Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Survey - Last chance to participate!

Insurance Journal is co-sponsoring the 29th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey conducted by MarshBerry & Co. This exclusive survey compiles anonymous independent agency information along with financial, market, carrier and technology data and then summarizes the findings in MarshBerry's State of the Industry Outlook report. Agency owners and principals: Participate now and receive a complimentary copy of the survey report for MarshBerry's 29th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey. The report provides key market fundamental data, agency performance and valuation detail, along with expert analysis on the make-up of the insurance distribution marketplace. Agency owners and principals may take the survey, by August 1, 2014. The survey asks key questions such as: What growth and profit expectations do agencies have for this year? What external factors impact agency performance? What agencies want most from their carriers? What lines of coverage are difficult to place? Hiring trends in the coming year? Are agencies adequately investing in the next generation? What are the developing trends in resource allocation? What's the M&A landscape look like? Click here to participate in the 29th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey conducted by MarshBerry, and sponsored by Insurance Journal. Founded in 1981, MarshBerry assists insurance agents, brokers and carriers in merger and acquisition advisory, financial consulting, organic growth consulting, information services and peer exchange networks. For more information contact Andrea Wells at awells@insurancejournal.com or Megan Bosma at Megan.Bosma@MarshBerry.com Andrea Wells Editor-in-Chief Insurance Journal 800-897-9965 x152 awells@insurancejournal.com  Follow on Twitter | Friend on Facebook | LinkedIn | Forward to a friend  Copyright © 2014 Wells Media Group, Inc., All rights reserved. Insurance Journal 3570 Camino del Rio N Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free: (800) 897-9965 Today's Insurance News Contact Us  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

Up next: 101 Best Ideas, Your Corporate Profile

Coming Up Next Issue: 101 Sales, Marketing, and Agency Mgmt Ideas   The best of the best. Our editors have hand-selected contributions from industry professionals and our readers. Reserve your ad space today!   Note: Only One Download Sponsorship is Available for this Issue (First-come / First-served)     Click Here to Request More Info       Ad Deadline is August 1st     Tell Your Story with a Corporate Profile   Two full magazine pages, all for you. Some advertisers display a full-page ad on the right and additional product details on the left. Others get creative and include a company history or pictures of their employees! What will yours say?   Check Out Examples from the 2013 Corporate Profiles     Get the 2014 Media Kit   Enhance your print ads with a strategic web, email, mobile, and video campaign.   Click Here to Request a Media Kit   Forward to a colleague.  |  Not interested? Unsubscribe. 3570 Camino del Rio N #200  |  San Diego, CA 92108 © 2014 Insurance Journal

Free Webcast: Excellence in Underwriting Data

Learn the ins and outs of achieving excellence in underwriting data.     Learn the Ins and Outs of Achieving Excellence in Underwriting Data and Supercharge Your Insurance Analytics   Insurance Journal invites you to join Novarica and Informatica for a live webcast on Tuesday, July 22 What you'll learn: Find out what role data quality plays in growing a profitable business. Learn the ins and outs of achieving excellence in underwriting data. Discover how to supercharge your insurance analytics. Register today to save your spot » Who should attend: Chief Actuary and EVP/SVP/VP/ Director Chief Risk Officer and EVP/SVP/VP/Director Chief Underwriting Officer and EVP/SVP/VP/Director Head of Sales and EVP/SVP/VP/Director Head of Data Governance and EVP/SVP/VP/Director Chief Architect and EVP/SVP/VP/Director Hear about ways your insurance enterprise can leverage effective information management infrastructures to create seamless and profitable risk and underwriting excellence. Register today and we'll send you a reminder on Tuesday morning. Can't make the live webcast? Register today and we'll send you the recording when it's complete. Join Novarica and Informatica for this live webcast on Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:00am PDT and hear about the ways in which your insurance enterprise can leverage effective information management infrastructures to create seamless and profitable risk and underwriting excellence.     Free Webcast • Click Here to Register       Webcast Hosted by     Forward this email to a colleague.  |  Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.   Insurance Journal  |  3570 Camino del Rio North, Ste 200  |  San Diego, CA 92108   Copyright © 2014 Wells Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Survey - Participate Now

Insurance Journal is co-sponsoring the 29th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey conducted by MarshBerry & Co. This exclusive survey compiles anonymous independent agency information along with financial, market, carrier and technology data and then summarizes the findings in MarshBerry's State of the Industry Outlook report. Agency owners and principals: Participate now and receive a complimentary copy of the survey report for MarshBerry's 29th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey. The report provides key market fundamental data, agency performance and valuation detail, along with expert analysis on the make-up of the insurance distribution marketplace. Agency owners and principals may take the survey, by August 1, 2014. The survey asks key questions such as: What growth and profit expectations do agencies have for this year? What external factors impact agency performance? What agencies want most from their carriers? What lines of coverage are difficult to place? Hiring trends in the coming year? Are agencies adequately investing in the next generation? What are the developing trends in resource allocation? What's the M&A landscape look like? Click here to participate in the 29th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey conducted by MarshBerry, and sponsored by Insurance Journal. Founded in 1981, MarshBerry assists insurance agents, brokers and carriers in merger and acquisition advisory, financial consulting, organic growth consulting, information services and peer exchange networks. For more information contact Andrea Wells at awells@insurancejournal.com or Megan Bosma at Megan.Bosma@MarshBerry.com Andrea Wells Editor-in-Chief Insurance Journal 800-897-9965 x152 awells@insurancejournal.com  Follow on Twitter | Friend on Facebook | LinkedIn | Forward to a friend  Copyright © 2014 Wells Media Group, Inc., All rights reserved. Insurance Journal 3570 Camino del Rio N Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free: (800) 897-9965 Today's Insurance News Contact Us  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

Want to hang out with the Top 100 Agencies this year?

Advertisers: Insurance Journal's Top 100 issue gives you the opportunity to showcase your brand alongside the industry's 100 most prestigious agencies. Also covered in this issue: autos, homeowners, and condos.   Did we mention that this issue is delivered to our BPA-qualified circulation of 42,000+ subscribers and promoted online to our June BPA-qualified audience of 325,415 unique visitors? (Wow!)     Click Here to Request More Info       Ad Deadline is July 18   Forward to a colleague.  |  Not interested? Unsubscribe. 3570 Camino del Rio N #200  |  San Diego, CA 92108 © 2014 Insurance Journal

Free Webcast: Insurance Risk and Underwriting: Unlocking Excellence with Quality Data

Free Webcast Brought to You by Informatica & Novarica  •  Hosted by Insurance Journal     Insurance Risk and Underwriting: Unlocking Excellence with Quality Data   Whether in a soft or hard market, underwriting efficiency and quality is a critical way to grow a profitable portfolio of risk. In the insurance enterprise, from small to large, the ability to activate an effective risk and underwriting strategy depends on the availability of quality data from end to end.   Join Novarica and Informatica for a live webcast on Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:00am PDT to hear about the ways in which your insurance enterprise can leverage effective information management infrastructures to create seamless and profitable risk and underwriting excellence.     Free Webcast • Click Here to Register       Webcast Hosted by     Forward this email to a colleague.  |  Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.   Insurance Journal  |  3570 Camino del Rio North, Ste 200  |  San Diego, CA 92108   Copyright © 2014 Wells Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Free Webcast: Is Your Portfolio Prepared for the 2014 Hurricane Season?

Free Webcast Brought to You by CoreLogic  •  Hosted by Insurance Journal     Free Webcast: Is Your Portfolio Prepared for the 2014 Hurricane Season?   To help insurers gain a better understanding of the storm surge exposure within their portfolios, Dr. Thomas Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist with CoreLogic, will host a live webcast on Thursday, July 10th at 2:00 p.m. EDT.   The webcast will showcase the 2014 CoreLogic® Storm Surge Report detailing the following: • Residential Exposure by Category for the Entire U.S. • Storm Surge Risk Along the Atlantic & Gulf States • Storm Surge Risk in Major Metropolitan Areas • What is Storm Surge? • 2014 Insights & Findings   Register for the CoreLogic webcast today to ensure your preparedness for the 2014 Hurricane season.     Free Webcast • Click Here to Register       Webcast Hosted by     Forward this email to a colleague.  |  Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.   Insurance Journal  |  3570 Camino del Rio North, Ste 200  |  San Diego, CA 92108   Copyright © 2014 Wells Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Last Chance - Insurance Journal's Top 100

Independent Agencies: This is your last chance to enter for Insurance Journal's Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies. Don't miss out! NOW there's an opportunity to be considered as Tomorrow's Top 100 - these are growing agencies just outside the Top 100 ranking but show great promise to become part of the future Top 100. Extended Deadline Now: July 7. Insurance Journal will publish its annual list of the Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies in its August 4, 2014, issue. There are four ways to qualify: Top 100 Independent P/C Agencies Top Commercial Lines Independent Agencies Top Personal Lines Independent Agencies and Top Independent P/C Agency Partnerships. Submit your independent agency profile today and watch for the first results beginning in the August 4, 2014, issue of Insurance Journal. To enter your agency, simply fill out the form and click "Submit" no later than July 7. Thank you for your participation and good luck! Andrea Wells Editor-in-Chief Insurance Journal 800-897-9965 x152 awells@insurancejournal.com  Follow on Twitter | Friend on Facebook | LinkedIn | Forward to a friend  Copyright © 2014 Wells Media Group, Inc., All rights reserved. Insurance Journal 3570 Camino del Rio N Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free: (800) 897-9965 Today's Insurance News Contact Us  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

E&S / Specialty Markets Directory - 2 more days

Before you leave for the fireworks: ___ bring ear protection ___ make sure you have plenty of hot dogs ___ book your space in IJ's E&S / Specialty Markets Directory   It's our most-requested back issue, and agents use it as a resource to find markets for the next 6 months. Will they find you there? Most advertisers find that a display ad in this issue pays for itself many many times over.   Book today. (And then make sure you have ear protection and hot dogs).   To reserve today or get more info, email: advertise@insurancejournal.com The deadline to book your space is this Thursday, July 3rd.   Forward to a colleague.  |  Not interested? Unsubscribe. 3570 Camino del Rio N #200  |  San Diego, CA 92108 © 2014 Insurance Journal