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Insurance Journal Announces the Launch of Cyber Newsletter

Jun 5 2019 // Today, Insurance Journal premiers a brand new bi-weekly newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who are serious about cyber. It’s called Insuring Cyber. This newsletter is an in-box resource for...

Carlson Named CEO for Wells Media Group

May 28 2019 // Wells Media Group Chairman Mark Wells announced that Josh Carlson has been named CEO of Wells Media Group, Inc., effective immediately.Carlson has served as chief technology officer/chief innovation officer of Wells Media...

Today’s Hot Markets

Apr 1 2019 // Telemedicine, Breweries, Intellectual property, Nurseries and Cottage foodsInsurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes, challenges, expansions and growth in the past year. Here are five industry sectors and...

Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back

Mar 21 2019 // The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to handle—such as the...

2018 Agents of the Year

Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...

Insurance Journal East’s Top Stories for 2018: Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, Auto Insurance, Mass. Gas Explosions

Dec 31 2018 // As Insurance Journal looks back on the most popular stories of 2018, its readers in the East region showed interest in a variety of topics from auto insurance to the September gas explosions in Massachusetts to state...

Insurance Journal West’s Top Stories for 2018: California Commissioner Race, Hawaii Lava, Wildfire Losses

Dec 31 2018 // Another year down, and too many fascinating news headlines to count.Hawaii’s lava, the race for California insurance commissioner, and a $23 million ruling in a lawsuit against Geico were among the most popular...

Top Insurance Journal International Stories of 2018

Dec 31 2018 // Mergers & acquisitions drew a lot of interest from the readers of Insurance Journal’s International section in 2018 with 11 of the top 25 articles focusing on Marsh & McLennan’s acquisition of JLT,...

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 // 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 16 years working as a regulator...

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...