How and When to Shop for Agency E&O Coverage

Dec 9 2014 // While many insurance agencies stick with their agency E&O carrier for years, those that do shop around tend to do so when premiums are rising and, according to a recent Insurance Journal survey, more agencies are...

How to Navigate Today’s Agency E&O Market

Nov 3 2014 // While many agencies stick with their agency errors and omissions (E&O) carrier, those that do shop around tend to do so when premiums are rising. According to Insurance Journal‘s exclusive 2014 Agency E&O...

Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is saying, “Bon Voyage!”

Sep 18 2014 // San Diego, CA – 9/18/14 – Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is teaming up with the Insurance Community University for a 4-day Princess Cruise this November. The insurance educators will set sail...

Insurance Journal Upgrades Magazine App

Aug 27 2014 // Insurance Journal Magazine has updated its magazine news app for smartphones and tablets.The e-news app, which was originally launched in 2009, now offers users the ability to share and stream with others, plus improved...

Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors MarshBerry Market & Financial Survey

Jul 16 2014 // How are agencies targeting new business today? Will historical growth rates be sustainable? And just how much do agencies need to reinvest to achieve desired growth and enable perpetuation? These are some of the questions...

Extended Deadline to Enter for Insurance Journal Top 100

Jun 25 2014 // Don’t miss out on your chance to become one of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies.PLUS, now there’s an opportunity to be considered as Tomorrow’s Top 100 – these...

Why Some Young Agents Chose Insurance as a Career

May 1 2014 // The call to become an insurance agent is different for everyone.For Matthew Ostrow the call to become an independent agent came via social media. Thirty-year old Ostrow entered insurance just five months ago after a...

Young Agents Survey – Why They Chose Insurance

Apr 7 2014 // The call to become an insurance agent is different for everyone.For Matthew Ostrow the call to become an independent agent came via social media. Thirty-year old Ostrow entered insurance just five months ago after a...