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2009 Super Regional P/C Insurers™

May 4 2009 // The original criteria and objective definition for Super Regional P/C Insurers™ were established in the Feb. 12, 2007 issue of Insurance Journal. Prior to the establishment of an industry-wide definition, a number of...

Agents, Rate Your Regional Carriers in a New Insurance Journal Sponsored Survey

May 4 2009 // Channel Harvest Research and Insurance Journal have announced a major new study in the independent agency system that will probe agents’ attitudes toward carrier relationships and the insurance companies they...

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Apr 15 2009 // Now there’s one more way to stay in touch with Insurance Journal. Become a fan of Insurance Journal Facebook and stay up-to-date on the economic, competitive, legal, political and regulatory forces and trends...

Insurance Journal on Facebook

Apr 14 2009 // Now there’s one more way to stay in touch with Insurance Journal. Become a fan of Insurance Journal Facebook and stay up-to-date on the economic, competitive, legal, political and regulatory forces and trends...

Agents to Rate Regional Carriers in New Insurance Journal Sponsored Research

Apr 2 2009 // Channel Harvest Research and Insurance Journal have announced a major new study in the Independent Agency System, to be fielded in April, that will probe agents’ attitudes toward carrier relationships and the...

Operational Efficiency Should Be Priority No. 3 for Agency Managers

Feb 22 2009 // Managing an independent insurance agency in the current hard economy and soft market requires agents to set priorities. In the Jan. 28, 2009, issue of Insurance Journal, Juan Andrade, executive vice-president for sales and...

Operational Efficiency Should Be Priority No. 3 for Agency Managers

Feb 22 2009 // Managing an independent insurance agency in the current hard economy and soft market requires agents to set priorities. In the Jan. 28, 2009, issue of Insurance Journal, Juan Andrade, executive vice-president for sales and...

Operational Efficiency Should Be Priority No. 3 for Agency Managers

Feb 22 2009 // Managing an independent insurance agency in today’s economy and soft market forces agents to set priorities. Juan Andrade, executive vice-president for sales and distribution at The Hartford, who oversees his...

Systematic Sales Strategy Should Be Priority No. 2 for Agency Managers

Feb 8 2009 // In this hard economy coupled with the soft market, most agencies expect sales and revenues to go down. Even the best performers feel the downward trend in premiums.According to Juan Andrade, executive vice-president for...

Start-Up Stories: How New Agencies Are Competing

Feb 8 2009 // The independent insurance agency system is enjoying a resurgence. For years, the number of agencies in the country had been declining but that trend, while not reversed, has been halted. The number in 2008 was 37,500...

Systematic Sales Strategy Should Be Priority No. 2 for Agency Managers

Feb 8 2009 // In this hard economy coupled with the soft market, most agencies expect sales and revenues to go down. Even the best performers feel the downward trend in premiums.According to Juan Andrade, executive vice-president for...

Customer Retention Should Be Priority No. 1 for Agency Managers

Jan 25 2009 // In this economy, there are many things that agents should be looking at in terms of how they manage their agencies, but what should be the top priority?Juan Andrade is executive vice-president for sales and distribution at...

Customer Retention Should Be Priority No. 1 for Agency Managers

Jan 25 2009 // In this economy, there are many things that agents should be looking at in terms of how they manage their agencies, but what should be the top priority?Juan Andrade is executive vice-president for sales and distribution at...

Customer Retention Should Be Priority No. 1 for Agency Managers

Jan 25 2009 // In this economy, there are many things that agents should be looking at in terms of how they manage their agencies, but what should be the top priority?Juan Andrade is executive vice-president for sales and distribution at...

New North Carolina Insurance Chief Agrees Beach Plan Needs Help

Dec 1 2008 // North Carolina’s new insurance chief agrees with insurance industry critics that the state’s backup wind insurance pool, known as the Beach Plan, needs shoring up.“I have described our Beach Plan or...

McCain Beats Obama — in Insurance Journal Poll

Nov 4 2008 // If insurance industry professionals were choosing the next president of the United States, Republican John McCain would be the victor. While most polls of the general electorate give Democrat Barack Obama a lead going into...

Custom Video Generates More Traffic to Agent Websites

Nov 3 2008 // SAN DIEGO – (November 3, 2008) – Online video is booming. By 2012 nearly 50 percent of all Internet traffic will be to online videos, according to Cisco Systems.This online video boom can be a benefit to...

2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey at a Glance

Nov 2 2008 // The 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey, conducted Oct. 3 through Oct. 16, drew 1,042 respondents from 50 states; there were no respondents from the District of Columbia. The five states with the highest...

Why Agents Choose Other Markets Rather Than Their Preferred Markets

Nov 2 2008 // While independent agents have their favorite carriers for certain risks, on occasion they end up choosing a carrier other than their preferred carrier. Most often the reason they do is pricing.Independent agents named...

How Employers, Agencies Are Responding to the Financial Crisis

Oct 24 2008 // As the impact of the global economic crisis takes hold, a quarter of large U.S. employers expect to make layoffs in the next 12 months. However, most companies are focusing on increased employee communication and smaller...