We'll take a look at adding state data and filtering in a couple weeks.

Should we limit this feature to the "Hard-to-Place markets" forums? or allow all new topics an option to associate a state?

Now we may look at something and offer an opinion even if it's not what we were looking for. With more categories I would not go to those I am not interested in and may miss something interesting there. Excellent observation. So much can be learned from the things that you're not looking for. One o...

In tech related sales it's typical to have a "dedicated account rep". Sometimes it is even a selling point. Once the sale is complete, the customer is introduced to their dedicated rep. This introduction is where you set the rules for future contact and give your clients confidence this pe...

Just updated the forums which may have locked out some users.

You should be able to post again, if not mail me at jcarlson@insurancejournal.com.

Thanks,
Josh

Thanks all, excellent feedback so far. Keep posting! @KPIA These are killer. newsgroups? Now that's something we don't hear a lot of :) State forums seem to be a hot topic. We'll look at this soon. Perhaps user can choose a state when creating a new topic, then we can use that to filter posts by sta...

Any specific coverages of interest?

This might make an interesting feature in our MyNewMarkets article series.

Insurance Journal's August 16 magazine issue will include a special feature "101 Sales and Marketing Ideas for Insurance Agents". What are your tricks and tips? Post them here for consideration in our print magazine. You can also email your ideas to Andrea Wells awells@insurancejournal.com...

The forums have become a place for a wide variety of topics and a lot of activity.

Should we add new topic areas? Or keep it simple? What else?

Look forward to your suggestions.

@michga11 The forums are intended to be a fun and helpful community.

The rules are simple. Be respectful of other users.

Ideas, opinions and lively debate are welcome. Personal attacks and general flaming are not.

"I understand it's a big deal, but I dont understand what happened." That was the question my wife had last night. Maybe a lot of your colleagues and customers have the same question. This article does a fantastic job of explaining the AIG happenings. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/09/a...

You might want to check out our live broadcast next week (Tuesday May 10) titled "How to Write Miscellaneous Errors and Omissions". More info and free registration form here: <a href='http://www.insurancejournal.com/seminars/' target='_blank'>insurancejournal.com/seminars/</a> Josh

What software are you using? Hopefully you are using commercial grade scanning hardware. These 2 are key factors. A couple quick thoughts, you might change the paper you're using (for apps) so that it will auto feed better, assign a dedicated person scanning duties then your *best* people are not wa...

You can buy Coke by the bottle or by the case. For the former you'll pay a premium. Simple economics. Higher administration and sales costs probably break the pay-per-mile model. (many factors aside from simple usage affect the risk). Of course, everyone thought <a href='http://www.virginmobileusa.c...

There are a number of "agency management" softwares available. <a href='http://www.ams.com' target='_blank'>AMS</a> and <a href='http://www.appliedsystems.com' target='_blank'>Applied Systems</a> are the market leaders. We have a recent interview with Applied Systems that would probably an...

Funny that you have the same IP address as the IMMS message post.

Feel free to share resources but please don't spam the board.

Thanks,
Josh