July 4, 2011 Agency Management Systems, Commercial Auto, Digital Product Guide

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Features
Aon: U.S. Insured Weather Losses Top $15.5 Billion This Year
Insured severe weather losses have already topped $15.5 billion in...
Business Moves
Business Moves
McGowan Insurance, Keystone McGowan Insurance Group Inc. of...
Declarations
Declarations
Possible Silver Lining "The fact that more homes aren't being...
Features
Emergency Protections Extended
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has extended an executive order providing...
Features
From Accidental Agent to Insurance Goddess
Like many insurance agents, Carrie Reynolds never meant to be one....
Features
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio
A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to...
Features
Individuals, Not Just Corporations, Face Cyber Risks
While the big news is about hacks into the CIA's and Senate's public...
Features
Minnesota Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease
Minnesota workers' compensation claims have fallen 44 percent...
Editor's Note
Cyber World
Barely a day goes by without news of another data breach at a major...
People & Places
People
Liberty Mutual Group's Edmund F. Kelly retired from active management...
Features
The Talk
Long before the Insurance Goddess was created, Alan Galvez Insurance...

National Coverage

Minding Your Business
Training Your Sales Dogs
Catherine just got a brand-new puppy for the family. In the course of...
Features
Why Agencies Should Use Management Systems to Drive Value, Increase Profits
More than 25 years ago, not long after I started out in my dad's...
Features
Web Exchange
IJ Video Highlights Consolidation Nation Later this year the New York...
Features
Driven to Teach and Armed with Knowledge
Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU, has, in her own words, "a compulsion to...
Features
Insurance Peddler Versus Valued Partner
"The only thing my clients and prospects are interested in is the...
Features
Producers Improve Results with Online Training
Almost everyone in the insurance industry I talk with complains that...
Features
Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance 2011 Third Quarter Schedule
July 7 Identifying Professional Liability Exposures July 13 Five...
Features
Are You a Sales Builder or a Business Builder?
Are you a great producer running an agency on the side or are you an...
Closing Quote
Make Employers’ Provision of Group Health Insurance Easier, Less Costly
More than half of all Americans receive health insurance through an...
Features
Commercial Auto Claims on the Rise – Will Rates Come Next?
An increase in claims from cargo theft and freight physical damage is...
Features
Demotech Inc. Identifies 2011 Near National Property/Casualty Insurers
The original criteria and objective definition for Near National...
Features
The Game Changer: What the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange Means for the Industry, Technology Partners
Technology providers to the insurance industry have good things to...
New Markets
My New Markets
Businessowners Program Market Detail: Austin Mutual Insurance Co. has...
Features
P/C Insurers’ Profits Fell in Q1 as Underwriting Losses Grew
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers' net income after taxes...
Features
Technology Rewrites Rules of the Road for Commercial Fleets
Drivers may see it as "Big Brother", but insurers and program...