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by Josh
Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:09 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Cyber News and Insurance Journal Data Breach
Replies: 3
Views: 92846

Re: Cyber News and Insurance Journal Data Breach

Read the wordpress explanation again "without compromising the security or privacy of your site".

People reading articles on our website is not a data breach.

If a post was deleted it's because it is misinformation.
by Josh
Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:39 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Cyber News and Insurance Journal Data Breach
Replies: 3
Views: 92846

Re: Cyber News and Insurance Journal Data Breach

There was no data breach. Wordpress has a feature, REST API. There is nothing exposed that is not already public (ie. articles and author names and bios). We disabled because we want to minimize bots stealing our article content. Wordpress docs say: "If you are not a developer, the most importa...
by Josh
Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:58 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Cyber liability Insurance
Replies: 4
Views: 7401

Re: Cyber liability Insurance

Next week we're hosting a webcast with one of our ad partners about presenting and writing cyber business. Probably worth a look.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/webcasts/nas-insurance/
by Josh
Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:07 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: What marketing efforts are generating business?
Replies: 7
Views: 16254

What marketing efforts are generating business?

Our LinkedIn group has a lively discussion on this topic that's come to life again. (approaching 70 replies, the longer posts from Bill and Stan are really great). The intro and prominence of new channels and technology over the past several years have changed a lot of things. What marketing efforts...
by Josh
Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:33 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Could your music influence your insurance score?
Replies: 2
Views: 12432

Could your music influence your insurance score?

BostInno reported The Echo Nest recently raised $17.3 million . BostInno described, "Basically, The Echo Nest can use your musical preferences to predict other things you'd like". The Echo Nest attempted to correlate music taste with political taste. See the research and results of their f...
by Josh
Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:21 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: The Great Search Is On
Replies: 5
Views: 8995

Re: The Great Search Is On

@SalesGuard unsolicited promotion is not allowed in the forums, your webinar link has been removed.

@mica it's really awesome to see people who truly care about their clients, thanks for being part of the forums!
by Josh
Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:26 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: WordPress Forums Problems
Replies: 6
Views: 7013

Re: WordPress Forums Problems

@mica, You're welcome!

Thanks for the feedback. We added some cool features to forums (rate posts, browse by US state), but the whole system wasn't quite ready for primetime. We'll keep in touch about future changes and get your feedback.

Josh
by Josh
Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:25 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Lexis/Nexis Insurance Exchange
Replies: 2
Views: 4045

Re: Lexis/Nexis Insurance Exchange

@randrew54 We have a video interview w/Frank Sentner from CIAB about the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange.

In that interview Sentner says, "any agent/broker/carrier or valid third party to the insurance transaction would be allowed to use the insurance exchange".
by Josh
Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:53 am
Forum: Hard-to-Place Accounts
Topic: Food Truck - Full Coverage - CA
Replies: 3
Views: 3914

Re: Food Truck - Full Coverage - CA

sankykid,

Thanks, both accounts have been posting off-topic replies (copied from other sites). These accounts and their posts have been purged.
by Josh
Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:25 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Unique risks, what's your story?
Replies: 3
Views: 4431

Unique risks, what's your story?

I shouldn't be surprised that this was yesterday's most read story NFL Star's Hair Insured by Lloyd's for $1 Million http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/09/01/112921.htm Side note: last year we posted this story which was also highly read and shared. Lloyd's Insures Coffee Taster's To...
by Josh
Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Online Insurance and Leads
Replies: 23
Views: 35888

Re: Online Insurance and Leads

Thanks michg11,

I've removed Alex's post.

Copying articles from another site and posting them here as your own is not acceptable.
by Josh
Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:13 am
Forum: Hard-to-Place Accounts
Topic: Detailing Airplanes ( Daytona Beach, Florida)
Replies: 2
Views: 3186

Re: Airplane (Private), auto etc Detailer

Where is your client located?

Better questions will get you better answers.
by Josh
Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:41 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: The cow wash: How happy employees do better work
Replies: 1
Views: 2390

The cow wash: How happy employees do better work

Fun article I thought you might like on a Friday.

The cow wash: How an automatic brushing machine can improve milk production

Read more: http://bit.ly/diUhBJ
by Josh
Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Best way to sell small P&C Agency
Replies: 4
Views: 4654

Re: Best way to sell small P&C Agency

You could post your agency listing in our classifieds section.

insurance agencies for sale is one of the top search terms that brings traffic to Insurance Journal.

There's also a section for agencies wanted.
by Josh
Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:16 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Share your sales tips and be in the magazine
Replies: 9
Views: 9313

Share your sales tips and be in the magazine

Share your sales tips for a chance to make the pages of Insurance Journal magazine! Insurance Journal's August 16 magazine issue will include a special feature "101 Sales and Marketing Ideas for Insurance Agents". Submissions should be a 1-2 sentence tip, no longer. Attribution will be pro...