The Rough Notes Company, Inc - Table of Contents 04/07

APRIL 2007
FEATURES
Cover Story:
Shrinking to grow
S.C. agency loses 80% of its customers and prospers.

Marketing:
Start with the carrot
Wellness comes of age.

Technology:
An online research department
Advisen provides agencies of all sizes with big broker “smarts”.

Other Feature Stories:
Helping clients stay open for business
Disaster planning tool guides agents and insureds in preparing for the worst.

Making benefits more accessible
miQuotes provides online help for the tough risks of the employee benefits community.

Fore! … Arranging coverage and rooting for a claim
Golf contests, other promotions produce goodwill, boost charity coffers.

Captives and strategic planning
Captives increasingly are being used to implement ERM programs.

$2.4 million in postage
Cyber problems can produce unexpected costs.

A broker without borders
Argentine commercial broker has a global perspective.

Help for CATS
Reinsurance intermediary teams up with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to offer hurricane futures and options.

AAMGA Special Section:
A continuum
AAMGA presidencies build on each other

Embracing the changing landscape
AAMGA continues its efforts to advance legislative and regulatory reforms

Keep the conversation going
Focus groups and white papers will generate ongoing interest in topics raised during conference

More than continuing education
A self-supporting entity, AAMGA University offers targeted, specialty training

Spreading the word
AAMGA Communications Committee reaches out to broad audience

Tackling the issues
Governmental Affairs Committee represents AAMGA members on Capitol Hill

Marketing Committee participates in variety of promotions
Products, services, designations and the AAMGA University are some of the offerings

Leading into the future
Under Forty Organization's strategy to prepare leaders includes in-depth training and networking with international groups

RIMS’ Risk Maturity Model
Data from risk managers will help share ERM initiatives.

RIMS conference back to the Big Easy
A risk management smorgasbord awaits attendees.

When it rains, we pay
New concept helps small businesses “weather” everyday conditions.

Showing his mettle
Patrick Watkins is the driving force behind his agency’s exponential growth.

State of the Art market—2007
Predictions indicate that growth will continue.

Employee buy-in produces sustained success
“Engaged” employees of “Level 7” agencies have clear vision of owners’ goals.

COLUMNS
Agency Marketing Technology—Age matters
By Steve Anderson

Risk Managers’ Forum—Protecting information
By Leonard J. Watson, Ed.D., CIC, CRM, CPCU, AIC

DEPARTMENTS
Court Decisions
PF&M at a Glance
Centuries of Rough Notes
Rough Notes Staff
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