- Christina Bramlet Named Editor-in-Chief of Claims Magazine
- Traffic increases 67% on ClaimsMag.com as claim professionals find must-read content on fraud, auto insurance, and catastrophe
- Claims Magazine Seeks New, Paid Contributor
- Claims Magazine Announces Top Performing Advertisements in February 2010 Issue
Erlanger, KY, November 4, 2010 - Claims, published by Summit Business Media, announced Christina Bramlet as the new Editor-in-Chief. Bramlet was previously the Senior Editor for Claims Magazine.
Bramlet joined Claims in April 2008 and was responsible for the monthly development of various editorial sections of the magazine, all final edits, and coordinated with contributing writers. As Editor-in-Chief, Bramlet will manage all editorial matters and collaborate with industry experts to solicit educational and newsworthy material for both print and online dissemination. Bramlet has extensive professional writing and editing experience in the trade magazine arena. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati.
"I'm very excited to be named the Editor-in-Chief of Claims," said Bramlet. "Claims has been the leading publication for claim professionals for more than 58 years. I'm thrilled to be a part of this tradition of excellence and continue to help Claims lead future generations of the insurance industry."
"Christina is well suited to take over the reins as Editor-in-Chief of Claims," said Eric Gilkey, the outgoing editor in chief. "Her experience and expertise with the subject matter along with her substantial writing and reporting skills will ensure a smooth transition and future growth opportunities."
"This is a natural fit with Christina as Editor-in-Chief," said Harry Rosenthal, Publisher of Claims. "Christina is well versed in the claims industry and we look forward to seeing even more content and engagement with our readers because of her leadership."
At the same time, outgoing Editor-in-Chief Eric Gilkey has been promoted to Editor of PropertyCasualty360.com, a new site being launched later this year. In addition, Marguerite Swallow is now the Assistant Editor of Claims. She began an editorial internship with Claims in June 2009 and completed a second internship in October 2010. Swallow is responsible for the magazine's weekly e-newsletter, in addition to copyediting duties. She is a graduate of Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism with a specialization in magazine journalism.
About Claims
Claims is a monthly magazine dedicated to "Covering the Business of Loss" for property/casualty insurance claims professionals. Claims reports in a timely manner on disasters, insurance crime, emerging trends in insurance claims, regulatory, judicial and legislative changes, and provides expert advice and educational articles covering techniques for handling insured losses. For more information, please visit us at:claimsmag.com
About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media company serving the insurance and investment markets. Through its Media and Reference Divisions, SBM publishes 17 magazines, more than 30 targeted industry Websites, and 150 reference titles. The Events Division hosts a dozen conferences supporting these brands. SBM's Data Division is the leading provider of information on insurance companies, agents and investment advisors. For more information, visit sbmedia.com.
Media Contacts:
Harry Rosenthal
Claims
Publisher
800-544-0622 ext. 2129
hrosenthal@sbmedia.com
Christina Bramlet
Claims
Editor-in-Chief
800-544-0622 ext. 2325
cbramlet@sbmedia.com
Erlanger, KY (May 20, 2010), Claims has experienced tremendous growth of its website, ClaimsMag.com, since it's relaunch last year. In fact, traffic to the site is up 67% and unique visitors have doubled in the past year.
The website's goal is to provide insurance claim professionals easy access to news and best practices for adjusting and managing a variety of claims. Topics updated on a regular basis include: fraud, auto insurance, catastrophe, risk management, legal, and workers' comp.
"Claims' website has become the must-visit site for adjusters, investigators, insurance executives, and others involved in the claim process," said Eric Gilkey, editor in chief of Claims. "To keep them coming back, we update the site as often as possible and engage readers with interesting polls. One of the popular parts of the site is our 'Tweet Suite Digest.' This is a weekly collection of our Twitter tweets that those not involved with Twitter can view from our website."
"Doubling our unique visitors over the past year only solidifies the point that we're providing claim professionals with relevant and timely content that they can't find anywhere else," said Harry Rosenthal, Publisher of Claims. "This is not only great news for our editorial team but also for our advertising partners. This growth enables us to provide even greater opportunities for them to reach claim professionals."
Gain access to insurance claim news and trends today at: ClaimsMag.com, or sign-up for our weekly eNewsletter.
About Claims
Claims is a monthly magazine dedicated to "Covering the Business of Loss" for property/casualty insurance claims professionals. Claims reports in a timely manner on disasters, insurance crime, emerging trends in insurance claims, regulatory, judicial and legislative changes, and provides expert advice and educational articles covering techniques for handling insured losses.
For more information, please visit us at: claimsmag.com
About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media company serving the insurance and investment markets. Through its Media and Reference Divisions, SBM publishes 17 magazines, more than 30 targeted industry Websites, and 150 reference titles. The Events Division hosts a dozen conferences supporting these brands. SBM's Data Division is the leading provider of group benefits and retirement prospecting tools and insurance industry financial data. For more information, visit sbmedia.com.
Media Contact:
Harry Rosenthal
Claims
Publisher
800-544-0622 ext. 2129
hrosenthal@sbmedia.com
Magazine Seeks New, Paid Contributor
March 18, 2010 (Erlanger, KY) - Claims Magazine, a Summit Business Media publication, is seeking a new, paid contributor for a monthly column that explores issues related to Claims and Risk Management. This person should know the business of loss adjusting, have a passion for writing, and be able to express themselves clearly and with creativity.
"I'm excited about offering this opportunity to the insurance claim industry," said Eric Gilkey, editor-in-chief of Claims Magazine. "Claims reaches more than 46,600 claim professionals in print and delivers 50,000 impressions online every month. That's a lot of visibility for our contributors and advertisers."
How to submit:
- Tell us in under 300 words why you are qualified to write for Claims Magazine.
- Write a sample column of between 800-1,000 words relating either to claims or risk management. If you are chosen, this column will be your first published piece.
- List 4 additional topics (two that are claim management focused and two that are risk management focused) that you think would not only educate Claims readers, but also make them sit up and take notice.
- E-mail your sample article and topics to Editor in Chief Eric Gilkey, egilkey@sbmedia.com, with the subject line: Contributor Contest
The deadline to submit an entry is April 15th.
Claims will be exhibiting at PLRB in San Antonio, TX on March 21-24. Visit us at booth number 472 for additional details about the contributor contest.
About Claims
Claims is a monthly magazine dedicated to "Covering the Business of Loss" for property/casualty insurance claims professionals. Claims reports in a timely manner on disasters, insurance crime, emerging trends in insurance claims, regulatory, judicial and legislative changes, and provides expert advice and educational articles covering techniques for handling insured losses. Having covered the claim industry for close to 60 years, advertisers have a proven vehicle for delivering their marketing message to the key participants involved in adjusting and managing both commercial and personal lines property & casualty claims. For more information, please visit us at: claimsmag.com
About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, investment and professional services markets through a variety of channels, including online, print and live events. SBM provides breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies, business-building techniques and actionable data to the markets it serves. Through its Media and Reference Divisions, the company publishes 17 magazines and 150 reference titles. The Events Division hosts a dozen conferences in support of Summit's magazine brands and sponsors the International Investment Conferences on global mining investment. SBM's Data Division, comprised of Highline Data and Judy Diamond Associates, is the leading data provider of financial and marketing information on insurance companies, life and property-casualty agents and investment advisors.
Summit, a Wind Point Partners company, employs 400 employees in a dozen offices across the United States. For more information, please visit SBMedia.com.
Media Contact:
Eric Gilkey
Claims
Editor in Chief
800-544-0622 ext. 2128
egilkey@sbmedia.com
Announces Top Performing Advertisements in February 2010 Issue
March 16, 2010 (Erlanger, KY) - Claims Magazine, a Summit Business Media publication, announced the top performing print advertisements highlighted in a Baxter Research Center Inc. advertising effectiveness survey of the February 2010 issue of Claims.
The study measures the overall effectiveness of advertisements. Claims' readers were asked to indicate which ads they remembered seeing in the issue. Not only did they recall seeing advertisements but they began to read them as well. The 'starting to read' score is an outstanding achievement because it shows the ad caught their attention and effectively engaged busy claims professionals.
The following companies received the highest recall "seeing" scores:
- EFI Global
- AICPCU/IIA
- Disaster Kleenup International (DKI)
- American Educational Institute (AEI)
- ISO
The following companies received the highest recall "starting to read" scores:
- EFI Global
- EagleView
- Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
- MJC
- Sprint
"We offer our advertisers in the insurance claims industry valuable feedback from Baxter Research Center on the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns," said Harry Rosenthal, publisher of Claims. "These ad study results show that our partners know how to grab the attention of leading claim professionals - and they have products/services they're interested in learning more about." Baxter Research Center Inc. is a global marketing information firm supporting the world's most successful business-to-business media brands.
About Claims
Claims is a monthly magazine dedicated to "Covering the Business of Loss" for property/casualty insurance claims professionals. Claims reports in a timely manner on disasters, insurance crime, emerging trends in insurance claims, regulatory, judicial and legislative changes, and provides expert advice and educational articles covering techniques for handling insured losses.
Having covered the claim industry for close to 60 years, advertisers have a proven vehicle for delivering their marketing message to the key participants involved in adjusting and managing both commercial and personal lines property & casualty claims.
For more information, please visit us at: claimsmag.com
About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, investment and professional services markets through a variety of channels, including online, print and live events. SBM provides breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies, business-building techniques and actionable data to the markets it serves. Through its Media and Reference Divisions, the company publishes 17 magazines and 150 reference titles. The Events Division hosts a dozen conferences in support of Summit's magazine brands and sponsors the International Investment Conferences on global mining investment. SBM's Data Division, comprised of Highline Data and Judy Diamond Associates, is the leading data provider of financial and marketing information on insurance companies, life and property-casualty agents and investment advisors.
Summit, a Wind Point Partners company, employs 400 employees in a dozen offices across the United States. For more information, please visit SBMedia.com.
Media Contact:
Harry Rosenthal
Claims
Publisher
800-544-0622 ext. 2129
hrosenthal@sbmedia.com
