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The Frequency Effect: An Easy Way to Make Your Ads More Memorable

Apr 18 2011 // Increased frequency = increased recall. That’s the frequency effect.Let’s look at some concrete examples. Each year, Insurance Journal magazine hires a third party research firm to conduct a “Recall and...

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 // 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 To’s of...

How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career

Dec 20 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...

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 // 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...

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 going...

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 // 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 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 you...

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 you...